2014 - Business as usual??

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01 Introduction
01 Introduction
02 Meetings
02 Munich - general
03 Munich - planners
05 New members
05 Kralowetz
07 Moonway
09 Visit
09 Bulgaria
11 Members
11 Samat
12 Nijhof-Wassink
14 Lehnkering
15 Blondel
16 FoodTankers
17 Dekker
18 Colophon
February 2014
2014 - Business as usual??
by Henk Hofman
cess capacity, a fact that can
be explained by the reorganization and trimming down of
haulage companies.
This situation should give you
However, it seems likely that the strength to not simply
we will experience some sig- swim with the tide.
nificant changes. First of all,
I would like to mention a pos- Furthermore, as of 1 January
itive change. There are signs 2014 Bulgarian and Romathat better times are ahead, nian workers are now able to
and for international trans- move freely within the Europort especially things are pean Union.
moving in the right direction. Many have mixed feelings
Apparently rock bottom has about this development, but
been reached.
whether we like it or not, it is
On the other hand, it looks a fact, and we have to learn to
as if customers are currently cope with it, as well as lookputting more work out to ten- ing for the opportunities ofder than in recent years, with fered by this new situation.
the aim of obtaining rates that
even go beyond cost price.
A very positive thing is that in
In the past few years, the idea the last couple of months two
of live and let live has featured new members have joined
more strongly. It is up to us to Tankceu. Kralowetz, which is
deal with this in the right way, based in Austria, will offer us
all the more so because there many opportunities through
is certainly no longer any ex- its knowledge of, and practiBy now we have taken our
first steps into 2014 and it
seems that it’s “business as
usual”!!
cal experience in, the countries of Eastern European, as
well as Greece, Turkey and
Moldova.
Moonway, which is based in
Turku (FIN), will offer us the
same, but in the intermodal
field and in respect of the northern countries, such as Finland,
the Baltic states and Russia.
Finally, I would like to wish
you a good, healthy and cooperative 2014. And keep in mind
that in Tankceu you have at
your disposal an organization
that is unique in Europe!
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General Meeting
(Chemical and Food Division):
Munich, 31 May 2013
by Petra Jongejan
In the first part of this meeting Henk Hofman spoke to
the members about the CO²
emissions notice, which has
been requested by customers, on invoices, cabotage,
road tax and eco labels. Mr.
Laffont and Mr. Schnebelen
gave a presentation with updated information on the 44
tonnes regulation and road
tax in France.
nomic situation. A top 10 of
the most used cleaning stations was presented and discussed, followed by a list of
tyre suppliers.
his intermodal partners, in
particular with Baltica (Russia) and Fourcee (India).
In the final part of the meeting the chemical and food divisions came together again
to discuss the interest of
some companies in Tankceu
and what both parties could
mean for each other.
Henk Hofman recommended
that payment of invoices be
carefully monitored by regularly checking the administration and compliance with
payment terms. With smaller
financial buffers, this precau- After the meeting the resEach member was given tion is becoming increasingly taurant was just a short walk
from the hotel and provided
some time to tell colleagues important.
the members with a generabout any changes in their
company and how they are Both divisions spoke in sepa- ous dinner of Schweins- und
dealing with the current eco- rate rooms about the market Kalbshaxn (pork and veal
as well as recent and upcom- knuckles) to satisfy even the
ing tenders. Mr. Wauters gave biggest appetite. The next
a presentation on the results morning a bus took the Tankof the intermodal working ceu participants and their
group, highlighting the latest partners to some of the nicoutcomes: an overview of fer- est parts of Munich and finalry and railway companies and ly dropped them off at the rethe routes they serve. He told nowned Tambosi café where
the members about his grow- they had a farewell coffee and
ing cooperation with some of cake.
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Planners’meeting (Chemical and Food Division):
Munich, 12 October 2013
by Petra Jongejan
On 12 October around 35
planners from the chemical
and food grade divisions
met in Munich, and gave a
warm welcome to our new
member, Kralowetz, which
is headquartered in Austria
and has branch offices in
Romania, the Czech Republic
and Poland. As of 1 October
this year, Kralowetz joined
both the chemical and food
grade divisions of Tankceu.
The Board gave a short
presentation about third party
haulage companies that it
had contacted with a view to
seeing how cooperation could
be improved, and also if this
might lead to them becoming
candidates for a Tankceu
membership.
In his introduction Henk
Hofman referred to recent
changes on the market
and underlined the many
possibilities created by that
day’s meeting. Planners
presented developments in
their companies as well as
mentioning their backload
needs.
Geert van den Abbeele of the
Tankceu intermodal working
group presented the update
of its database, which now
allows a better overview of
available equipment and
lanes within the group, so
that load requirements and
possibilities can be better
matched. The working group
requested
that
Tankceu
be expanded to include
other intermodal haulage
companies.
In the food grade division
planners were invited to
propose topics that were
of most interest to them
currently. Amongst other
things, the increasingly long
waiting times and possible
ways of dealing with this
problem were discussed.
Additionally there was an
exchange
of
experience
with regard to complying
with the demands of some
bigger customers such as
handling the administrative
aspects of orders: how can
these customers’ systems be
satisfactorily integrated into
our own systems?
In the smaller groups, with
the help of a list, planners
from the chemical division
enjoyed a lively discussion
about lanes with poor
reloading opportunities and
where solutions for these
lanes might be found within
the group.
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Trophy - member of the year - handed out to Peder Pedersen of IAT
With the whole group back together, a top twelve list of cleaning stations
most used by both the chemical and food grade members was presented.
Finally Henk Hofman handed out the trophy for the Tankceu member of
the year to IAT, and explained this decision by mentioning the company’s
membership of almost 20 years, during which time it has proved to be a
reliable and stable member with a substantial growth of turnover within the
group. So far they have participated in every meeting and are actively involved
in initiatives such as the intermodal and SQAS working groups.
Moreover, IAT manager Hans Petersen has been a constructive member of
the Tankceu Board for several years now.
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In the evening two guides showed the planners the nicest spots in the old
centre of Munich, which they spiced up with interesting stories, and eventually
left us in the capable hands of the Haxnbauer restaurant, where everybody
enjoyed a generous portion of genuine Munich pork or veal knuckles,
accompanied by a refreshing and tasty beer.
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Kralowetz
strengthens Tankceu’s food and
chemical divisions
Kralowetz was established
in 1955 by Karl Kralowetz sr,
who started off with deliveries of construction material
for the Danube Power Plant
in Ybbs and the West Autobahn (AT).
In subsequent years the
company’s activities were expanded to include the transportation of chemical and
food grade liquids, fuel, domestic fuel oils and bitumen.
The collapse of the Iron Curtain offered Kralowetz some
interesting growth opportunities, with branches being set
up in Timisoara (RO), Pardubice (CZ) and in Kedzierzyn
Kozle (PL).
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On 1 October 2013 Kralowetz
joined Tankceu as a new
member of both the food
and chemical divisions. With
its contacts and many years’
experience of chemical and
food grade road tank transports, especially to central
and eastern European countries, Kralowetz will further
strengthen the Tankceu network.
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Today the company also of- - a Shell truck stop, including
fers the following transport sanitary facilities, a restaurelated services:
rant and parking for around
100 trucks, with free WiFi.
- an external and internal
cleaning station for both For chemical transports Krafood and chemical products lowetz has a modern fleet of
that complies with HACCP 30 tanks, mainly carrying out
standards and is located in transports to Italy, Germany,
Blindenmarkt (AT).
Czech Republic, Hungary,
Romania and Bulgaria.
Their food grade fleet counts
Opening hours
50 tanks and serves lanes to
Monday to Friday:
Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey,
07.00 - 22.00 hours
Greece, Moldova and Italy.
Saturday:
The main products carried
07.00 -12.00 hours
are wine, cognac, juices, liquid chocolate, oils and fats.
Planning contacts
(everyone speaks English as
well as their mother tongue)
Food:
Martin Kralowetz
martin.kralowetz@kralowetz.at
+43 7473 2500 10
Lukas Hofbauer
lukas.hofbauer@kralowetz.at
+43 7473 2500 72
Chemical:
Kralowetz’s drivers receive Markus Walter
regular (safety) training and markus.walter@kralowetz.at
+43 7473 2500 14
health checks.
Martin Kralowetz
Lukas Hofbauer
Markus Walter
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Moonway Oy
The entire world is our playing field!
by Tom Mohn, CEO
Moonway is a specialist in dry and liquid bulk container
transport. We transport liquid chemicals, food grade cargo
and dry bulk products. Although we’re based in Turku, Finland,
the location of our office is not particularly significant, as all
our communication is electronic. The entire world is our
playing field!
An expert staff is our most important resource. Professional
skills and continuous development of operations guarantee
high
quality
customer
service. We seek to be one
of the leading companies
in our sector, and in this
sense we have in fact been
very successful. Flexible and
efficient service has helped
us to win the confidence of
our customers.
Some
350,000
tank
containers are in use
worldwide. Their numbers
are growing by approximately
10 per cent annually,
although at the moment
the sector is suffering from the generally sluggish world
economy. However, we firmly believe in a better tomorrow.
Cargoes are shifting increasingly to tank containers and we
want to take our share of the growing volumes. Transport to
and from Russia continues to grow rapidly despite temporary
fluctuations in volume. It has come to stay and we are prepared
to meet the challenge. Nevertheless, Finnish industry will
remain our largest group of customers and we will continue
to serve them in the best possible way.
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Moonway – new member of
Tankceu’s chemical division
As of 15 December 2013 Moonway has joined
Tankceu as a member of the chemical division.
Some basic facts and figures about Moonway:
Established: in 1994 and based in Turku (FIN)
Turnover:10 million / year
Financially, Moonway is a healthy and profitable
company and is part of the BT Logistics, owned by
KWH.
Main activities (predominantly intermodal):
1. Bulk liquid food transports
2. Bulk liquid chemical transports
3. Dry (low-grade) industrial transport in bulk
Fleet
- 70 food grade tank containers (owned)
- a small fleet of 20 ft bulk containers (owned)
Main flows abroad are imports to Finland
and dedicated food transports Benelux – Spain.
Quality
Moonway is ISO 900:2000 and SQAS certified.
All containers are CSCV certificated.
Some plus points for Tankceu
• Additional reliable support in Finland
and connections to the Baltic States and Russia
• Enlargement of Tankceu’s intermodal network
• The positive input of a strongly motivated team
that wants to become a constructive Tankceu
member
Team
Tom Mohn – General and Commercial Manager
Intermodal planning
T +358 2 27 54 312
M +358 400 785 462
E tom.mohn@moonway.fi
Taina Kaasila – Operations Manager
Road planning
T +358 2 27 54 300
E taina.kaasila@moonway.fi
Minna Immonen
T +358 2 27 54 313
E minna.immonen@moonway.fi
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Visiting Bulgaria a learning experience
by Jan Duel and Henk Hofman
The aim of this four-day trip
last October was to visit some
tank haulage companies, including Globus Ltd, a subcontractor of Dekker, which
is situated in Burgas. Another
consideration was the imminent (as of 1 January 2014) end
to the restrictions on Bulgarians and Romanians working
without permits throughout
the European Union.
At Sofia Airport we were collected by Petar Trankov, the
owner of Globus, and his employee, Kalina Atanasova, who
helped us during our trip with
Bulgarian-English translation. The Bulgarian language
is related to Russian.
We headed to Burgas on the
Black Sea - via the A1/E80,
which by the way, is an excellent road! The main part of
this motorway, co-financed
by Brussels, opened only a
few months ago. On the way
to Burgas just before the exit
to Istanbul - quite amazingly
- we passed a truck belonging to Kralowetz, our new
Tankceu member.
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The next morning a meeting
took place in the offices of
Globus, where agreements
for 2014 were made and a
number of Bulgarians came
to apply for work in Dekker’s
cocoa melting facilities.
Tank cleaning at SG Ltd. site
In the afternoon we visited
SG Ltd, a haulage company
owned by Stancho and Mariella Georgieva. Their fleet
consists of around 12 tank
truck combinations. The site
of SG Ltd also includes a
large parking area with a lot
of space available for future
activities and a brand new
cleaning station for the internal and external cleaning of
tank trucks. In Bulgaria this
cleaning station is the only
one to have achieved SQAS
certification. SG Ltd is located very near to the LUKOIL
Refinery, previously a state
owned company which also
featured a plant for the production of chemicals that has
now been closed. LUKOIL
has ambitious plans for the
future expansion of its activities there. Bertschi also has
a branch in the area and has
some specific development
plans too.
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We had lunch on the coast
in Nessebar, a historic city
founded by the Greeks in
the 6th century BC that is a
World Heritage site. To many,
Nessebar, which is situated
on the Black Sea, is well
known as a seaside resort.
On the third day we went back
to Sofia, visiting a sunflower
oil extraction plant on the
way. Sunflowers are one of
Bulgaria’s main agricultural
products.
On arrival at our hotel, which
faced the parliament building
in the centre of Sofia, it was
evident that for some time
demonstrations had been
going on against the policies
of the current government.
The parliament buildings had
been closed off by a large
police and anti-riot force.
This all happened just a few
metres from our hotel, although we never witnessed
any aggression, only a lot of
noise and drumming in the
evening. In the afternoon we
lunched with Georgi Todorov
of GT TRANS Ltd, a company
with which both Buchner
and Kralowetz currently
cooperate.
By Western European standards it is a relatively small
company, but with its fleet
of about 17 tank trucks, it
is perhaps the biggest in
Bulgaria.
Sunflower oil extraction plant
From our information it appeared that in Bulgaria no
more than 5 companies are
involved in road tank transport.
The following morning we
thanked our guides for their
excellent welcome and support over the previous four
days, after which we returned
to the Netherlands.
Bulgaria - some basic figures
In Bulgaria the years spent
behind the Iron Curtain are
still clearly visible from the
presence of many ugly and
badly maintained flats - typical
architecture for places where
communism triumphed in the
past. For many Bulgarians
both the low standard of living
and poor social conditions are
major reasons for seeking
solutions abroad.
Area:
111,000 km²
(Bulgaria is three times the
size of the Netherlands)
Location:
neighboured by Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Greece
and Turkey
Number of inhabitants:
7 million
(+3 million employed abroad)
Main mountain range:
the Balkans, which cut Bulgaria in two.
If you would like more
information, please contact
Jan Duel or Henk Hofman
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Chemical division: Groupe SAMAT
planners’ convention and meeting
Last 22 and 23 November in Toulouse the planners of our
Group’s chemical division met at the Space Centre in Toulouse to exchange their experiences of the Group’s main
activity: transport for the chemical industry.
On the programme: a meeting and informal exchange
On Friday evening everybody met in a typical Toulouse restaurant to enjoy a moment of well-deserved relaxation after
a busy week of work.
The next day it was time to get down to some serious business! In the course of the morning the planners were able
to discuss and exchange their experiences of two main
items: the chemical industry in 2014 and chemical transport
flows.
1) The chemical industry in 2014
• Presentation of Samat Sud Toulouse and some Group
SAMAT figures
• The 2 pillars of the Group in 2014, namely commercial
development and the continuous reduction in consumption
• The evolution of the European chemical industry
• Focus on the chemical activities of the Group
2) The Group’s chemical transport flows
• Presentation of the different branches’ flows with the
help of mapping
• Cleaning
• Presentation of Tankceu by Mr. Laffont, General
Manager of the Group
First the different members,
goals and services of Tankceu were presented. This was
followed by an analysis of
the exchange of cargo, after
which the subject of cleaning
stations was briefly touched
upon. Finally Jérôme Durand,
chemical planner at Samat
Sud Rognac, shared his experience of the Tankceu planners’ meeting. He underlined
the importance of more planners from the SAMAT Group
chemical division taking part
in the next Tankceu planners’
meeting.
An informative and instructive meeting
All of the participants felt
that the meeting had been a
very positive one. The planners were able to feed back
information that is important
for the development of the
Group. Everybody was able
to express themselves freely
and so contribute to the success of the event. This convivial get together has inspired
the Group to plan more meetings in future with the operational staff. Indeed a meeting
regarding bitumen transport
activities is already being
considered.
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Nijhof-Wassink opens in Belgium!
Nijhof-Wassink has reached an agreement with
Janssens BVBA in Torhout (B)
Nijhof-Wassink has taken
over Janssens BVBA in
Torhout, Belgium. Janssens
was founded in 1989 and
specializes in animal feed
logistics services. With 19
employees, Janssens is one of
the bigger bulk transporters
in Belgium, and will become
part of the animal feed
division of Nijhof-Wassink.
In addition to the Janssens
site in Belgium, NijhofWassink also has subsidiaries
in the Netherlands, Poland,
Hungary
and
Germany.
Since 2000, Nijhof-Wassink
has become a serious
competitor in the animal feed
market. In taking over the 19
combinations from Janssens,
Nijhof-Wassink’s fleet now
totals over 150 animal feed
combinations, with which it
supplies farmers in Northern,
Eastern and Western Europe.
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Nijhof-Wassink & VB Trailerbouw
Nijhof-Wassink chooses thirteen
Vogelzang ADR container chassis
This combination made it possible to create a high-quality
chassis which perfectly fits
our needs. Off course a lot of
attention was paid to achieving the right balance between
high quality and light weight.
The chassis are equipped
for transportation of both
20’ and 30’ containers. They
have three BPW disc brake
axles and a Haldex air brake
system. To optimize working
conditions for the drivers,
the chassis are built with an
ergonomic entry. For extra
durability the chassis are
surface finished and axles
and outriggers are also spray
painted.
With these container chassis
VB Trailerbouw has demonstrated that it is able to translate customer wishes into a
competitive Dutch quality trailer that guarantees a long life.
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Last week Nijhof-Wassink
received the first of thirteen
Vogelzang ADR container
chassis. VB Trailerbouw
of Bedum took care of the
sophisticated design and
production. Thanks to close
cooperation
during
the
engineering process we
managed to use the best of
both worlds, our experience
combined with the technical
know-how of VB Trailerbouw.
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Lehnkering moves to a
new location
As of 1 November 2013
Lehnkering Chemical Transport has moved its planning
and administration departments to new offices located
right in the middle of Waalhaven port.
Not only does Lehnkering
now have a modern, spacious and light office, but this
transfer has also enabled
it to achieve greater synergy with its sister company,
Lehnkering Logistics, which
is based in the same building.
New address
Dockworks 4
Waalhaven Oostzijde 77
Port No. 2203A
3087BM Rotterdam
The Netherlands
René van de Ven
T +31 10 42 88 450
E rene.vandeven@lehnkering.com
Kees van den Engel
T +31 10 42 88 454
E kees.vandenengel@lehnkering.com
As before, there are workshops and parking in Bergschenhoek (Rotterdam) and
Axel (Terneuzen), together
with a cleaning station in the
latter location.
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Blondel – purchase of new trailers
by Pierre Egler
photo 2
Out of concern for safety the
BRUN INVEST Group has
purchased coated stainless
steel trailers (photo 1) which
will avoid drivers needing to
climb on top of the tank to
operate the valves and air
channels. All of the hydraulic
controls are operated from a
box at the back of the trailer
near the unloading valve
(photo 2).
The driver can unload by
pressure, gravity or suction
without having to climb on top
of the tank and risk falling.
This happened to one of our
employees, who broke his thigh
bone as a result. The new tanks
are also equipped with a box
(photo 3) that makes it possible
to check the tonnage per axle,
which is very important in view
of the regulations allowing
gross vehicle weights of 44
tonnes in France.
photo 3
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FoodTankers enters the liquid gas
transport market
by Tomas Petterson, CEO
As a company specializing
in foodstuffs, FoodTankers
intends to maintain a clear
separation between its two
divisions. This is why it was
decided to create the gas division as a separate spin-off
company. We also know that
LPG is an important growth
market in Sweden and Norway, and we aim to strengthen our presence there in the
future.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
(LPG) is a mixture of propane
and butane; the liquid gas is
a by-product of the extraction of natural gas and crude
oil. The gas transported by
LEHNKERING is used to
raise temperatures during
production processes, to heat
buildings, and in road construction (asphalt), as well as
for drying grain, and, in bottles, for private use (camping
gas etc.). A consistent temperature of at least -42˚ C
is required for the transport.
Because of the specialized
equipment needed and the
handling challenges of LPG,
every employee has obtained
a special certificate for the
transportation of LPG.
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FoodTankers has expanded
its service portfolio to include liquefied petroleum
gas (LPG) logistics. For this
purpose, a new company
called LEHNKERING Gas Logistics has been established,
and its first task will be to
take over the LPG-distribution in southern Sweden for
E.ON Gas Sweden. The fleet
for this long-term contract
consists of five specialized
vehicles to be operated by
eight highly skilled drivers.
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Dekker Transport & Tank storage
Eight new 316L stainless steel storage tanks
Last September eight new tanks were delivered to Dekker via the IJssel river.
The heaviest tank weighed 14,500 kg in the hoists!
The storage capacities of the new heated 316L stainless steel tanks range from
60 to 350 m³. The following tanks have been installed
• Three new 350 m³ tanks
• Two new 225 m³ tanks
• One new 128 m³ tank
• One new 105 m³ tank
• One new 60 m³ tank
The 60 m³ tank has an agitator suitable for products with a high viscosity.
Each tank has its own pump and piping so the risk of contamination is excluded.
These tanks are already in demand, especially when it comes to speciality products!
For more information contact:
Rob Batenburg
T +31180 898 552
M +31 652 567 348
E r.batenburg@dekkergroep.com
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Editorial team
General Editor:
Henk Hofman
T +31 10 218 48 79
E hofman@tankceu.com
Editorial Secretary:
Petra Jongejan
T +31 10 418 05 22
E tankceu@tankceu.com
Production
Buro Solo Rotterdam (NL)
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