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Thinking outside the box
northern Britain and the Far East, Elsewhere, the concept has
positioning containers closer to enabled NYK to cut costs by 10%
their end destination. PDP is as- in certain operations. Containers
sociating the development closely are destuffed in the port and the
with the concept of “portcentric product held in the warehouse for
PD Ports (PDP) has acknowl-
PD Ports is pushing the message
pean ports’ portfolio at the start logistics,” which the company’s onward distribution. The con-
edged that work on its £300M of this year, and nor was BBI’s 22% group development director tainer is immediately returned to
Northern Gateway Container Ter-
that “portcentric logistics” provide
stake in Forth Ports plc (world- Martyn Pellew says is “definitely the shipping line to avoid demur-
minal (NGCT) at Teesport may cargonews.com - search under BBI). going to be the next major logis- rage charges.
not start until 2010 as a result of
less costly and more cost-effective
Observers say this is because the tics trend in the UK.” “It means the container can be
the global financial crisis. This is
supply chain management
British operations have been gen- turned around quickly, which cuts
6-9 months later than planned, so erating very good returns for BBI. Stay here cost,” said Veitch. “It also takes a
the first phase will not be com- Recently leading PDP execu- In essence “portcentric logistics” leg out of the supply chain, so saves
missioned until 2012. It is under- business cycles and from PDP’s must be a question about the fi- tives have logged thousands of air gives back to ports some functions money there. And because the site
stood that site investigation ten- perspective the current business nancing capabilities of PDP’s miles to “sell” NGCT to carriers they had in breakbulk days - the is in a bonded area taxes aren’t paid
ders have gone to OJEU. downturn does not affect the fea- owner, BBI, but it is notable that and shippers in the Far East and containers stay in the port; only on the goods until they leave, so
The shipping and port indus- sibility of NGCT, PDP Group was not included in sub-continent. The facility will be the goods change mode. that’s positive for cash flow.”
try is used to working with long In the current climate, there the sale of 29.7% of BBI’s Euro- able to cater for ships up to 9000 Unpacking, storing and re- The Thamesport centre was
TEU. Without it Teesport will al- loading goods at the port for on- initially developed for electronics
ways be a feeder/shortsea port ward delivery to stores benefits the retailer Samsung, but other cus-
competing with the Humber supply chain at multiple levels, tomers are keen as well.
SALE
ports, the Port of Tyne, Grange- container road miles from PDP is pushing the message
mouth. The Tesco development Felixstowe or Southampton to very hard because portcentric lo-
(see below) could be the key. DCs in the North are avoided, gistics are already practised in a sig-
along with container demurrage nificant way at Teesport. ASDA
Design change and repositioning costs. opened its £20M, 350,000 ft
2
OF PORT/
At the moment, the various op- The concept is not new. By import centre in 2006 and today
tions remain open as it is too early way of example, Teesport’s “neigh- around 70% of its deepsea non-
CONTAINER
to finalise serious discussions. In bour,” the Port of Tyne, has been food imports are feedered into
any case the design layout of the an exponent for years, through its Teesport instead of being trucked
HANDLING
terminal has to be changed be- logistic services division, which from southern English ports.
cause of the massive Tesco import offers complete supply chain ASDA/Walmart is now saving
centre development - Phase 1 of management on a neutral basis. around 2M road miles/year as the
EQUIPMENT
the 1.2M ft
2
(111,500 m
2
) import import centre is much closer to
centre is set to open later this year. London calling most of its stores. It has also gained
Its total site occupies 26.4 hectares. Last year DP World started mak- much better control over promo-
REACHSTACKERS
The basic plan, to build out ing a portcentric case for London tional volumes since the inventory
into the river and create a 1000m Gateway, which will come with a spread throughout the supply
KALMAR (1998/2001) 45 ton 5 high
long deepwater quay, dredged 300-acre logistics park. Simon chain has been cut. Recently, says
CVS (2001) 45 ton 5 high down to -16m CD, is the same. Moore, CEO of London Gateway, PDP’s sales and marketing man-
FANTUZZI (2004) 45 ton 5 high
The new apron, occupying around said the park will attract compa- ager Helene Lyall, New World
LINDE (1999) 41 ton 4 high
7.2 hectares, will absorb both nies that at present move import wines and ASDA’s “George” fash-
TCT1 (one of its two widespan containers to their DC networks ion range were added to the sys-
EMPTY CONTAINER HANDLING FORKLIFTS
gantry cranes will be transferred in the Midlands, and then break tem. Previously containers with
KALMAR (2000) 6 High Single stack
to TCT2 in the dock) and the up the deliveries for despatch to these goods were respectively
FANTUZZI (2003/5) 7 High Double stack
Excelerate Energy jetty, although stores or smaller sheds across the trucked north from Tilbury, and
the important potash terminal on country. “London Gateway will railed from Felixstowe to Leeds
FANTUZZI (2003) 6 High Single stack the corner of the dock and the operate exactly how the Port of (for onward trucking to Bradford).
FORKLIFT TRUCKS
riverside is not affected. London used to operate,” said
In the original plan, the on- Moore. “This portcentric oppor- Global view
CVS (2008) 32 ton 5 metre dock intermodal yard is located on tunity will take 2000 [container] Teesport is also the base for GTL
CVS (2003) 16 ton 3.6 metre mast
the eastern side of the CY, and the trucks/day off the roads.” Global Transport Logistics, a pri-
LINDE (1992) 40 ton 6 metre mast
RTG stacks are aligned parallel to The case for portcentric logis- vately-owned 3PL provider that
LINDE (2002) 44 ton 3 high container
the quay. However, the IY has to tics is that locating DC networks has grown very rapidly since it was
be moved and some of the stacks inland does not work effectively set up in 2006. It now operates a
handler
shortened because part of the land when most consumer goods are 55,000 ft
2
bonded warehouse
TRACTORS
will be occupied by Tesco. imported. They have to be sup- close to the port and provides a
TERBERG (1998/2001) 4X2/4X4
To maintain NGCT’s planned plemented by import warehouses full suite of supply chain manage-
1.5-1.8M TEU/year capacity (on and decon-solidation centres, ment services for a wide range of
CVS (2003) 4X4
build-out), the yard configuration while marine containers presents customers, with products ranging
has to change from a rectangle to inland DC operators with han- from pharmaceuticals to tyres.
an L-shape. It is not clear how this dling and storage problems, as well What GTL, a family-owned
will affect the stack layout, but it as empty repositioning costs. Very company that has now set up a
SHAD GROUP UK
it is known that PDP wants to often import containers are driven daughter company in Hong Kong,
“squeeze” up the ro-ro terminal “past the door” of the store where is about is quintessentially the mes-
Skelmersdale (located at the end of the dock the goods will be sold. sage that PDP wants to get across.
England
next to TCT2) to free up space. Still in the London port area, Co-founder and director Gary
last April NYK Logistics said it was Smith used to handle inbound lo-
Tel: +44 (0)1695 724651 Email: Sales@shadgroup.co.uk
Strategic location planning “a number of portcentric gistics for a leading British retailer
NGCT is aimed at providing di- import centres in the UK follow- that imported through Felixstowe
rect supply chain services between ing considerable interest in its first and Southampton.
UK site at Thamesport.” Initially Smith says that port and road
envisaged as a 35,000 ft
2
depot, the congestion made the supply chain
centre would be expanded to a almost impossible to manage. DCs
stronger, bigger and
total of 120,000 ft
2
by September operate very narrow delivery win-
BETTER
2008, said NYK Logistics UK dows and containers were fre-
managing director Ian Veitch. quently turned away. “You would
port
Reaching out at TCT2
BUILDINGS
TCT2 at Teesport is a reach £0.8M (€/BP exchange rates
stacker operation and second have changed somewhat since!).
Port operators need creative and versatile solutions
row capability for heavy laden They replaced older ma-
to warehousing needs created by an ever changing
containers including tanktainers chines and have an expected life
commodity mix. From facilities for bulk cargo to
is an everyday requirement. The of 7-10 years. Two are model
climate controlled storage buildings, RUBB Buildings machines are also used to dou- RS36-33IH (with combi-at-
has the ideal solution. ble-stack rolltrailers and cassettes tachment) and the other is a
in the adjacent ro-ro terminal’s RS46-36CH. Unladen weight is
• Superior Corrosion • Superior Fire
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marshalling yard. in excess of 80t.
• Modular Design • Simple Foundations
This picture shows one of They have a 5.9m wheelbase
• Bright Efficient Space • Suitable for
three reach stackers acquired - the same as the RS45-27CH -
from Hyster Europe in the but have heavier counterweights
• Easily Extended
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20 January 2009
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