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N°1 - MARS 2015
P06: The Move it News in brief
INTERVIEW
P10: Terex port solutions
Exclusive Interview with Mr. Steve Filipov(C.E.O.)
P14: Ilogs
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Exclusive Interview with Mr. Alain Okoï (Director-General)
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Driverless vehicles to make port handling safer
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The four musketeers of heavy lifting
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P24: Liebherr
Record year for Liebherr mobile harbour cranes
P26: Kalmar
Kalmar extends Gloria reachstacker family
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Specialises in energy
P32: Morocco - AGTT
One of the oldest freight forwarders in Morocco
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P34: Egypt - Etal
Major player in the heavy transport industry in Egypt
P38: Iraq - Goldhofer
1150Kms on 20 lines in Iraq
P40: Haropa
Exceptional transport on the Seine
P42: Konecranes
15 new RGT cranes for Bollore Africa Logistics
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Copyright: Panalpina
Photo: Nadine Vos
International freight forwarding
and logistics company, Panalpina
has expanded its global presence
with the opening of two new
offices in Morocco and Kenya.
The Casablanca and Nairobi
bases became fully operational in
January and their main aim is to
support Panalpina’s growth in the
energy and infrastructure sectors.
“Expanding our global presence
is part of Panalpina’s overall
strategy, especially in growth
economies such as Morocco and
Kenya”,
commented Peter Triebel,
Panalpina’s regional CEO for the
Middle East, Africa and CIS.
Morocco offers several business
opportunities in key industries
such as energy, automotive,
aerospace and healthcare.
The country has many onshore
wind farms and has become a
leader in the region’s wind power
generation with investments in
solar power technology as well
as constructing,expanding and
modernising hydro and coal fired
power plants. “Morocco has
great business potential, in future
the country will serve as a
gateway to Mauretania on the
West African coast, and the
inland African countries of Mali,
Burkina Faso and Niger,”
explains Maxime van
Geenberghe,
Panalpina’s managing director in
Morocco.
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With a length of 382 meters and a width of 124 meters, the world’s
biggest ship has arrived in Rotterdam on Thursday 8th January at 2 pm.
The Pieter Schelte, designed and developed by the Dutsch-Swiss
offshore company Allseas, will spend the next four months in Rotterdam
undergoing final assembly in the lake of Maasvlakte 2. Including a work
where 65 meter long support beams will be fitted to the ship, the total
construction of the vessel is estimated at €700 million involving 440
different Dutsch companies.
The Maasvlakte provides possibilities on existing sides, developing
sides and the plots of water on Maasvlakte 2 can also have a good use
for the offshore industry. Potential markets are the dismantling of oil
and gas platforms, facilitating the construction of wind farms,
mobilisation and demobilisation projects and the establishment
of large-scale manufacturing and assembly industry.
Gamesa Eolica settles down in port of Bilbao
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Panalpina expands its presence in Africa
The World’s biggest ship has arrived in Rotterdam
Damietta Port Authority received the largest ship
in the port history
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The Bilbao Port Authority has granted
Gamesa Eolica, S.L., a global
technological leader with 20 years
experience in the wind industry,
to occupy a plot of land on Dock
A-3 in the port of Bilbao.
Extension will involve the installation
of a logistics centre for loading,
discharge and stocking of large goods such as auxiliary structures and
main components for the wind power industry. By setting up in the Port
of Bilbao, the company will take advantage of the dock supposes,
which will enable them to improve logistics and increase market.
Annual traffic of wind power components is estimated to be between
500,000 and 600,000 cubic meters, which is equivalent to the berthing
of 45 new vessels.
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Bolloré Africa Logistics invests
in the growth of Benin
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Vincent Bolloré along with
Thomas Boni Yayi, President of
the Republic of Benin, and Brigi
Rafini, Prime minister of Niger
inaugurated the Benin Terminal
extension project and the two
new ship-to-shore gantry cranes
recently delivered to the
container terminal. The project covering 20 hectares should lead to
increase the operational capacities of Benin Terminal, support and speed
up the growth of Benin and the region, particularly the neighbouring
country of Niger. Work will start as soon as the 20 hectare site has been
formally accepted and will last several months. The global investment
into this project, including infrastructures and equipment, amounts
around 34 billion CFA francs (52 million euros).
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Damietta Port received the l
argest ship draft ever since the
port inauguration in 1986.
The 14 meters draft vessel CMA
CGM RACINE arrived to the
port on the first day of the year.
The 300 meters long and 40
meters wide Maltese vessel with
a maximum tonnage of 12,000
TEUs, 800 TEUs were offloaded
at Damietta port, was called from
Malaysia and is heading to Izmir,
Turkey.
Efforts were also made by DPA
to reach the design depth of 15
meters to be able to accommo-
date the largest generation of
vessels efficiently, safely and on
time.
Damietta, one of the oldest ports
in Egypt completed the year
2014 with a total of 2366 vessels,
29 262 102 tons of overall
throughput, 5 260 594 of general
cargo, 14 521 154 tons of total
bulk, 9 480 354 tons of
containerised commodities and
handled 707 342 TEUs.
Damietta port with a overall
length of berths 5300 meters
currently employs 2170 people.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
The National Ports Agency of Morroco continues
to support development of the national ports
Marseille Fos sets out a vision for growth in a
multi-million strategic plan
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Ipsen Logistics Belgium: New Project in Algeria
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( MAD 820 million) and the
construction of a building for the
port community (170 million
MAD).This investment effort also
covers the construction of an LPG
station at the port of Mohammedia (MAD 350 million),
the implementation of connection
works of the maritime component
of the road to connect the port of
Cassblanca (MAD 150 million)
and the reinforcement of the
port’s breakwaters (240 million
MAD).
The CMA CGM Group has signed a memorandum of agreements
with the integrated logistics group Multiparques for the operation
of Lobito container terminal and the development of new logistics
platforms in Angola. “Lobito is Angola’s second port, and its location
and train transportation connections make it a strategic entry point in
West Africa. This not only allows Benguela and Huambo - two major
Angola cities - service, but also thanks to the new railroad renovation,
to link the city to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia Copperbelt mining region to
the sea. Those different
elements promise the Port
of Lobito to a great
intermodal future.”
says CMA CGM Group
Logistics and Reefer
Senior Vice President.
The new terminal shall be
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The National Ports Agency’s
Board of Directors confirmed
continuing the Agency’s
investment policies for
strengthening and modernising of
the port services. Investments
totalling MAD 2.5 billion will be
mobilised in 2015, on a total
budget of $ 6 billion for the
2015-2019 period.
The investment program matches
with the National Ports Strategy
recommendations for 2030 and it
includes the last two phases of the
Wessal Casablanca project, the
development of the new shipyard
CMA CGM and Multiparques join together for
new logistics solutions development in Angola
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Ipsen Logistics Belgium have
been appointed by the Belgian
contractor International
Montage Maintenance as their
logistics partner for their
project with Sonelgaz in
Algeria. The project involves
construction of nine power
stations with a total capacity of 65 MW along an axis Bechar-Tindouf
in the South-West and in the area of Tamanrasset deep in the South of
the country. Ipsen Logistics Algeria will also closely cooperate in its
realization. The cargo will be shipped in 21 lots of 55 Mtons plus
containers each. The first shipment already left the port of Antwerp
and arrived in Mostaganem before Christmas.
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NAVILAND CARGO strengthening its links
with HAROPA - Port of Le Havre
As of 1 January 2015, the rail operator NAVILAND CARGO upgraded
its transportation plan : strengthens its offer Le Havre - Strasbourg,
which increases from 3 to 5 weekly services, open to the flow of dry
and ISO tank containers.
The Marseille Fos port authority
has set out a vision for growth
over the four years to 2018 in a
strategic plan.
The developments costing
360 million € should offer clients
a dynamic Euro-Mediterranean
logistics and industrial cluster.
A key aim is to position the port
as a viable European Gateway
alternative to ports in the
northern range.Investments will
also focus on container activities
in both Marseille and Fos
harbour areas; cruise operations,
cruiseship repair and ro-ro
services at Marseille; diverse
traffic-building activities in Fos
ranging from LNG and dry bulk
trades to further industrial
implants. The strategic plan is
designed to preserve traditional
activities including the oil and
petrochemical sectors in Fos and
national/international ro-pax
services based in Marseille.
Among projects earmarked at
Fos, the land between the two
Fos 2XL container terminals will
be developed in response to
customer demand to create a
sole-use quay. When necessary,
dredging to 16 meters will
accommodate 16,000 teu ships
and allow the terminals to
continue handling the largest
container carriers in service.
NEW SOUTH DOCK ON THE PORT OF COTONOU
Realisation of a joint dam at
the port of Al Hoceima
(MOROCCO).
Dumez Morocco (a subsidiary of Sogea-Satom) has
been awarded the realisation
of the new area of the
yachting port of Al Hoceima
on the north-eastern coast.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Sixty MAN long-haul trucks join a fleet in South
Africa
Successful use of the Scheurle-Nicolas Superflex
in Turkey
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Nicolas Occis named
Executive Director of Haropa - Port of Rouen
Nicolas Occis, a Chief Civil
and Forestry Engineer, has been
appointed Executive Director of
Haropa - Port of Rouen. He
succeeds Philippe Deiss who
was named Managing Director
of ‘Ports Normands Associés’,
last November. Engineer,
Nicolas Occis,
previously served as a deputy
sub-director within the
Ministry of Ecology, sustainable Development and Energy,
also takes the presidency of the
Haropa EIG for the year 2015.
The port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire provides 37
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The Scheurle-Nicolas Superflex trailer
was used to move
several tram vehicles
from China to
Samsun in Turkey.
The operation
involved air, land and sea transportation. Due to certain problems in
using the sea route, the first streetcars arrived in Samsun on a Antonov
AN-225 and were then subsequently transported by ship.
Caba Transport utilised the eight-axle Scheurle-Nicolas Superflex
to move the 35 t tram from the port and airport to the tram depot.
The Scheurle-Nicolas Superflex is not only ideally suited for the
transport of rail vehicles but it can also accommodate numerous other
loads and as a result the expensive downtimes can be avoided or
minimised, explained the TII Group.
Total announced that it has completed
the flare-out of the Ofon field on Oil
Mining Lease (OML) 102 offshore
Nigeria. The oil & gas major, based in
France, explained that the gas is now
being compressed, evacuated to shore
and monetised via Nigeria LNG. The
field is located 65 kilometres from
Nigerian shores in water depths of 40
meters and is currently producing
about 25,000 barrels of oil equivalent
per day (boe/d). Total E&P Nigeria
operates OML 102 with a 40% interest,
alongside the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation.
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Man has supplied 60 new trucks to the Imperial Cargo logistics
expert, based in South Africa and Namibia. These sixty MAN TGS
26.440 semitrailer tractors, intended for long-haul transport, will
clock up a monthly average of 16,000 km and approximately 200,000
km per year and will replace the 44 current MAN TGS 26.440.
“The MAN TGS 26.440s in our long-hault fleet offer outstanding fuel
consumption - ten percent less than other models in the fleet.”
commented Christo Theron, Managing Director of the Imperial Cargo
Group.
Total completes flare out at Ofon offshore Nigeria
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Four new Liebherr mobile harbour cranes for
Katoen Natie
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has increased its
lifting capacity at
the port of Antwerp
by investing in
three new Liebherr
mobile harbour
cranes, one LHM
550 and two LHM
600s. The first LHM
600 model was delivered in
November 2014 and the second
became operational just one
month later. Thanks to the
installation of Sycratronic the
LHM 600 can carry out tandem
lifts up to 416 tonnes.
The Belgium based company has
also invested in a new LHM 550
equipped with Pactronic
hybrid power booster.
This hydraulic hybrid drive for
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cranes allows for a
plus of 30%
regarding turnover
capacity and also
leads to a reduction
of fuel consumption. This model
started operation in
summer 2014. In
addition to this
investment, Katoen Natie has
also opted for another mobile
harbour crane, type LHM 420,
for their facilities in Radicatel,
France. The LHM 420 is the
latest model, providing an
outreach of 48 metres
and a maximum lifting capacity
of 124 tonnes.
Nantes-Saint-Nazaire Port is planning to invest nearly 37 million euros
in 2015, in the adaptation of infrastructure and modernisation of its
heritage. The plan includes the construction of a new ro-ro berth (which
will be put into operation in late 2015) and the start of the expansion of
general cargo and container terminal this summer. Moreover,
the preparatory work for the development of a logistics hub for the
construction of offshore farms will begin next March,
the hub is expected to be delivered by the end of 2016.
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Palfinger Marine reinforces in offshore equipment
Palazzani supplies spiders to Egypt
CMA CGM opens a new branch in Constantine
(Algeria)
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Egas and Trafigura sign contract to supply LNG
shipments
According to the Ministry of Petroleum of Egypt, the Egyptian
Gas Holding Company Egas and the company Trafigura,
working in the field of petroleum products trading and natural
gas shipments, signed a contract for the supply of 33
shipments of liquefied natural gas to fulfill the requirements
of the Electricity Sector during the period 2015 - 2016. Eng.
Khalid Abdel Badea, Egas Chairman, said that the oncoming
period will also witness signing of the rest of the LNG
shipments contracts with the awarded companies in the tender,
which include the supply of 75 shipments, won by 4
International companies.
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CMA CGM has opened a new office in Constantine, located in
the industrial area of Rhumel.
Palfinger Marine has completed the acquisition of the Norwegian
Deck Machinery AS. The Os-based company, with a prominent
market position, develops and manufacturers special winches as well
as lifting and handling equipment for offshore vessels, offshore service
vessels and oil and gas rigs. The distinctive feature of the systems
developed by NDM is the automatic compensation of wave
movements, allowing for a safer and more efficient handling of loads.
By integrating NDM’s
product range, Palfinger
Marine takes a big step
forward in becoming the
leading supplier for dock
equipment. The product
range now includes offshore
and marine cranes, launch
and recovery systems, boats
and deck winches.
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Palazzani has
recently supplied
two Ragno TSJ
30.1/R Hybrid
version to their
Egyptian dealer.
The first ragno
was delivered to
Cairo International Airport, one of
the most
congested airport
of Africa, where
the expansion
plan has been ongoing for several months. The second hybrid was used
for the maintenance of the headquarter building of DAR Handash. The
Ragno TSJ 30.1/R hybrid aerial platform is able to reach big heights and
has compact dimensions. This platform, with its hybrid motor, can work
in open spaces with diesel engine as well as in close spaces with electric
motor, in total autonomy, with electric motor or battery.
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Port of Amsterdam has been contracted to help
revitalise the Port in Benin
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Port of Amsterdam
International (PoAI)
has been contracted by
the Netherlands
Embassy in Benin to
help revitalise the Port
of Cotonou in West
Africa.
The main objective of
the project is to deliver
a master plan and an
implementation plan to renovate and restructure the port.
PoAI will assist the Netherlands Embassy in developing a strategic
master plan in conduction with an action plan and technical specifications for the port’s renovation and restructuring operation.PoAI will be
sharing its expertise and assist with the organisational and technical
structuring, monitoring, quality control and support on onsite, in which it
will be working closely with its Dutch network and other international
partners.
Port of Cotonou, the major West African port, is most likely to develop
into a regional hub. Transhipment currently exceeds six million tonnes
annually, with the port looking to raise volumes to twenty million tonnes.
The Port of Benin also supports neighbouring countries, including Nigeria and is the closest port for countries such as Mali, Niger and Burkina
Faso. The port currently accounts for 60% of GDP to the Benin economy.
Petrofac signs two strategic contract agreements
with Algerian Sonatrach
Petrofac, the international oil
& gas service provider, has
signed two contracts with
Algerian state-owned
Sonatrach. Under the first
contract, Petrofac will be
providing a range of
multi-discipline engineering
design and procurement
services in support of Sonatrach’s
upstream hydrocarbon
development programme within
the procedures that govern the
tendering process. This contract
covers a five year period and
involves the support of around
100 personnel throughout its
duration. Under the terms of the
second agreement, Petrofac has
signed a Memorandum of Un-
derstanding with Sonatrach,
committing both parties
to establish an Algerian Joint
Venture to undertake
engineering and project
execution of selected upstream
and downstream developments.
The Joint Venture will be
finalised by mid-2015 with first
project activity in Q4 2015.
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INTERVIEW
“ You will see us developing
more infrastructure in Africa
as this business grows,
and we will need to increase
our investments in Services to
deliver the best parts
and service support to our
local customers.”
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Steve Filipov is
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INTERVIEW
Moveit Magazine: What does Terex
MHPS (Material Handling & Port Solutions) represent today to Terex within the group?
Steve Filipov: We will finish 2014 with
$1.8B in revenues and $58MM in
Operating profit, this is a $54MM
improvement in profitability over 2013
and something we are very proud of at
MHPS. It is about a 50/50 split between
MH and PS. For 2015, I see the market
as being fairly flat. We have some good
perspectives in Asia, Africa, North
America, and the India, however markets
like Brazil, Russia, Middle East, and
Australia are all looking to be difficult to
predict in the next 12-18 months.
Our automation outlook is positive, but
difficult to predict when they will open
for tender, given the large investment
and process it takes to design these
greenfield projects, but there are a few
on the horizon. We will be focused on
delivering on our strategy and getting
closer to our customers in 2015. I plan to
spend a significant amount of my time
visiting some of our major customers.
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ness is quite a bit different. We have the
largest product portfolio in the business
available to port operators. We have
brought together the Port Solutions business throughout several acquisitions. In
1995 we purchased PPM reach stackers,
in 2009 the Fantuzzi Group and in 2012
Gottwald Port Technology with its harbour cranes and automated equipment
businesses through the acquisition of
Demag Cranes AG. TPS products are
manufactured under the brand names
Terex® and Terex® Gottwald in
Germany, France, Italy and China.
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Steve Filipov: When I took over PS in
2013, it was a house on fire. The bad
news was that the team was not working
together, we had our own products
competing against each other, we had not
brought out any new products, and our
financial performance was terrible.
In the first quarter of 2013 we reported
an operating loss of $29MM, and we
quickly assembled a core team to start to
restructure several of our businesses,
simplify our operating structure, and in
the second quarter we had an operating
loss of $5MM, so we started to stop the
bleeding, but much more had to be done.
Over the course of 2013 we initiated a
major restructuring, we had to exit some
non-profitable products, changed some
of our management team, and by the end
of 2013 we had almost returned to
profitability. The good news was that we
did have some good products in our
portfolio, like the Mobile Harbor Cranes,
our Straddle Carriers, our Reachstackers,
and our automation business.
These businesses helped us make up
some of the gap in 2013, and are one of
the pillars of our strategy for the long
term.In 2014, we started to lay out a
longer term strategy to become the most
customer responsive Port Solutions
provider in the industry. This strategy is
based on 3 pillars, Improve our Core
Products, Improve our Service and
Maintenance, Be the leader in
Automation. So where are we? We are
starting to deliver on our mission to
improve our Core Products.
We introduced a new smaller mobile
harbor crane for river ports which is
produced in our China facility, we are
also launching the new Terex® Liftace
reach stacker and the new Terex®
Stackace empty container handler.
On the automation side, we are
delivering the 3 largest automation
projects in the world, and in 2014 we
will have delivered over $250MM
of complete automated solutions.
We are continuing to invest in this
technology and are the market leader in
this area. We finished 2014 with an 20%
increase in revenues to over $800MM
and went from an operating loss to an
operating profit of $30MM – a great
turnaround story and this puts us on our
pathway to prosperity.
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Moveit Magazine: Steve Filipov, you
are the new manager of Port Solutions
(PS) business at Terex for over two years
now, what are your main goals on this
market?
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Steve Filipov, at the head of the Terex Port solutions division for more than two years.
Based in the US, he travels the world and knows very well all the group's activities.
He wants to make of this industry the undisputed global port solution.
Interview with the man who steers the boat in the right direction.
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Steve Filipov: Today MHPS represents
around 25% of Terex Corporation’s $7.3
billion in revenue (MHPS was $7 billion
in 2013), the second largest segment
after AWP, and over 8,000 team members globally. Just over 35% of our revenues are in Europe, over 10% in
Southeast Asia, 15% in Latin America
and only 15% in North America. The
Material Handling (MH) business is our
Demag overhead crane product portfolio,
where we are the market leader in most
European markets and we produce these
products in over 30 different countries.
Our largest facilities are in Germany,
near Düsseldorf, but our manufacturing
strategy is to produce our products close
to our customers, so we have over 30 facilities globally. The Port Solutions busi-
Moveit Magazine: Terex MHPS achieved a turnover of $1.8B in 2014.
How do you explain this? What are
your expectations for 2015?
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Steve Filipov: Over the past 10 years, I
have seen stackers grow, and I have seen
them crash. I feel like the business can
continue to grow for the next few years,
and we need to go out and get some more
business – this is what we are focused on
today. MLM does not have a capacity
problem and we continue to look at ways
to improve our efficiency, which is why
we are converting some of the capacity
from our Italian Port Solutions facility to
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MHPS?
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France, one for MH, the other for PS.
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Demag cranes business is a good
business for us, and we sell locally in
France directly to our end users. Our PS
business in MLM is a good business,
but most of our stacker production gets
exported globally. We have a good
market position globally on stackers and
we want to continue to develop this
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we are present today, customers like
Bolloré and Transnet (South Africa),
Sea invest, Francetruck and many others,
have helped us become more and more
present in this growing economy.
We have a large facility in South Africa,
where we produce products for both the
MH and PS businesses locally, and this
is a part of our strategy to be more customer responsive. You will see us
developing more infrastructure in Africa
as this business grows, and we will need
to increase our investments in Services to
deliver the best parts and service support
to our local customers.
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change the product line?
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develop and equip themselves more
and more (often for European
companies like Bolloré).
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charge of the emerging markets. What
do they represent for Terex today ?
What do you expect from these countries in terms of materials?
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revenues are now coming from developing markets, only a few years ago this
number was closer to 10%, and they
continue to grow. The only exception has
been India, where 2013 was a difficult
year, and now with all the issues happening in Ukraine, I think Russia and the
CIS will be difficult to predict over the
next few months. Whether you are in a
developed or in a developing market, our
customers want a quality product delivered on time, all the time, a brand they can
trust, and the best service and support to
maximize uptime and efficiency. That is
what we are all about.
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ILOGS Anticipates
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Ilogs anticipates the oil markets in Congo and will invest 20 million of dollars in the next 2
years. Alain Okoi, CEO of the company Ilogs, has entrusted our reporter and told us about
the strategy and ambitions of the group.
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Mr. Alain Okoi: ILOGS is a subsidiary
of the oil company SNPC (Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo), our national
hydrocarbon company. The composition
of its shareholders is as follows: SNPC
80%, PAPN 20%. ILOGS provides an
integrated offer of logistic services in the
Oil & Gas sector. The main activities of
the CSP ILOGS are :
Port activities on a dedicated dock
located in a protected area.
Ship and barge docking, loading
and unloading of heavy lifts with
specialised gears in lifting and handling,
with capacities up to 450 tonnes.
Stocking and rangement activities on
yard along with an area of 40 hectares,
also with warehouses, hangars and
offices. Chemical products (oil sludge)
and transport activities including the
convoys type rig move full assistance to
ships. We have our own park of about
hundred gear units : cranes, forklift
trucks, tractor trucks, trailers and
extendable trailers, tank trailers,
platforms and more. The oil industry in
our country is in dire need of equipment;
this is why we import equipment into the
country to be used on both on-shore and
off-shore platforms. Today we have
nearly 300 employees in ILOGS among
which 180 are on permanent contract on
the 1000 jobs within the group SNPC.
vision of a port terminal dedicated to an
Oil services hub was declined by the
President of Congo, Denis Sassou
Nguesso in 1999. The two largest
producers of oil in Congo are Total EP
Congo and ENI. Together, these two
majors announce quite regularly
important discoveries, particularly in
offshore for the last twenty years.
ILOGS is of course interested in their
development phase. Alongside these
groups (usually with significant logistics)
there are other oil companies, mediumsized oil groups, who need a dedicated
space and who would be interested by
our services for both their existing activities and new projects. these operators can
come and install their operational base in
CSP ILOGS. Our ambition is to serve the
oil companies and the development of
their projects at the regional level of the
Gulf of Guinea and the Congo Basin
(coast and inland). It is clear that
development of our oil activities depends
on the development of new products.
As more oil wells and fields are discovered, more activities will be developed.
This is why we are working in
partnership with these oil groups on
development projects. Once these
projects mature, there will naturally be a
phase when we will receive equipment,
heavy goods and special deliveries of
enormous size. These will have to be
delivered regularly and at a high tempo,
with tight deadlines to meet.
ILOGS could of course work in
partnership with experts in the oil and
gas logistics internationally.
This is where we’ll be able to offer the
solutions which our clients need!
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The Congolese company Ilogs, a specialist in oil-industry services, has just signed
a partnership contract with the French Group Altead. This company, based in the
independent port of Pointe-Noire, plans to invest in goods handling material over the next
two years in order to help them expand. We spoke to Alain Okoi, the managing director of
Ilogs, about Ilogs development prospects, and those in general for the Congo port sector.
Move It Magazine: What are your
prospects for development?
Mr. Okoi: These are connected to the
development of the oil sector as a whole
in our country. This is a strategic sector
for our country. Moreover, the initial
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Move It Magazine: What are the main
difficulties you are confronted with?
Mr. Okoi: ILOGS must be able to
respond with the highest professionalism
and securely to the expectations of a
demanding clientele.We still have to
improve, particularly in the maintenance.
That it is what we are doing, including
plans for training and targeted technical
assistance. Furthermore, we are on a
continuous activity, the strong growth
over the several year has welcomed us,
but this can change quickly as indicated
trends in the oil markets. For example, if
there are no more oil discoveries, then
we will undergo a period of stagnation
and a drop in activity. A downturn could
also lead to projects being abandoned,
which could then cause a brutal drop in
activity for the oil services centre. This is
why it is in our best interest to diversify
our site as much as possible.
Move It Magazine: So where would
you like to diversify?
Mr. Okoi: We want to go to the oil &
gas logistics, which is our starting
activity to a general logistics in the
direction of mining by local approach,
and the entire industrial sector, including
reliance on special economic zones
creation. Interurban transport is also a
major focus.
Move It Magazine: This is the objective for your partnership with the
French company Altead?
Mr. Okoi: Altead provides expertise in
the fields where they have already been
active for a long time, and possess skills
and techniques which we need.
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Ilogs provides our client base and our
local presence in the Congo and
throughout the region. We’ve estimated
that from the Oil Services Centre in
Pointe-Noire, our operators can work
within a radius of around 500km,this
region of oil production prospects very
favorable for the coming years. We will
contribute our local presence and understanding of the local environment,
and Altead will contribute their
extensive expertise in their fields, especially transport and exceptional convoys,
or in certain areas of purely industrial
logistics, or even industrial support.
From a strategic point of view, we
complement each other perfectly.
For example our last rig move of
KUNDJI in Brazzaville benefited from
the technical assistance of ALTEAD.
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come and join them on their stand and
take part in the trade show. For us, this
was an excellent opportunity which
enabled us to talk to the manufacturers
who we already know, as they are
already on our site with our machines
and vehicles.
I’d also like to take advantage of the
situation by congratulating Madame
Taraquois, the trade show’s president, for
this wonderful event. For me, it was a
resounding success. It was a great
opportunity for us to attend, and we were
able to come with quite a large
delegation including the president of our
administration council’s, our technical
and sales teams, and a team of exhibitors
which included sales staff.
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came to the JDLMED trade show in
Marseille last October?
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lookout for material and equipment
when you came to the trade show. However, many European manufacturers
wanted to meet with you because their
future markets will open up in Africa.
What sort of relationship do you have
with these equipment manufacturers,
and how do you intend to round out
your fleet of vehicles and equipment?
Mr. Okoi: When we came to this trade
show, we wanted to see who could best
help us satisfy our clients and meet their
demands. One of the key areas of our logistics services is the ability to offer an
extremely high-quality fleet of vehicles
which meet the needs of our industrial
clients.
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Move It Magazine: In particular, what
are your projects for the Ilogs docks?
Mr. Okoi: In terms of expansion, our
docks will grow from 200 to 400 metres
long. We will develop new operations in
this new space. To handle these operations, we will of course need additional
vehicles and equipment because our
current fleet is only suitable for a certain
level of activity on any given surface
area. Now that we’re doubling the
surface area and our demand is increasing, we will have to also increase the
number of vehicles we can offer. This
will mean expanding our fleet.
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Mr. Okoi: The Port of Pointe Noire,
deep water harbour, has set up a container terminal with a current volume of
more than 600.00 TEVP, and also sees
its capacity and volume of activity increasing from year to year. The experts
are already situated at Dakar. Between
the years 2015-2016, we will provide the
overall improve and meet the needs of
Congo, but not only : also all regions of
Central Africa and the western coast of
Africa (Gulf of guinea in Morocco).
More particularly the Port of PointeNoire will be useful for a service area
from southeast Nigeria to Cameroon,
Gabon, Congo (of course), Angola and
the DRC. It will serve this entire Atlantic coastline and elsewhere up the river
Congo all the way to the CAR. These
are the major geographical areas for development, and they’ll all work through
Pointe-Noire and its autonomous port,
and through Ilogs for their Oil & Gas
needs. This positive outlook will enable
us to meet the demand coming primarily
from the oil and gas sector, but also from
the mining industry (viable mines, which
we are seeing more and more of in
Congo) and other industries such as brewing, cement production, construction of
economic zones and more. Logistics
services for industrial clients are strong
and prospects are favourable, with these
services working alongside the range of
current industrialization projects.
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about the expansion projects for the
Autonomous Port of the Pointe-Noire?
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We already knew some of the manufacturers at the trade show because we’ve
got some of their machines on our site:
55-450 tonne cranes, 3-20 tonne forklift
trucks, trucks, heavy goods semi-trailers,
extendable trailers up to 25m long.
We already work with some of the
manufacturers who were at the JDLMED
trade fair, such as Liebherr, who
provided us with several wheeled and
caterpillar-track port cranes, and with
whom we have a number of
pending contracts. We’ve also got
machines from Terex, Manitowoc Grove,
a Chinese manufacturer called XCMG
and others. However, we now have an
investment program, especially in terms
of our fleet. We’re planning to renew or
increase the number of operational
vehicles we have on site. We also came
over to show off our team, Ilogs, and our
parent company SNPC, and also the
autonomous port of Pointe-Noire, which
is currently undergoing significant
development with the support of a
number of major financial partners such
as the Agence Française de Développement or the European Investment Bank.
A whole range of construction and
development programmes are going to
change the face of Congo’s port industry
over the next few years. These changes
have already started in terms of our
infrastructure. In the near future, we’ll
see the changes in our logistics and
transport operations.
Move It Magazine: In 2013-2014, what
was your budget, especially your investment budget? What will it be in
2015?
Mr. Okoi: In terms of our turnover, in
2014 we posted a profit margin of 15 billion CFA francs, which is equivalent to
22 million euros. On the investment
program in the future infrastructure, we
are on global projects of approximately
60 to 80 million dollar. We are also
going to invest 20 million dollars in
other activities, such as investments in
our vehicles. These investments will be
spread out over the next two years.
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The French company Gaussin Manugistique has been specialized in transport equipment and
port-side handling since the 1970’s. They recently unveiled a joint venture with BA
Systèmes at the JDLMed trade show in Marseille, with the aim of providing a
comprehensive range of driverless vehicles and connected navigation systems.
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Driverless vehicles:
Both companies are pouring their individual expertise into this
joint venture. For Gaussin, this means physical equipment with
their ATT vehicles and for BA Systèmes, their freight
management software and the interfaces between the client, the
cranes and the vehicles. Gaussin’s AIV vehicles are driverless,
with a lightened chassis weighing 18 tonnes. This enables
them to reduce their energy consumption considerably, obtain a
very tight turning circle, line up alongside an object with a
precision of ±1cm (using their axles and electronic guidance
correction system), attain a speed of 40km/h with empty
containers and also boast four wheel drive. These vehicles are
available as Full Elec, Hybrid, Gas and Diesel.
“For the electric range, the batteries let you use them with no
maintenance required. Several of this type of vehicle are currently being tested at the port in Tangiers. We are associating
this fully automated vehicle with BA Systèmes’ software for all
of the software requirements. In this way, the client has a single point of contact for all of their issues,” highlights Christophe Gaussin.
BA Systèmes offers several different software
packages: “Orchestra Simulation” lets you simulate the routes
that the ATT vehicles will have to take in the port terminal
while interacting with the various equipment in the port, for
example the cranes installed on site. The “Fleet Management
Systems” lets you manage the vehicle fleets on site by choosing, for example, the closest one to take the container. Finally,
“Navigation Systems” is an automated navigation system,
which combines different types of sensors to acquire the information required for successful navigation.
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event which attracts lifting, handling and port-side
handling professionals from all over, that Gaussin Manugistique and BA Systèmes unveiled their joint venture,
named Gaussin BA Systèmes. This was created in order to
provide a comprehensive range of driverless vehicles and
navigation systems to enable port terminal operators to
automate their logistics systems.
“Our company has been operating since 1880 and
we’ve been working in the port sector since the 1970’s,”
explains Christophe Gaussin, the president of Gaussin
Manugistique. We’ve produced more than 50,000 MTO (Made
to Order) vehicles; vehicles which are specially designed for
the energy, nuclear and off-shore sector to transport heavy
goods. The port sector is particularly attractive to us. We are
a small to medium sized company, and we have invested almost
50 million euros in a new development program in order to
provide a better service for port terminals. Innovation is in all
of our DNA, and is a trait we share with BA Systèmes. Our
goal is to succeed in accelerating movement on the ground and
achieve the same productivity as a dock crane. This will help
ships leave the docks much faster. The solution we came up
with was fully automated port trucks. This also helps improve
safety.” On the other side of the partnership is BA Systèmes, a
small to medium sized company based in Rennes. They are the
French number one for automatic storage using automatic
forklift trucks, with more than 250 fully automated sites and
experience with thousands of automatic vehicles in Europe.
“Today, automation in ports represents an emerging market,
with very encouraging commercial prospects. We are currently
bidding for contracts to provide a total of 620 driverless vehicles. According to our estimates, the AIV driverless vehicle
market for the port sector will require 5,600 units for the next
ten years in the hundred largest ports around the world,” states
Christophe Gaussin. And let’s not forget the opportunities for
the Gaussin Group’s MTO activities: 600 million containers are
currently handled in the 100 largest ports around the world, increasing to a billion in 4 to 5 years’ time…
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the four musketeers
The company Re-Move was founded by one of the well known names in the world of lifting
Jan Van Seumeren Jr and three experts in lifting and heavy transport. This team of heavy lift
specialists offers numerous services, from the rental of heavy equipment (without operator)
to the marketing of specific materials.
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totals more than 65 years experience in heavy lifting
and transport. Composed of former executives or
employees of Mammoet, Jan Van Seumeren Jr its founder and
CEO. Bert Timmer, John Casteleijn and Peter Good
complement the management team that perfectly knows this
sector of activity related to the both, exceptional lifting,
handling and transportation.
Re-Move offers a wide variety of services, entirely specialising
in heavy lift. The company can sell or rent cranes, among them
the most powerful but still without operator. It can also provide
them with several leasing opportunities.
This is a new concept that Jan Van Seumeren explains : “ we
see how it is difficult for many companies to invest in such an
important capital as cranes whatever capacity. With our rental
concept worldwide, we can offer greater flexibility and without
tying up capital of our clients. We can provide equipment for
all types of major operations by renting, with leasing, or
selling.”
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Capacity provider
Re-Move, which is therefore defined as a “capacity provider”
to the lifting companies and transporters around the world,
offers an “interface” between the crane owners, manufacturers,
financiers, with a high specialisation particularly in lifting
equipments and heavy transport : mobile cranes from 40 to
1200 tons, crawler cranes from 80 to 3000 tons, modular and
self-propelled trailers, trucks 8x8, 8X4, 6X6 up to 1000 tons
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The company has received equipment such as LR 1750,a
CC2500, the SPMT, the 8X4 MAN TGX 680 trucks, etc.
So the main goal is to facilitate efforts to find and make available the material needed for a project realization. And thus allow
companies that would not necessarily afford to invest in the
acquisition of a high-capacity equipment to meet the needs of
its clients.“You have the crane operator, we will find
the crane ! “ further explains Jan Van Seumeren Jr.
Re-Move can also provide related services such as
transportation, technical inspections, commissioning, repair and
maintenance, insurance, mobilisation/demobilization of
equipment …
The team may also evaluate material prior to sale. Present in
the world, Re-Move is primarily intended for the needs of the
oil & gas industry. The company is now interested in French
speaking African countries. A new website for that area will be
launched later this year.
C4C, for the sale of cranes
To support this activity, Re-Move has developed the website
C4C (Cranes4Cranes), dedicated to the sale and purchase of
used cranes.
“We negotiate the best selling price of the material owners with
a commission of just 2.5%. Our market knowledge enables us
to reach nearly 15,000 clients. We ship all over the world,
whether they are cranes, trucks or trailers”,
says John Casteleijn, Re-Move.
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harbour cranes in terms of annual deliveries, exactly
40 years after delivering the first of its kind. With
112 units supplied across the globe in 2014, Liebherr Maritime
Cranes has toped the old record when 102 units were delivered
in 2008.
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together. We started with a record order backlog into the year.
Throughout the year demand for our state-of-the-art cargo
handling solution was very stable on a high level. Moreover,
large orders helped to significantly increase the population of
Liebherr mobile harbour cranes. Finally, we broke the existing
record by nearly 10%, which is amazing considering the
economic environment,” said Mathias Mungenast, Sales
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One highlight in 2014 was the major order from Algeria.
Africa. A purchasing association of Algerian port operators
opted for 20 Liebherr mobile harbour cranes which were
delivered to seven destinations at the Algerian coast. With this
large order, the total number of LHMs delivered to Algeria
nearly doubled and jumped to 43.
Today, Africa represents the second biggest market for Liebherr
mobile harbour cranes with 33 units started operation last year.
The annual number of units supplied to Africa has tripled,
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traditionally in Europe, where 42 units were supplied to this
area, representing nearly 38% of all deliveries in 2014.
The importance of bulk handling as an application is reflected
by the fact that nearly two thirds of all 2014 mobile harbour
cranes deliveries are used for bulk operation.
Particularly the strong expansion in iron ore, coal and other
major bulks drove seaborne trade, which grew an estimated
4,2% in 2014.
The LHM 550 was the most successful model of the year.
In 2014, 35 units were shipped worlwide. With 23 units sold to
eight countries, the model LHM 280 also jumped in demand
compared to 2013.
When Liebherr entered the market in 1974, demand for mobile
harbour cranes was small but after 20 years of moderate but
constant business, Liebherr accomplished their 100th LHM
delivery in 1994. Two years ago, in 2012, Liebherr delivered
the 1000th mobile harbour crane to Montoir Bulk Terminal in
France. Today, Liebherr has supplied more than 1200 units to
nearly 100 countries all over the world.
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Kalmar presents its new DRG100 model with the ability to handle all types of containers up
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lift capacity in rows 1-2-3, a spreader with the biggest side shift
and 4 extra lift hooks. Features include front and reverse tilts,
twist lock status indicators, plus dual rotation motors and
brakes. The DRG100 is fitted with Volvo diesel engine that
comply with EU Stage 3A and 4 (EPA Tier 3 and 4 Final)
emissions and it also comes fully equipped with electronic
tools and an easy to use Kalmar information colour display
with intuitive Human-Machine Interface.
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and Empty Container Handlers at Kalmar commented on the
launch, “ With customers now demanding higher productivity
and versatility from their equipment, whilst also looking at
ways to significantly reduce the costs of ownership, the time is
exactly right to introduce this machine.
“Containers can now be transported at full width, turned 45°
or lengthwise at 90°, making it possible to deliver
“end-on” into and through low workshop doors, port sheds
and other confined spaces”, Stefan Johansson explained.
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reachstacker specially designed for empty and
semi-laden container handling with the ability to handle
all types of containers, flat racks and single loads of up
to 10 tonnes.
The new Gloria is available in two models, the DRG100-S6
stacks 6- high in the first row and the DRG100-S8 with the
capacity to stack containers 8- high in the second row.
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Konecranes will supply 15 RGTs to three container terminals operated
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Gantry (RTG) cranes from Bolloré Group. The
RGTs will be delivered by Bolloré Africa Logistics
to three container terminals including two new Konecranes
RTG customers: Togo Terminal in Lomé (four RGTs), Benin
Terminal in Cotonou (five RGTs). The remaining six RGTs will
be delivered to the terminal in Pointe Noire, Congo, which
already operates Konecranes RTGs.
“ We are delighted to be a part of Bolloré’s growth in Africa,
adding the terminals Benin Terminal and Togo Terminal to the
list of container terminals operating Konecranes RTGs in West
Africa”, says Antoine Bosquet, Konecranes Sales Director, Port
Cranes, region IMEA. “Africa is a growing market for Bolloré
and Konecranes.”
The 15 RTG cranes will be equipped with Konecranes Smarter
Cabin They will also have advanced Konecranes technology as
Auto-steering, Variable Speed Engine and Diesel Fuel Saver
technology.
The RTG container positioning systems will be connected to
the terminals ‘ Terminal Operating Systems ensuring correct,
real-time container positioning and an accurate inventory. The
RTG cranes will be also equipped with TRUCONNECT remote
monitoring.
The hydraulics-free, 16-wheel RGTs will have a lifting capacity
of 40 tons stacking 1-over-5 containers high and 7 plus truck
lane wide.
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The El Amana transport company has been making large-scale deliveries in Algeria for the
oil, energy and industrial sector since 1996. Early on, the company only handled deliveries
from sea ports, but now offers a whole exceptional transport package, mostly for the energy
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member of the Naxco Group (specialized in
maritime services and logistics in both France and
abroad); El Alama is based in Algiers and is
specialized in exceptional transport services.
This transporter is an expert in the delivery of heavy goods and
large-scale convoys, and currently employs 14 people. Their
main clients are active in the energy sector: electricity (power
stations, electrical substations), oil & gas and hydraulics (dams
and equipment). They have worked for such industry clients as
Sonelgaz, Sonatrach, ABB, Siemens, General Electric and
Alstom. The company may have started out transporting
components between ports and their destinations, but they’ve
now diversified and offer a range of all-inclusive services for
convoy logistics: transport studies and consulting,
reconnaissance and route recommendations, creation of
technical files for traffic authorizations, studies and quotes for
any modifications to be made and more. “Our biggest
difficulties are finding the skilled and qualified personnel and
materials we need. We need trucks and trailers, and these take
a long time to arrive. Of course, we also have to deal with the
various locales’ topography, poor road conditions, works of
art, urban infrastructure which is not necessarily adapted to
this type of transport, and a whole host of other challenges,”
explains Jamel Hamdani, managing director for El Amana.
Fleet
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El Amana is a specialist in exceptional deliveries, handling
loads of up to 600 tonnes. Their fleet has just been expanded to
include a Nicolas modular 10-line double-axle trailer and 6X6
Iveco truck. The fleet includes two 6x4 trucks with converters
and a capacity of 250 to 500 tonnes of rolling stock (Iveco and
MOL), and two Nicolas lowered hydraulic trailers with a
capacity of 15 tonnes per axle, with a total of 40 axles. They
also rely on a range of hydraulic handling equipment when
installing transformers and electrical turbines. “In terms of our
future acquisitions, we’re looking towards getting some heavy
equipment transporters, semis and tractor tows so we can
handle the increasing demand for lighter goods transport,
generally weighing between 40 and 80 tonnes,”
explains Jamel Hamdani.
Among the most striking convoys this transporter has provided
was for their Japanese client JGC. They were asked to go to
the gas platform at Tiguentourine (AIN AMMENAS) in
southeast Algeria with a column measuring 40 meters long,
6 meters wide and 6 meters high, weighing 320 tonnes.
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HEAD OFFICE: le vallois ferret France
Turnover.: 220M€
EMPLOYEES: 440 Employees
MARKET: Europ, Africa, Asia, Caribbean
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AGTT is one of the oldest freight forwarders in Morocco.
Founded in 1949, the company is now working with the
major players for transporting heavy loads.
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GTT (Agence Générale de Transit et de Transports)
was founded in 1949 and is one of the oldest
logistics companies in Morocco. Headed by Peter
Galvan since 1988, is specialised in transport, transit
and logistics, and also intervenes in heavy lift and industrial
transfer. AGTT has participated in most of the major projects
ever undertaken in Morocco, in the sector of energy, road, port
and airport terminals, telecommunications…” By contributing
to the success of major projects, we propel Morocco into the
future. Our role is to transport and manage the logistics of
product and heavy material imports to Morocco, required for
the implementation of critical projects in our country “, says
Peter Galvan, CEO.
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Industrial turnkey projects
“ We offer comprehensive management of transport services
and turnkey logistics for all types of merchandises and by any
means (water, road, railway, air…), says Peter Galvan. We
have formed a “industrial projects” department, which brings
together a professional team relayed by specialists worldwide.
They expertise: the turnkey assembly of industrial operations
such as assembly or disassembly of factories, transport of
oversized loads by air, sea or land… The field of intervention is
very wide and includes preliminary feasibility studies, transit
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formalities and customs, development of routes,
reinforcement of infrastructures, modification of
structures, management of commands and follow-up for
computer-assisted shipping. AGTT worked on the projects
of the Ouarzazate Solar Power Station, the Ain Beni Mathar
Central Thermo Solar Power Station, the renovation project of
the Samir refinery, the wind farms in the north and south of
Morocco, the thermal power stations (Jorsf Lasfar 1 to 6,
Laayoune, Dakhla) or hydroelectric power stations, pipelines
etc...
A fleet of over 50 modular lines
Their large fleet allows them to meet all the needs of industrial
transfer, in Morocco and abroad : it has indeed 50 axle lines of
modular and extendable trailers up to 40 m. In 2008 and 2009,
the hydropower fleet was modernised with the acquisition of
the 34 line by 3 rows Goldhofer THP SL, 11 lines of THP SL as
well as 3 tractors MAN 8X4 TGX 41.680. To meet the development needs for wind energy sector, AGTT invested in
Noteboom 4 and 7 Axles extendable trailer to transport sections
and blades. The parc also includes Cometto and Trabosa
hydraulic trailers, Nicolas tank semi-trailer. Relating to tractors,
the park also has Mercedes 6X4 and Scania 4X2.
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“ Finally, in order to offer
a complete range of services,
AGTT has several plants of hydraulic
cylinders for removing and placing on the base of
loads entrusted by our clients” explains Mathieu Junca.
With these advanced materials and teams specifically dedicated
to these projects, AGTT diversified internationally.
The company has collaborated with SDV Industrial Projects to
transport and install 12 engines of 295 tonnes, 12 alternators of
78 tonnes and 3 transformers of 102 tonnes for a power plant in
Mauritania.The load had to be transported from the port of
Nouadhibou to more than 500 km from the plant.
Major projects ahead
The company continues its development and relies on many
upcoming major projects, such as the supply of heavy lift
equipment to the thermo-solar power plant in Ouarzazate :
within this framework, they will receive at the port of Nador 48
exceptional items in terms of weight or dimensions
including 6 exchangers of 362 tonnes each. The trip between
Nadir and the plant is composed of more than 150 structures
spread over 947 km away.
AGTT will also carry out the transportation of 11 transformers,
weighting from 209 to 480 tonnes, to Agadir and Tan Tan on
behalf of Alstom Grid. Finally, it is AGTT who will take the
full management of the movement of Man Diesel equipment,
stored in Agadir (4 motors of 340 tonnes, 4 generators of 70
tonnes and 2400 tonnes of general cargo). The material has
already been transported in 2013 from the port of Agadir to its
storage place located 40 km away ; in 2015 they will transfer
them to the final site Dakhla, 1147 km away.
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The Gabal el Zeet wind turbine project: ETAL provided transport for the blades and hubs of
the 100 turbines in the Gabal el Zeet wind farm. The blades weighed 37.5 tonnes
and measured 40.5m x 4.22m x 3m and the hubs weighed 24 tonnes each, measuring 4m x
3.5m x 3.5m. These blades, unloaded in the port in Alexandria, were transported using the
new extendable Faymonville trailers, and the hubs on lowered semi-trailers.
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Created in 1984, ETAL (Egyptian Transportation & Logistics) has risen to become a major
player in heavy transport in Egypt. Between 2013 and 2014, the company invested
massively in its fleet, adding 8 new Faymonville trucks and Scheuerle Intercombi 6-axle
modules with power boosters. These rounded out their fleet of several dozen axle lines for
their exceptional transport activities.
“In 2015, we foresee even more investments in extendable and
modular trailers,” explains Sarah Farid. ETAL believes that in
the years to come, these will help them strengthen their market
share in Egypt. “We estimate that, between 2015 and 2018,
more than 5 million tonnes of freight will be unloaded in our
country. This is the equivalent of almost 5000 heavy goods
deliveries! This volume would help us continue to grow, and
explains why today we’re working exclusively within the
Egyptian market. But in the near future, we will be ready to
assess and meet the needs of the markets in our neighbouring
countries too.”The Egyptian economy is rich with opportunity,
in a whole range of sectors.
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we’ve taken a commanding position in the field of heavy goods
transport in Egypt,” explains Sarah Farid, Senior Marketing
Specialist for Eguytrans. “By providing fully integrated
special transport solutions, we have really strengthened the
ETAL brand in the Egyptian market. We’ve fitted out our fleet
with the most modern equipment available, so we’re able to
meet the market’s demands and achieve the highest possible
level of professional quality, resulting in total customer
satisfaction.”
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However, ETAL, like a lot of transporters specializing in heavy
goods deliveries, must work with road transport conditions
which are often rather delicate. Aside from overhead signs,
roundabouts, tunnels and electrical cables which they need to
compensate for, transporters are also faced with much more
localized difficulties. The country is effectively crisscrossed by
a huge number of canals, which proves to be problematic when
many of their bridges are not designed to support weights of
several hundred tonnes. To solve these difficulties, over the
past few years ETAL has put its skill and expertise to work,
reinforcing several bridges to enable their heavy deliveries to
cross: in 2005, for example, they reinforced 21 bridges with
support posts to let them deliver a 285 tonne gas turbine!
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“We’ve got teams of engineers who are tasked with setting the
best route possible, with the fewest obstacles. We anticipate
and assess our routes according to the dimensions of the
component to be delivered and, if necessary, we take special
measures, such as reinforcing bridges, to get it to its
destination. As transporters of exceptional goods, we face a
greater range of difficulties than regular transporters.
But we can overcome these challenges with a good logistics
department, by assessing the dimensions of the package to be
transported and choosing the best equipment for the job.
This lets us transport our goods perfectly safely,” concludes
Sarah Farid.
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The transformers for the
Giza North project: six
transformers weighing
146.5 tonnes each, with
dimensions of 7.42m x
4.31m x 5.10m were
transported from the port
of Adabya to the site of
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Over the past few years, the transporter has invested heavily in
its equipment, acquiring the latest models developed by the
leading construction firms. In 2013, the fleet was expanded
with the addition of several Faymonville trailers: three Telemax
4-axles, extendable up to 47.5m and with a 50 tonne capacity;
three Telemax 4-axles, extendable up to 55m and a 50 tonne
capacity; and two Multimax 6-axles, extendable up to 30m,
with a capacity of up to 80 tonnes. They rounded out a fleet
which already contained two Diebolt 3-axle extendable trailers,
thee 2-axle dollies, two 4-axle swan neck trailers and four
3-line lowered trailers. In terms of trucks, they boast three 660
horsepower 8X4 MANs, seven 480 horsepower 6x4 MANs,
three 480 horsepower 6x4 Mercedes, one 6x6 MAN and two
other carriers fitted with a 6 tonne crane and a 70 tonne
capacity winch. ETAL also has a range of specialist
equipment such as 42 Scheuerle lines with a total capacity of
1260 tonnes (including 40 lines received in 2012), some 180
tonne 6-axle Intercombi PBs (delivered in 2014), 8 swan neck
Scheuerle lines for a capacity of 216 tonnes, 10 Trabosa lines
(260 tonnes), 8 Cometto lines (150 tonnes), 6 other Cometto
lines (110 tonnes), and a Scheuerle power pack unit to form
self-propelled and radio controlled modules.
These self-propelled modules were only delivered last year, and
were the first to be integrated into an Egyptian transporter
fleet!
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It was a convoy measuring more than 70m long with a weight of 247 tonnes which
crossed the 1150km between the Iskenderun port and the Iraqi town of Erbil.
1150km were travelled, using a combination of two 10-axle Goldhofer trailers.
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he refinery boiler bound for Erbil, Iraq, started its journey by ship from Jebel Ali (UAE) to the Turkish port
of Iskenderun. From there, the load was taken by the
Turkish transporter Botros-Yiget-Nata, who specialize
in heavy convoys. They loaded this mammoth cargo onto two
10-axle THP/SL Goldhofer trailers. The convoy was then
made ready to cross almost 1150km to the Iraqi town of Erbil,
famous for its oil wells. This was the first time that a delivery
of this size had made its way from Turkey to Iraq in one go.
The size of the convoy was monstrous: 247 tonnes, more than
70m long and over 5m high!
The journey took 20 days to complete. The Goldhofer THP/SL
modules were well able to adapt to all the conditions they faced
on the road. With suspension travel of +/- 300mm and a high
peak bending moment, they were the ideal solution for this
mission.
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Exceptional Transport
on the Seine
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The Grand Port Maritime in Le Havre has all the equipment necessary to accept exceptional
deliveries. They proved this most recently with the transit of 20 drums of metallic cable
weighing 600 tonnes which, after being transported on the Seine, took off across the Atlantic
to Mexico from the Le Havre port.
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cables and wires, would dispatch their products
made in the French site of Montereau-Fault-Yonne
(Seine-et-Marne) from the port of Antwerp.
However, at the end of last year, the company decided to look
at transporting their goods by river to Le Havre. General Cable
are aware of their environmental responsibilities, so they chose
Haropa (with locations in the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and
Paris) following a call for bids which focused on a number of
different criteria, especially quality, safety, environmental
awareness and CSR. It turned out that river transport met their
needs perfectly.
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The load of 20 drums of metallic cable weighing 600 tonnes
and covering 1260m3 left the Seine-et-Marne construction site
and arrived at the port of Le Havre following two days’
navigation down the Seine; a total journey of 464km. The
transfer was undertaken by the multimodal operator Logiyonne
and the industrial and transport logistics company Altead.
Logiyonne actually operates a regular river line from the port
of Gron in Burgundy. “The Montereau docks are a new
destination for us, a new stop on the route from Burgundy to Le
Havre. We’re heavy goods specialists, so we offer our services
to any industrial clients who wish to take their goods off the
road and send them up-river to the northern ports in Le
Havre,” said Didier Mercey, president of Logiyonne.
River transport is particularly well-adapted to the needs of
companies specializing in cables, sheet metal-work or
industrial unit installation. Essentially, “there are fewer
regulatory hoops to jump through, and the ease of use of river
docks and the regularity of our services provide the best
possible transport conditions,” underlines Patrick Maletras,
president of the Tramar Company and the “Exceptional Goods
Transport” Commission in the port of Le Havre.
The port of Le Havre itself is fitted with all the equipment it
needs to handle exceptional deliveries ranging from 25 to 1000
tonnes. “The full package offered by Haropa is coordinated
with all their specialist partners: shipping agents, customs,
river freight operators, handlers and lifting specialists,”
explains Hervé Cornède, Haropa’s marketing director.
Haropa can handle 3 exceptional deliveries per day, and has 27
stations available for these goods: 13 in Le Havre, 5 in Rouen
and 9 in Paris.
The Seine route offers permanently fluid traffic seven days a
week, reduces the risk of unexpected incidents, offers
simplified regulations, the possibility of handling any sort of
package with no weight or volume limits and offers vertical
or horizontal handling solutions.
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