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Announcement of winner of the “Innovation in Transport and Logistics along the Global Supply Chain”
Thursday, 18 June 2009

At the recent 2009 International Transport Forum held in Leipzig, Germany, the winner of the prize for “Innovation in Transport and Logistics along the Global Supply Chain” was awarded. The prize was commissioned jointly by CLECAT, FIATA and the ITF. The aim of the project was to recognise innovative logistics initiatives to meet the challenge of supplying efficient and sustainable logistics solutions across the global supply chain, particularly in the current economic context.


The winner of the award was Baxter International Inc. The Belgian-based European distribution centre for Baxter International, a global healthcare company, launched an innovative initiative called Transportation of healthcare products by inland navigation in 2007. This initiative was designed to improve speed and reliability, lower transport costs and emissions, and improve overall efficiency of the Baxter distribution centre’s supply chain in the Benelux region.


Through this initiative, Baxter shifted all of its incoming containers from the deep-sea ports of Antwerp-Rotterdam and Zeebrugge away from trucks and onto inland navigation barges. With this container traffic now entirely on the inland waterways, Baxter has decreased its transport costs by 23 percent, while maintaining efficiency through increased reliability – a clear preference for consistently on-time deliveries over speed – virtually no congestion costs, and huge reductions in CO2 emissions.


Website: www.baxter.be/en/about_baxter/sub/distribution.html
www.baxter.com

 

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  Photo Marco Urban, OECD/ITF


The award was presented by (Back row left to right)

Mr Binali Yildirim (President of the ITF, Minister of Transport, Turkey)

Mr Wolfgang Tiefensee (Minister of Transport, Germany)

Mr Etienne Schouppe (Secretary of State for Transport, Belgium)

Mr Jean-Claude Delen (Senior Vice-President of FIATA)

Mr Jack Short (Secretary General of ITF)

Mr Heiner Rogge (Secretary General of CLECAT)

Mr Ray La Hood (Secretary of Transportation, USA)

Mr Ron Widdows (CEO, Neptune Orient Lines)


And the award was accepted by Mr Menedeme and Mr Scollaerts on behalf of Baxter International Inc.


The jury also awarded a special mention to APL Logistics, a unit of Neptune Orient Lines Ltd, for the achievements obtained in their innovative service from the Far East to North America. The service was designed to create an ocean-based alternative to air freight for shippers from Asia to North America of less-than-container-load (or LCL) cargo. It offers a faster LCL service with day-definite delivery guarantee not offered before to shippers in this geographic zone.


 
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