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Bernard PIETTE Logistics in Wallonia
4 Transport and logistics Major drivers of the economic development in Wallonia Bernard Piette Manager Logistics in Wallonia SOWAER Conference 7th of June 2012
5 1. What is transport and logistics? 2. Why in Wallonia? 3. SWOT Analysis 4. Future trends 5. Which actions?
1. What is transport and logistics? 6 Logistics is more than transport During the last 30 years, transport and logistics have dramatically evolved. Supply Chain Management This evolution is a consequence of political and economical evolutions : 1989/90 : end of communism 1992/93 : single market
1. What is transport and logistics? 7 Logistics is more than transport From 1997 : start of e-commerce and development of EDC 2000 : the Euro! Enlargment of EU (15 => 25 => 27) Further globalisation and rise of the BRIC countries
1. What is transport and logistics? 8 Development of a new kind of logistics Diversification of logistics Industrial logistics Distribution Contract logistics New concepts EDC-RDC Postponement, reverse logistics IT-developments (track & trace, GPS, WMS, TMS )
2. Why in Wallonia? 9
Total of TEU s handled in 2011 10 Zeebrugge : 2,2 Mio. TEU Dunkerque : 0,3 Mio. TEU Rotterdam : 12,1 Mio. TEU Antwerp : 8,6 Mio. TEU
Import from Asia in 2009 11 Zeebrugge : 1,03 Mio. TEU Dunkerque : 0 Mio. TEU Rotterdam : 2,5 Mio. TEU Antwerp : 0,9 Mio. TEU 80% of all consumer goods arrive in containers
Links with the Netherlands 12
Links with Flanders 13
2. Why in Wallonia? 14 Wallonia is a fully multimodal region
2. Why in Wallonia? 15 Integrators Presence of main hubs in less than 200 km Amsterdam FRA CDG AMS = 66% of air freight in Europe => + LHR = 75% Paris Frankfürt >
2. Why in Wallonia? 16 Wallonia has the best potential for welcoming logistics activities such as European Distribution Centers (EDC) Ranking Nuts - 2 regions 2009 Ranking 2006 Costs Transport System Accessibilit y Supply Labour Know-How Score 1 Liège 2 4,1 1,5 1,0 2,4 2,6 2,5 2,1 2 Limburg - B 1 3,6 2,0 1,2 1,2 2,9 1,7 2,1 3 Hainaut 3 3,2 2,2 1,7 1,0 2,1 3,3 2,2 4 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 9 2,8 2,5 3,0 2,1 2,5 3,8 2,7 5 Namur 6 3,7 2,4 2,0 4,3 2,1 3,5 2,7 6 Luxembourg Belge 21 3,3 3,4 1,5 2,3 3,6 4,0 2,7 7 Alsace 8 3,7 2,8 2,1 2,8 3,8 3,8 2,9 8 Oost-Vlaanderen 10 5,8 2,0 2,0 2,5 3,2 2,0 2,9 9 Antwerpen 4 7,4 1,5 2,0 2,4 2,0 1,0 3,0 10 Arnsberg 16 4,7 3,6 1,5 2,0 4,0 3,3 3,1 11 Köln 14 8,6 1,8 0,7 3,0 3,4 2,5 3,1 12 Koblenz 25 6,0 3,1 1,0 2,8 4,5 3,0 3,2 Source : Cushman & Wakefield 2009
3. SWOT Analysis 17 Strenghts Location at the heart of Europe (proximity of ports) Affordable costs in general Excellent infrastructure Excellent potential for development Available workforce Productivity Opportunities Trafic in the sea ports Rise of transported volumes Environmental issues Presence of the four modes of transport Development of multimodal platforms Seine-Nord Weaknesses Threads Lack of image Infrastructure management Fragmented sector Lack of competences (languages) Our neighbours do not wait for us Long decision process Political situation Trade unions
4. Future trends 18 Forecast of the Chinese Ministry of Communications for Chinese container volumes (mln TEU) 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 1990 1995 2000 2003 2005 2010 2015 2020
4. Future trends 19 External factors Oil price will still rise CO 2 emissions will be the main concern of the logistic actors No dramatic change in energy supply before 2030 Change in consuming habits (e-commerce, living in cities) Change in logistics concepts (pricing of externalities, city logisitics, evolution of industrial and contract logistics)
4. Future trends 20 How to cope with this? Transport networks will be reconfigured (TEN-T networks) Infrastructue will have to be adapted Technological issues (real time monitoring, process monitoring ) Collaboration between actors (horizontal collaboration) Modal shift + mental shift Transport and logistics as a leverage for competitivness
5. Which actions? 21 Marshall Plan Creation of competitiveness clusters Clear choices Building on the existing economical situation Gathering a critical mass of actors Fostering the collaboration between companies and universities Setting up innovative projects International visibility
Contact 22 Liege Airport Building 52 B-4460 Grâce-Hollogne Belgium +32 (0)4 225 50 60 Fax : +32 (0)4 225 50 65 info@logisticsinwallonia.be
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