KNOWLEDGE FORUMS - Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Simultaneous interpretation of all the lectures is provided in English.

German

Wednesday, 13 June 2012 | 10:00 – 11:30, Forum I – Hall A4

Hinterland connections of German maritime ports
Competitive factor for Eastern European growth markets

Chaired by: Economist Hans-Wilhelm Dünner
Publisher, SCHIFFAHRT HAFEN BAHN UND TECHNIK

Eastern Europe is one of the most important global growth markets. In addition to bulk transportation, container transport has the most growth potential. German maritime ports are in competition with the Rhine estuary ports and Baltic ports to supply Eastern Europe. The quality of the seaward approaches to Bremerhaven and Hamburg, and the rail and canal infrastructure into the interior are decisive in the further development opportunities of the German maritime ports.

Wednesday, 13 June 2012 | 10:00 – 11:30, Forum II – Hall A4

Unsettled freight forwarders
How new export regulations are slowing down globalised supply chains

Chaired by: Tobias Schweikl
Editor-in-Chief, LOGISTRA, HUSS-Verlag, Munich

It’s the down side of globalisation: increasing security requirements for exports and air cargo shipments are constraining trading. An expert panel will discuss the effects of the latest changes in the law on global supply chains and the confusion that has developed amongst public authorities, and will show what freight forwarders now have to do to remain competitive in the long term.

Wednesday, 13 June 2012 | 10:00 – 11:30, Forum III – Hall A3

Telematics systems take over the market
Experiences, extensions, expectations

Chaired by: Prof. Dr. habil. Claus C. Berg
Chief Executive, GVB e.V.

Telematics systems are becoming increasingly important in fleet management. There is a wide range of systems and so it is often hard for potential users to know which to select. Are the requirements of the user being covered by the systems on offer or are technically sophisticated solutions being sold that ask too much of drivers and schedulers? And do vital software modules leave something to be desired when it comes to temperature monitoring, load securing, prevention of tampering or monitoring working hours? GVB e.V. is currently taking a close look at these issues in the “Practical problems in using telematics systems” study group. Experts from the telematics industry will discuss possible solutions to these problems in the forum.

Wednesday, 13 June 2012 | 14:30 – 16:00, Forum II – Hall A4

Towards zero-emissions
Concepts, technologies and experiences in maritime and inland ports

Chaired by: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carlos Jahn
Director of the Fraunhofer Center für Maritime Logistik und Dienstleistungen CML, Hamburg

The maritime sector is also expected to make its contribution to climate protection and reducing emissions. And it is making progress in this direction. In ports and terminals, the starting point for environmental strategies are the many diverse solutions and tools for operational activities and long-term planning. In the forum two manufacturers of vehicles for transhipment will report on current projects and a terminal operator will give a talk on his strategy, successes and the obstacles facing him. In this way the forum addresses the entire spectrum, from measures that can be immediately implemented to future scenarios and ways in which these can be achieved in a targeted fashion.

Wednesday, 13. June 2012 | 14:30 – 16:00, Forum III – Hall A3

Sustainable mobility in practice
Everyday solutions for urban freight traffic

Chaired by: Torsten Buchholz
Editor-in-Chief, Transport magazine, HUSS-Verlag, Munich

There are real ecological and practical economic applications for urban delivery vehicles – vans, medium and heavy duty trucks – with electric or hybrid drive, as is being demonstrated through trials and projects currently taking place throughout Europe. Some companies have even gone one step further and are already benefiting from using these clean and quiet vehicles for daily transport tasks, which is good for the environment and improves their image. Experts from the utility vehicle industry and representatives from the transport industry will present current projects in the forum.

German

STATEMENTS

„Hamburg is the 'Gateway to the World', and I am delighted that our city has been chosen as the location for transfairlog, the new international logistics trade fair. A top-quality communication platform such as this fits perfectly with our ongoing drive to position Hamburg as an innovations location and transport hub, both in Germany and around the world. I bid a warm welcome to all the exhibitors and visitors at transfairlog in Hamburg."

Senator Frank Horch, Senator for Economic Affairs, Transport and Innovation, Hamburg, www.hamburg.de/bwvi

"transfairlog is excellent news for Germany as a logistics location. It is high time the north of Germany had an international trade fair for this sector. The organisers of transfairlog have made the right choice with Hamburg, because this city is the logistics hub for northern Europe. We at the Logistics Initiative Hamburg very much welcome this decision.
As a partner of transfairlog we are looking forward to a first-class event and we will certainly be inviting our national and international business partners to this trade fair in Hamburg."

Prof. Dr. Peer Witten, Chairman of Logistik-Initiative Hamburg, www.hamburg-logistik.net

„DSLV welcomes the initiative to establish an international logistics trade fair in the north of the country. This location is of enormous importance for the entire region around the North Sea and the Baltic. With transfairlog the logistics location of Germany now has an communication platform of international status. We hope everyone involved benefits from this event."

Heiner Rogge, Managing Director of DSLV e.V. (Association of German Freight Forwarders and Logistics Operators), www.dslv.org.de

„The Port of Hamburg and the logistics environment in the north of Germany have tremendous significance for Germany as a logistics location. The fact that a logistics trade fair of international status – transfairlog – is now starting up in this location sends an important signal. We wish all exhibitors and visitors lots of stimulating talks and good business."

Gerhard Riemann, Chairman of the Management Board of Imperial Logistics International GmbH, www.imperial-international.com, Chairman of the Transport Committee of the BGA e.V.
(The Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services)

„The logistics location of Germany is of enormous international significance, both as an exporting nation and as a transit country. We give our full support to this initiative to establish transfairlog in Hamburg as an international trade fair for central and northern Europe, bringing together materials-handling management and transport logistics in one place. The Club of Logistics e.V. is also a concentration of this competence. We are very much looking forward to an exciting and informative event, and, as a partner, to helping to shape this new event."

Arnold Schroven, Chairman, Club of Logistics Logistics e.V., www.club-of-logistics.de

"As a Hamburg-based forwarding company with 55 years of experience in the business, we are pleased that our city is now getting its own international logistics trade fair. This step has long been overdue. The sophisticated concept behind transfairlog fits superbly into the drive to raise Hamburg´s international profile still further."

Norbert W. Höflich, Managing Director, Jeschke Spedition GmbH, Hamburg, www.jeschke-spedition.cargoline-gruppe.de

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