Ideas from ports to industry

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Ideas from ports to industry authorities in
the transport of building materails

• Presentation by
• Eugeen Van Craeyvelt

• UFEMAT Congress
• 19 September 2008

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Building industry presence in port of Ghent

• CBR (Heidelberg cement) 2 cement factories
• VVM clincker mill cement production (Diamur)
• Marlux Klaps pavement street blocks
• Ch. Kestelyn sand gravel concrete
• Envisan (J. De Nul) Hye AWS Heijmans
  Aswebo ..
• Total tonnage by sea inland craft gt4 mio ton

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Building in industry areas port areas outside
city centres
Issues characteristics Large yards many
disciplines Sufficient space on the building
site Room for delivery site services
(portacabins) No pavement or pedestrians No
buildings on the sides Social acceptance of
hindrance high Acceptance level from neighbours
high Few traffic public transport problems
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Building in inner cities historic city centres
densely used streets
Issues Difficulties Smaller yards but very
crowded Lack of space on the building site Lack
of space for delivery site services Pavement
pedestrians Other buildings left and right (
rear) Social acceptance of hindrance
low Acceptance level from neighbours low (loss of
turnover) Traffic public transport problems
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Transport dispatch of building material
Possible origins of problems Delivery quantity
not matching with size truck Monotype deliveries
? seller / wholesale transporter Same (large)
trucks as for industry sites deliver in inner
cities / city centres Nearly all material
delivered by truck Delivery times coïncide with
peak times schools, start business
hours Problems with public transport Very little
physical distribution economics used
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Transport dispatch of building material
Ideas for solutions Common user
warehouse Multitype deliveries ? cfr. UPS DHL
stevedore in port serves / delivers for you as
well as your competitor Vicinity of city ?
logistic parks ? no name warehouse 4 ways
towards an initiative - market force private
commercial initiative - via building
federations - via other professional
federations - by (local) authority (monopoly,
transparancy) Make sure such warehouse is
multi-modal
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Transport dispatch of building material
Ideas for solutions Waterways Many inner /
historic cities have waterways ? use them!
(Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, smaller
cities as well) Special types of inland craft
exist (flatbottom, flatdeck) Lifting capacity
usually present at the building site Particularly
suited for large elements (steel, prefab) Water
transport e.g. last part of transport chain Talk
to local authorities to set up common user city
building market type city mini-supermarket (e.g.
on petrol stations, on disused railway sidings)
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Island Zwijnaarde (near Ghent)
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Island Zwijnaarde Bi-modal hub

• Via road direct to ringroad with 12 exits in to
  the city
• Via water all wheather quay from 10 to 300 ton
  in to the city
• Ready by 2010.

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Transport dispatch of building material
Ideas for solutions Public transport (cfr.
barging in ports) gt60 of shopping streets has
a form of surface public transport public
transport has stop facilities in streets Shops
very regularly renew ? much building Spare
capacity off-peak and night hours Public
transport has garages close to city centres ?
share? Suggest cargo tramway cargo bus
(Amsterdam trial) Adapt pallet size from factory
/ wholesale to city delivery Tram/busstop 60 to
80 of time unused ! ? authority can change stop
by 20m. Use pallet cart for small distances.
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Transport dispatch of building material
Ideas for solutions Size matters Why deliver
concrete with such large trucks ? market for midi
/ mini sized rotating concrete delivery truck Use
small(er) trucks for delivery. E.g. Far East mini
trucks Less stock on site less loss of space,
less accidents, less theft, How? ? small(er)
pallets with barcodes. Scan wireless to dispatch
point. Warehouse logistics on site. Portacabins
why not 2 high ground levelwarehouse Use
delivery for reverse logistics (plastic waste,
pallets)
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Transport dispatch of building material
Ideas for solutions Building projects ? Many
studies architects, soil, stability, concrete,
steel, utilities) Why not Transport
study Extra cost or potential for savings?
Save on delays, on transport cost, on time for
your (sub)contractors, on aggravation, get
positive image towards authorities delivering
permits,
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Transport dispatch of building
materialConclusions
Combine public transport busy streets
cargotram, cargobus, use busstops for
loading/discharging. No brand city building
warehouse who takes the initiative before it
becomes compulsory? Use city waterways can be
last part in chain site cranes can help
suited for large pieces Reduce truck size
electrical becomes feasible less hindrance
ask for incentives Use technology barcodes
transmitting warehousing Organise reverse
logistics Make a transport study before starting
to build.
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Ideas from ports to industry authorities in
the transport of building materials

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