[190414.EN.SEA] Maersk Line Cuts Carbon Emissions While Still Increasing Its Business

DENMARK's Maersk Line has published its sustainability progress update, showing that it reduced CO2 emissions by 3.8 million tonnes last year while the business grew 4.1 per cent.

"2013 was a good year for Maersk Line - financially as well as in terms of our sustainability performance," said CEO Soren Skou. "Our fuel efficiency improvements helped cut CO2 as well as air pollutants like SOx and NOx. 

"So even while our business grew, we were able to reduce our environmental impact in absolute terms," he said.

In 2013, the shipping line took delivery of the first four of 20 Triple-E 18,000-TEU vessels that will set a new standard for energy efficiency. 

However, the main driver for the strong CO2 performance was the major overhaul of its carrier network.

The company said that one of the challenges outlined in the report is the tightening regulation of sulphur emissions (SOx) that will require ships sailing in emission control areas to switch to cleaner and thus more expensive fuels from January 2015.

"Air emissions are a serious issue in shipping and we support the upcoming regulation. We are, however, concerned about the level of enforcement in Europe. 

"The new regulation will be costly and without proper enforcement, some might be tempted to cut corners. This will erode the environmental improvements and create a commercial disadvantage for those that follow the rules," said Maersk's head of sustainability Jacob Sterling.

Last year, customer demand for information on the company's sustainability performance was said to have really taken off.

"Large customers representing 19 per cent of our business have requested tailored sustainability information as part of their business relationship with us," said Mr Sterling.

"These customers have typically made promises to their stakeholders on sustainability. We are proud to move their goods with a lower environmental impact year by year, thereby helping them deliver on their sustainability promises."

In total, its customers saved 2.6 million tonnes of CO2 in 2013 by shipping their goods with the world's largest shipping line compared to an industry-average competitor.

Source : HKSG.

[190414.ID.BIZ] Mitsubishi Bangun Pusat Suku Cadang Kendaraan Komersial di Cibitung

Bisnis.com, BEKASI-PT Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian Motors (KTB), agen tunggal pemegang merek Mitsubishi, meresmikan pengoperasian pusat suku cadang kendaraan komersial KTB New Spare Parts Center yang dibangun dengan investasi lebih dari Rp500 miliar di Cibitung, Bekasi, Jawa Barat.

Noboru Tsuji, President Director KTB, mengatakan KTB New Spare Parts Center (NSPC) menampung lebih dari 70.000 suku cadang dari semua tipe kendaraan Mitsubishi-Fuso yang dikirim langsung dari Jepang maupun dari vendor lokal.

“Dengan populasi kendaraan Mitsubishi-Fuso mencapai lebih dari 1,1 juta unit di Indonesia maka kebutuhan suku cadang kendaraan niaga sangat besar jumlahnya yang harus disediakan KTB New Spare Parts Center,” katanya saat peresmian KTB NSPC di Bekasi, Jumat (11/4/2014)

Menurutnya, KTB NSPC yang diklaim merupakan pusat suku cadang kendaraan komersial yang terbesar di Indonesia berada di atas lahan seluas 5 hektar di Kawasan Industri MM2100 Cibitung Bekasi dapat menampung lebih dari 70.000 suku cadang slow moving, fast movingdan spare part lain.

Rizwan Alamsjah, Executive Marketing Director KTB, menjelaskan KTB NSPC yang terdiri dari bangunan kantor dua lantai seluas 2.000 m2 dan gudang mencapai 25.320 m2 dapat menampung lebih dari 70.000 suku cadang dari semua tipe kendaraan Mitsubishi-Fuso.

Suku cadang tersebut, lanjutnya, sebagian dikirim langsung dari pabrik Mitsubishi Motors Corporation dan Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation Jepang serta vendor lokal sebanyak 100 perusahaan yang menjadi distributor resmi di Indoensia.

“Pengecekan secara berkala dan perawatan suku cadang juga dilakukan di area KTB NSPC untuk menjaga kualitas barang yang akan dikirim ke seluruh jaringan Mitsubishi dengan kepastian delivery lebih cepat dari waktu 24 jam,” ujarnya.

Dia mengatakan keberadaan vendor lokal dengan jumlah perusahaan mencapai lebih dari 100 perusahaan tesebut untuk mendukung program lokalisasi suku cadang kendaraan komersial yang dilakukan Mitsubishi, khususnya untuk jenis part fast moving.

Selain itu, lanjutnya, peran perusahaan lokal tersebut untuk mendukung penyediaan suku cadang yang terus meningkat, yang selama ini baru dilayani oleh pusat suku cadang KTB di Pulogadung Jakarta seluas 1,1 hektar dengan daya tampung 40.000 suku cadang.

Rizwan menjelaskan KTB NSPC akan memenuhi permintaan suku cadang yang cenderung meningkat seiring dengan populasi kendaraan komersial Mitsubishi-Fuso yang terus tumbuh seiring dengan pencapaian penjualannya yang selalu meningkat.

Dengan demikian, lanjutnya, KTB dapat menjamin pasokan suku cadang selalu tersedia melalui jaringan distribusi yang melibatkan 6 depo, 230 diler layanan terpadu dan lebih dari 5.000 toko suku cadang yang tersebar di seluruh Indonesia.

“Melalui jaringan distribusi suku cadang yang tersebar di seluruh Indonesia, dan pengiriman menggunakan semua moda pengangkutan darat, udara, laut dan kereta api sehingga konsumen tidak perlu khawatir atas ketersediaan suku cadang yang dibutuhkan,” tegasnya.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 11.04.14.

[180414.EN.SEA] Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd and MOL Take Delivery of More Large Containerships

DELIVERIES of newbuildings are continuing with APM-Maersk receiving the Maribo Maersk, the seventh of its 18,270 TEU 'EEE'-class vessels from the Daewoo shipyard (DSME) to operate in the Asia-Europe trades.

The vessel follows a February delivery. Deliveries of this class of ship began in June 2013 after the order was placed in 2011.

Hapag-Lloyd has taken delivery of the Ludwigshafen Express, the ninth of ten 13,169 TEU ships from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI). She has joined the G6 Asia-Europe Loop 4. 

Four of the ships were ordered directly while six contracts resulted from the upgrade of an earlier order for six 8,750 TEU vessels initially contracted in February 2008, reported Alphaliner. 

MOL has received the MOL Contribution from the Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard. She is the second of two 8,600 TEU units ordered by MOL in June 2011. 

Originally scheduled for November 2013, her delivery was delayed to make structural enhancements on the vessel's hull, following the splitting of sister ship, the MOL Comfort, in the Indian Ocean last June.

The newbuilding will be phased into the Far East-US west coast 'PSX' service to reduce the shipping line's exposure on the Asia-Europe sector, with the number of weekly Asia-Europe strings operated by the G6 alliance reduced from seven to five.

Source : HKSG.

[180414.ID.LOG] LOGISTIC Performance Index: Peringkat Indonesia Naik 6 Tingkat

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA -- Peringkat Indonesia dalam laporan survei Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2014 naik enam tingkat ke posisi 53, dari sebelumnya peringkat 59.

Meski demikian, laporan LPI yang telah tersebar itu masih belum mendapat konfirmasi resmi dari Bank Dunia, sebagai lembaga yang melakukan survei logistik tersebut sejak 2007 lalu.

Dalam laporan yang telah diunggah dari laman resmi Bank Dunia, Indonesia mendapat peringkat 53, dengan persentase rata-rata 66,7%.

Indonesia masih berada di kategori negara yang memiliki pendapatan menengah-bawah, bersama sesama negara Asean, Vietnam.

Pada laporan dwi tahunan itu, Indonesia berhasil meningkatkan skor rata-rata logistik dari 2,94 menjadi 3,08. Sementara pada survei LPI 2010, Indonesia hanya mencatatkan skor rata-rata 2,76.

Di lain pihak, peningkatan peringkat LPI itu masih dianggap kurang memuaskan oleh pelaku jasa logistik.

Menurut pelaku usaha, peningkatan peringkat itu tidak bisa dijadikan ukuran perbaikan kinerja logistik nasional, khususnya dibandingkan dengan negara-negara Asean.

Laporan tersebut menempatkan Singapura di peringkat 5, Malaysia peringkat 25, dan Thailand peringkat 35. Indonesia hanya berdekatan dengan Vietnam di peringkat 48.

"Kita hanya lebih baik dari Filipina, Myanmar dan Laos. Sebenarnya cukup memalukan untuk Indonesia sebagai negara terbesar di Asean," ujar Zaldy Masita, Ketua Umum Asosiasi Logistik Indonesia (ALI).

Menurutnya, dari enam komponen yang diukur di dalam LPI, terdapat masalah paling besar yaitu sektor pelabuhan. "Karena komponencustom, infrastructure dan international shipment berada di bawah rata-rata LPI Indonesia," tutur Zaldy.

Laporan berjudul Connecting to Compete 2014: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, berdasar laman resmi Bank Dunia, telah memeringkat 160 negara.

Mereka mengukur dari berbagai dimensi perdagangan, termasukcustoms peformance, kualitas infrastruktur, dan waktu pengiriman barang.

Data diperoleh dari survei terhadap 1.000 orang profesional logistik."LPI mencoba menyoroti realitas yang kompleks dari rantai pasok," terang Jean Francois Arvis, Ekonom Senior bidang Transportasi dan Penggagas proyek LPI.

Untuk kategori penghasilan menengah, laporan ini menyebutkan telah terjadi perkembangan positif, seperti adanya kemajuan pasar logistik. Umumnya negara kategori ini, mempunyai spesialisasi fungsi, seperti transportasi, mitra pengiriman, dan pergudangan.

"Anda tidak dapat sekadar membangun infrastruktur tanpa membangun sistem pengelolaan, sebab sangat sulit dengan adanya banyak pihak berkepentingan," kata Arvis.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 01.04.14.

[170414.EN.LOG] DB Schenker To Handle Logistics For Embraer Parts In EMEA Region

DB SCHENKER says Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has put it in charge of the management of its spare parts logistics operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) over a six-year contractual period as customer volumes rise in Europe.

The logistics group was chosen as an expert partner "well recognised for implementing innovative solutions focused on optimising the aeronautical supply chain", it said in a company statement.

"By outsourcing the management of the entire spare parts logistics of our EMEA sites to DB Schenker, we will gain flexibility, provide a higher quality of service to our customers and will be able to effectively manage our strong growth in the years to come," said Embraer's vice-president customer support commercial aviation EMEA, Luiz Hamilton Lima.

Located a few kilometres outside of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, the new 6,000-square-metre hub in Mitry Mory will manage tens of thousands of spare parts next to the existing DB Schenker site and will be dedicated specifically to the aeronautics industry.

The scope of the contract includes the handling of standard spare parts, sensitive and high-volume lines. High-density storage and elevated order picking systems will also help deliver productivity gains and increased flexibility.

Other responsibilities involve the transport operations, as well as those for emergency situations, the so-called Aircraft On Ground (AOG) incidents, via its global network of forty AOG desks and its teams of experts being operational 24/7.

"This contract reflects DB Schenker's stated ambition to ensure maximum logistics support for Embraer's parts and equipment, and to achieve the best operating conditions for Embraer's supply chain in terms of quality," added head of contract logistics/supply chain management, west Europe, DB Schenker Logistics, Robert Plent.

Source : HKSG.

[170414.ID.BIZ] Pemblokiran Stasiun KA Bekasi Mulai Berakhir Siang Ini

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA - Pemblokiran Stasiun Kereta Api Bekasi oleh ribuan penumpang sejak pukul 07.30 WIB secara bertahap berakhir mulai pukul 12.06 WIB, setelah kereta api di jalur empat bisa dijalankan.

Pantauan Antara di lapangan menyebutkan, Kamis, (17/4/2014) blokir dibuka setelah perwakilan penumpang, Fahri menyampaikan di depan pengawas peron, bahwa ada kesepakatan sesama mereka jalur empat, dibuka pukul 12.00 WIB.

Sebelum Fahri menyampaikan hal itu, perwakilan dari Direksi PT Kereta Api Commuter Jakarta (KCJ), Apriyono Wedi C. menemui para demonstran dadakan itu.

Apriyono secara terbuka mengakui dan meminta maaf atas penurunan kualitas pelayanan PT KAI, khususnya KCJ dan untuk dia berjanji akan mengakomodir segala masukan dari para penumpang.

"Kita akan kawal petisi dari penumpang Bekasi hari ini (17/4). Kita berjanji akan memperbaiki hingga tiga hari ke depan," katanya.

Setelah itu, petugas PT KAI secara persuasif dan dibantu petugas mengamankan jalur empat sehingga satu kereta yang tertahan di jalur empat, bisa dijalankan kembali.

Kemudian, kereta komuter di jalur 2 dijalankan. Setelah kereta komuter lainnya dari arah Jakarta, masuk di jalur tiga.

Ketika kereta di jalur empat bersiap melintas, seorang perempuan muda berusaha menghentikan kereta itu, tetapi dengan sigap petugas "mengamankan" penumpang itu.

Sumber : Bisnis Indonesia, 17.04.14 / Kredit Foto : Warta Kota.

[160414.EN.SEA] Container Prices Rise For First Time In Two Years, Vessels Remain Flat

NEW dry freight containers increased prices in the first few months of the year, while standard box prices remained at lowest price since 2009 following last year's decline but was still at same level as April 2013.

Containership prices remain dormant following a lackluster peak season with annual total for 2013, down from 2012 and well short of 2011, according to Drewry's latest Container Leasing and Container Census.

"It is too early to say whether the equipment pricing trend as truly reversed, as the box equipment market remains volatile," said Andrew Foxcroft, consultant with Drewry Maritime Research in a statement.

Separately, Export Development Canada made similar observations: "A recent rapid run-up now has exports of packaging materials and containers up 14 per cent year on year, far ahead of any single-year gain in the post crisis period" said EDC vice president Peter Hall in his latest upbeat weekly commentary.

Global container equipment fleet growth is again predicted to fall short of five per cent for 2014, with the box lease industry almost certain to account for most expansion and container carriers ordering a minority share of new containers.

This has already dominated during the opening quarter, with box lessors taking the most of new dry freight containers and an even bigger share of new reefer boxes.

Charter owners, rather than container carriers, are behind most of the recent orders for containerships.

Dry freight/reefer lease rates are likely to remain under pressure as in 2013, with little likelihood of any recovery in the initial cash returns generated from new equipment rental. New pricing is expected to stay depressed and volatile, and so will rental per diems continue with their struggle to remain at parity.

Source : HKSG.