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LHV debate reopens in US
Po barge
Rhenus in Moscow
After years of “dormancy,” the The lobby is being sponsored between the Port of Antwerp
US debate about the pros and by the Agricultural Transportation and the Dutch border. service
cons of longer heavier vehicles Efficiency Coalition, Americans This is because several Flem-
(LHVs) has come to life again for Safe and Efficient Trucking ish trucking firms are on the
due to the impact of higher fuel and the Coalition for Transpor- point of obtaining LHV li-
launched
prices, lower trucking rates, tation Productivity. cences in the Netherlands,
shortages of long-distance driv- In Europe, meanwhile, Hilde where take-up of licences for The first sailing of a new barge
ers, etc. Crevits, Minister of Public Works 25.25m LHVs has gone up dra- service on the River Po between
A new call has been made for for the Flemish region of Bel- matically since the allowable
the seaport of Venice and the river
allowable truck weights to be in- gium, has indicated that 60t gvw/ gross vehicle weight was in- port of Cremona was completed
creased to 97,000 lbs gvw (from 25.25m long LHVs (also known creased from 50t to 60t. The on 22 January. The arrival of
80,000 lbs) on six axles on fed- as gigaliners or eco-combis) will Antwerp link thus provides a
JACOPO in Cremona was marked
eral highways, as part of the 2009 be permitted to operate on des- perfect opportunity to test by a ceremony attended by the
Surface Transportation Bill. ignated routes in a pilot project LHVs in Belgium. chairmen of the respective port
authorities, Paolo Costa and
Giuseppe Torchio.
The inaugural voyage of
around 250 km involved a ship-
ment of 1200t of bulk soybean Rhenus Port Logistics has opened Rhenus says that a CFS and container
meal, equivalent to 40 truck loads. a new, multimodal container ter-
repair shop will be added shortly
The cargo, destined for the minal at the Moscow river port in
Veronesi mills near Cremona, was the Russian capital, in a 50:50 joint
3000 m
2
and can be expanded to
loaded to the barge in Venice’s venture with Russian company
80,000 m
2
, with an eventual ca-
Porto Marghera complex, where Yuzhniy Rechnoy Port (Southern
pacity to handle 100,000 TEU/
it was imported by Louis Dreyfus River Port), which currently han-
year. It is planned to build a CFS
Commodities Italia SpA, part of dles mainly bulk cargoes.
and also a covered workshop for
France’s Louis Dreyfus shipping The facility, which is located
container repairs.
group. close to the third Moscow trans-
“We are happy that we can
As previously reported (see port ring, has rail approaches that
now make use in Moscow of our
will enable it to receive full con-WorldCargo News November 2008,
experience of 40 port locations in
p13), the service is aimed mainly tainer block trains, as well as barge
Europe,” said Thomas Maassen,
at dry bulks (cereals, sand, gravel, handling facilities along a 2178m
managing director of Rhenus
clay) and neo-bulk shipments of long quay. It initially occupies
Partnership GmbH & Co KG.
steel products, semi-finished
goods, etc. Calls can be made at
Chioggia in the Venetian lagoon
and the multimodal platforms
Private rail operators
(interporti) of Rovigo, Ostiglia and
Mantova via the Fissero-Tartaro-
join forces in Italy
Canalbianco navigation, en route
to Cremona. FerCargo, a new association of Piedimonte San Germano
JACOPO is one of five class V “private” (ie non-FS/Trenitalia) (Frosinone). Five new locos have
barges specially built for the rail freight operators, has been been acquired and they are due
project. The barges and service are formed in Italy. Its first president to enter service in the first half
managed by Fluviomar, a joint is Giacomo Di Patrizi, managing of this year.
venture of Venice port authority , director of Compagnia Ferr- In other intermodal rail de-
Multiservice , Fagioli Group, Ferr- oviaria Italiana (CFI). velopments in Italy, AlpeAdria Srl,
oviaria Servizi, Promlogistica, Other member companies are which is co-owned by Trieste
Pagnam, Cargill, which owns Linea, SNCF Fret Italia, Railion Port Authority, Trenitalia SpA and
Pagnam, and the government of Italia, RTC Rail Traction Com- Friulia SpA (the financial arm of
Mantova province. Multiservice is pany, Véolia Cargo Italia, Crossrail, the regional government), has in-
the majority shareholder in the InRail and SBB Cargo Italia. troduced a service between the
venture. One of the top priorities for port’s container terminal (Molo
The barges measure 76.50m FerCargo, says Di Patrizi, is to en- VII) and Fernetti (TIF). The train
long by 10.9m wide and can carry sure that the Italian rail regula- has an average capacity for 50
up to 2060t of cargo, or 70 truck tor’s duties are discharged in a TEU (15 wagons).
loads. According to pre-start fore- correct and impartial manner. By AlpeAdria is also examning
For further information, contact Graham Wall on +44 (0) 1642 877000
casts, the service can remove up way of example, he stated that the the feasibility of introducing a
or email graham.wall@pdports.co.uk to 16,000 trailers/year from the national agency for rail safety direct service between Trieste and
roads on the saturated Padano- (ANSF) does not yet have an in- Belgrade, enabling the port to
Lombardo axis. dependent financial structure. compete more effectively with
Looking ahead, Fluviomar CFI itself is a recently formed, the ports of Koper and Rijeka.
hopes to be able to use the barges 100% privately-owned company According to Erich Cossutta,
to transport containers inland, founded by Di Patrizi, who has managing director of Cossutta
with a capacity of 60 TEU/barge, previously worked at both TNT Group, a logistics company with
but no time frame for this has been Italia and FS/Trentialia Cargo. a strong presence in Eastern Eu-
disclosed. Shareholders include Demont, rope, TIF also provides an excel-
Dicos and Gruppo Cisco. lent opportunity for fast and ef-
CFI’s first service is an ficient intermodal service links
intermodal one that operates be- with Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and
tween Fiorenzuola (Piacenza) and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Strong uptake for
Responsible Care
Nineteen chemical transport daily operations. ECTA is the first
companies officially declared their chemical transport association to
participation in the European launch a European-wide Respon-
Chemical Transport Association sible Care programme based on a
(ECTA)’s Responsible Care pro- partnership agreement with the
gramme at ECTA’s annual con- European Chemical Industry
ference in Barcelona this month. Council (CEFIC), signed in Oc-
CEOs of all 19 ECTA mem- tober 2008.
Superior in steel transport
ber companies signed a declara- “We believe that Responsible
tion of commitment as well as a Care is the best strategy for our
Responsible Care implementation members to keep their licence to
agreement. “This is a strong com- operate vis-à-vis the general pub-
mitment from our membership to lic, as well as with regards to our
Responsible Care. It marks a mile- customers in the chemical indus-
stone in the 10 year history of our try, for whom sustainability in the
organisation,” said Antonio supply chain becomes more and
Montero, ECTA president and more relevant.
Cargo Solutions
CEO of Panalon. “Many leading chemical groups
By signing up toECTA’s Re- use Responsible Care as their main
sponsible Care programme, ECTA contribution and guidance to Sus-
member companies commit them- tainable Development in order to
Langh Ship Cargo Solutions, Alaskartano, FI-21500 Pikis, Finland. Tel. +358 2 477 9400 www.langh.fi selves to implement ECTA’s Re- develop their business for the longer
sponsible Care principles into their term” said Cathy Demeestere,
strategy, management systems and ECTA’s Secretary General.
20 February 2009
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