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.
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.
Welcome to CLECAT
Monday, 21 January 2008
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