On November, 16, IV international conference “HEAVY RUSSIA” organized by “International Business Forum” (IBF) came to its end.
This is the annual conference which is growing more and more popular in professional circles year by year. Its audience is rising by 20% each year; the delegate geography is also expanding. In 2012 the forum gathered over 300 delegates from 17 world countries: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Germany, Great Britain, USA, South Korea, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, China, Turkey, Finland, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands.
The Russian branch of the English company “Beck and Pollitzer” – European leader in the heavy-lift handling market – became the General Sponsor of the past conference. It was also sponsored by such companies as “Mann Lines” (England), “TEK Everest”, “Aquamarine Trans”, “Nooteboom” (the Netherlands), “Instar Logistics” and “TopKran”.
State regulation of the branch became the most dramatic discussion issue in 2012. This includes both electronic procedure of OOG transportation permitting and corrupt practices in regulating authorities. Natalya Timofeeva, General Director of “UM 242”, presented an emotional speech giving a well-founded viewpoint that the bribing in Russia generally and in the cargo freight branch in particular calls for taking urgent and drastic measures to prevent illegal activities of officials, intermediary agents and GIBDD employees. It is commonly known that transportation of oversized, heavy and hazardous cargoes is referred to specific technologies of transport logistics complexity of which is seriously hindered by obtaining various permits and approvals in our country. Certainly, such a critical activity is in the full glare of supervising authorities and services ensuring road traffic safety. This could be explained but for the serious, in Natalya Timofeeva’s view, corrupt constituent in work activities of Russian officials and GIBDD employees.
Topics of the following speakers were presented in the wake of complex relations between business and the State. Thus, Julia Lonchakova, General Director of “TEK Everest” company, expanded on the subject of relation between state authorities in the field of oversized cargo freight supervision. Dmitry Fattakhov, General Director of “MDS” spoke about challenges faced by carriers of project cargoes in the Ural region. A golden thread ran through all the speakers to combine the efforts of Russian companies in order to stand their ground together in bodies of government.
Another eye-catching issue included presentations devoted to practical implementation of large-scale projects in 2012. General Director of “Instar Logistics” Alexander Shelkov shared his experience of delivering equipment for the new power generation plant to “Mosenergo” CHPP-16. The most critical stage of this operation was delivery of the PGP gas turbine. Turbine weight is over 300 tons, the length of self-propelled platform Goldhofer which was used during transportation – is about 40m, the height of cargo (with the platform) – more than 6m. Until now, there haven’t been any examples of handling of cargo with similar weight and size features for the energy facilities of Moscow.
In his speech, Vladimir Shifrin, Technical Director of “Live Trucks LTD”, dwelt upon the necessity to pay closer attention to details during OOG cargo carriage. He cited an example of delivery of the hydrotreater to Yaroslavl Refinery in the summer of 2012. While preparing for this freight operation they had to unexpectedly replace the barge which was to be used to ship the cargo from Volgograd to Yaroslavl. The new barge was almost the same but its lifting capacity came to 1000 tons instead of 600. The depth and breadth were the same, only the length was different which couldn’t impact the work execution. In his daily routine the forwarding agent did not pay due attention to this fact. It is a glaring mistake. When the vessel arrived it was found out that the barge had been prepared on the basis of design 81100. During re-equipment of the barge gateway the forecastle had not been cut off and the ramp with a 5% grade had been arranged. Thus, it was necessary to either lower the cushion or raise the berth level to get the lot from the barge to the shore. The solution had to be taken immediately.
Special topic was touched upon by Alexander Vinokurov, Project and Business Development Manager of “Aquamarine Trans”. As a Russian representative of the famous Indian operator “SARJAK Container Lines” the company is popularizing the idea of containerization of oversized and heavy cargoes in our country. Capabilities of using container transport for this purpose are rather high but are not so widely used as, for example, in Europe.
Relevance of this presentation was continued by the following speech from “Modul” company which has been using container equipment for project freight not for the first year. Speaker, Maksim Smirnov, shared his practical experience of working in the port of Saint-Petersburg. Tractors, choppers, crushers, fire trucks, diesel locomotives – all these units were transported using this new-for-Russia technology.
The similar experience can be found with “Deutsche Bahn”. Marina Siedenbiedel, Manager, Approval of Special Transportation between Deutsche Bahn and RZD told in her speech that the company is using containers to ship bulky components from Germany to “Volkswagen” works in Russia.
For the first time participants of “HEAVY RUSSIA” conferences touched upon the topic of industrial rigging and assembly. Elizaveta Nikolaeva from company “Beck and Pollitzer Saint-Petersburg” highlighted practical moments of OOG cargo carriage using hydraulic systems. A clear example of such works was cited to discuss the unloading of gas turbine that weighed 314 tons and was delivered to the construction site of Serov GRES. Complicated situation during reloading of the turbine off the railway transporter to the low-boy called for non-standard approaches to solve the arising problem.
The issue of new technologies, applied in project freight, is taking its traditional special place at “HEAVY RUSSIA” conferences. “Enerprom” company presented their solutions to complex and special transport tasks by means of hydraulic systems.
Of particular interest to the participants was the topic of Russian ports and railway activities with the main brief question – do they really need project cargoes? Opinions of different sides of discussion on this matter divided…
If you are interested in further information about this conference, feel free to come in touch with the Organizing Committee at e-mail: info@heavy.world
Conference Chairperson – Igor Vitel, «RBC TV» Channel Anchor
«New Trends in Governmental Regulation of Truck Haulage of Heavy and (or) Oversized Cargoes»
«Issue of Permits for OOG Freight: Customer’s View»
«Dealing with State Traffic Safety Inspectorate and Optimized Preparation of Permits, Licenses, Approvals»
«Outlook for Non-Standard and Heavy-Lift Market Development in Russia»
«How to Eliminate Bureaucratic and Administrative Obstacles on Oversized Cargo Carrier’s Way?».
Session Chairpersons engaged in the discussion:
«Aspects of International Shipment of Industrial Cargoes and Equipment in Bulk Items»
«Landmark Project of the Year: Industrial Ural – Polar Ural, Salekhard Combined Heat and Power Plant»
«Using Air Freight Technologies for Unique Cargoes within the Framework of Complex Multimodal Transport Projects Implementation»
«Realities of the Russian OOG and Heavy-Lift Freight Market. Challenges and Possibilities».
Session Chairpersons engaged in the discussion:
«Alstom Hydro Russia Competence with Transport Companies»
«Cooperation of Cargo Owners and Forwarding Agents: How to Build Strong Relations? Hazards of Choosing Contractors and Selection Criteria»
«How to Reduce Tackling of Challenging Transportation Issues by 1.5?»
«Relevant Issues of Interaction between Market Participants during Oversized Cargo Shipment Using Different Modes of Transport»
«Railway Carriage of Project Cargoes»
Session Chairpersons engaged in the discussion:
«Heavy» Projects for Central Asia Countries. Horizons, Particular Features and Challenges of OOG Transportation
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«Problems and Outlook for Working with Central Asia Countries»
Session Chairpersons engaged in the discussion:
«Particulars of Freight Operations with Unstable Countries (Iran, North Korea) and Challenges of Choosing a Tramp Carrier»
«Shallow Rivers and Old Fleet»
«European Experience of Project Freight in River-Sea System. Review of River Terminals»
«Line Service Capabilities. Operational Expertise with Russian Customers»
BUSS Port Logistics
«Buss – Heavy and Non-Standard Competence»
Valdis Andersons, Head of Representative Office Berlin
«Insurance of Oversize and Project Freight»
«Heavy Loads Transport Competence and Associated Hazards. Analysis of Accidents in 2012-2013»
«Securing of Heavy Loads by Lashing Chains. Operation of RUD Chain Slings»
«New Generation of SpanSet Magnum X Textile Slings for Lifting and Handling of Heavy-Lift Cargoes»
«Complex Solutions to Reinforce Bridge Structures»
«Complicated Lifts, Easy Solutions»
Wartsila Vostok
ALSTOM Atomenergomash
ALSTOM Power Stavan
Izhorskiye Zavody
Transmashenergo
Industrial Group «Generation» (Management Company of the following enterprises: DzerzhinskKhimMash – fabrication of bulky equipment + own river port designed for accommodation of heavy cargoes up to 640 tn – Neftemash, Syzran (oil and gas equipment) – Bulanash machine-building plant, Sverdlovsk Region (drilling equipment)
Gazprom Dobycha Shelf
ZapSibNeftekhim
RusVinyl
Tobolsk-Polymer
TATNEFT
Air Liquide Vostok
BaselCement
Fortum
Claas Vostok
John Deere Agricultural Holdings
CARGOTEC RUS
PREMIUM ENGINEERING
Atomenergoproekt
Intertekhelektro
ÌS-Neftekhimproekt
Joint Company «NIAEP» – CJSC «Atomstroyexport»
Stroytransgaz
CEMEQ Minerals LLC
«Energomashexport» Corporation
Ertey Petrochem Rus
NPO Tyazhpromarmatura
ALE Heavylift (Moscow)
ALTIUS PROJECT CARGOES (Spain)
Bertling Logistics LLC (Moscow)
Beluga Projects Logistic (Moscow)
BLG Logistics Solutions GmbH (Moscow)
Chandler GmbH (Germany)
CF&S Estonia Ltd. (Tallinn)
DAHER CIS (Saint-Petersburg)
DGT Logistics Turkmenistan (Ashkhabad)
DSV Air & Sea A/S (Denmark)
DSV Air & Sea (Russia)
DSV Transport AS (Estonia)
Euro-Asia Logistics (Estonia)
FAR FREIGHT GmbH (Austria)
GAC Shipping & Logistics Ltd (Novorossiysk)
ICT St Petersburg
Instar Logistics (Moscow)
JURTRANSA (Lithuania)
Kuehne + Nagel (Moscow)
Live Trucks (Moscow)
Magsped AG (Switzerland)
Mammoet Middle East (UAE)
Mammoet Russia (Moscow)
Nurminen Logistics Oyj (Finland)
Orient Logistic Services (Moscow)
Oy Hacklin Hamiko Ltd. (Finland)
Polytra NV (Belgium)
ROLL-LIFT Russia (Moscow)
Schenker Deutschland AG (Germany)
Transocean Eesti Ltd. (Estonia)
Universal Ltd. (Saint-Petersburg)
UTC Overseas Logistics Ltd (Moscow)
World Logistics Services Corporation (USA)
ICF Company (Saint-Petersburg)
AQUAMARINE TRANS (Saint-Petersburg)
Alandia-Transport (Saint-Petersburg)
Albacor Shipping (Moscow)
TC «Atlant» (Astrakhan)
BALTIC MERCUR (Saint-Petersburg)
Baltika (Saint-Petersburg)
Baltika Group (Saint-Petersburg)
Belomortrans (Arkhangelsk)
BELTEKHNOSERVIS (Belarus)
Benchmark-logistics (Samara)
Benchmark (Samara)
Benchmark-oversize (Samara)
White Nights Oil and Gas (Moscow)
Vanbetra Project (Moscow)
V&V Shipping (Saint-Petersburg)
Volga-Don-Transservice (Volgograd)
Volgaintrans (Samara)
Garant Trans Express (Moscow)
Garant Trans Express-Vladivostok
Garant Trans Express (Yekaterinburg)
Agility/GeoLogistics (Saint-Petersburg)
«YUTEK» Group (Rostov-on-Don)
«SOPiG» Group (Moscow)
Daimanta (Moscow)
DEALEX (Saint-Petersburg)
Donbasstransitservice (Mariupol, Ukraine)
EuroAzov Service (Mariupol)
Kvadro Center (Ukraine)
Keen-Mark-Logistic (Moscow)
«SibTransservice» Company (Krasnoyarsk)
C.Steinweg-Handelsveem B.V. (Netherlands), Saint-Petersburg Branch Office
Legion (Moscow)
LogLab (Moscow)
MagellanTrans (Krasnodar)
Magellan (Krasnodar)
MDS (Yekaterinburg)
Mercury Transport (Saint-Petersburg)
Modul (Saint-Petersburg)
MORTRANS (Saint-Petersburg)
NOVOTEC Export (Novorossiysk)
Nord-West Wind (Saint-Petersburg)
RIVEST-TRANS-SERVICE (Saratov)
Rustrans-spedition (Moscow)
SV Trans (Moscow)
SEA SOTRA (LONDON) LIMITED
Sovfracht (Moscow)
Sovfracht Shipping
Jenty Spedition (Belarus)
TRANSIT (Belarus)
SpetsEnergoTransService (Samara)
SpetsTrans (Novosibirsk)
STS Logistics (Moscow)
TIS Group (Saint-Petersburg)
TC «Mainstream» (Novosibirsk)
Truck-Service (Rostov-on-Don)
Trans-Group Spb
TRANS-MARK (Saint-Petersburg)
TRANSSPETSNAZ (Moscow)
Transit-M (Republic of Marij El)
TRANSIT (Saint-Petersburg)
TRANS-NAM (Moscow)
Transafe Logistics (Moscow)
Transocean Bel (Minsk)
TEC «TransSibExpeditsiya» (Perm)
Schenker, Moscow Branch
«PiK-TRANSPORT» Company (Moscow)
Hamiko CIS (Saint-Petersburg)
CFS Russia (Moscow)
Universal Forwarding Company (Universalny Expeditor)
UM 242 (Saint-Petersburg)
Spaarmann (Moscow)
Yugspetstekhnika (Rostov-on-Don)
2K Shipping and Trading (Turkey)
Atlantic Ro-Ro Carriers
Briese Chartering GmbH & Co. KG (Germany)
BigLift Shipping (Netherlands)
Blue Water Shipping A/S (Moscow)
DFDS SEAWAYS (Lithuania)
DFDS Lisco GmbH (Germany)
Industrial Maritime Chartering GmbH, Hamburg
Mann Lines (Tallinn, Estonia)
Mann Lines (Great Britain)
MANN Lines Rus (Saint-Petersburg)
Hansa Heavy Lift (Germany)
HOEGH AUTOLINERS AS (Saint-Petersburg)
HOEGH AUTOLINERS AGENCY UKRAINE (Odessa)
SAL Heavy Lift Rus (Moscow)
Samskip GmbH, Bremen
Scan-Trans Shipping
Aquakomplekt Group (Cherepovets, Vologodskaya Oblast)
Wijne & Barends Russia (Moscow)
Volgo-Baltic Logistic (Saint-Petersburg)
Glogos (Saint-Petersburg)
Rybinsk Shipping Company (Petrozavodsk)
«ARC» Shipping Company (Moscow)
TMBC Logistics (Novorossiysk)
Trans-Log (Agent of «Trans Russia Express» and Finnlines)
FESCO Integrated Transport (Moscow)
FREIGHT ALLIANCE
The Government of Moscow
LDZ CARGO (Latvia)
General Representative of German Railways
Octava (Saint-Petersburg)
Railion Russija Services (Moscow)
Russian Railways (Moscow)
RZD Logistics (Moscow)
TETRO EX (Saint-Petersburg)
TransContainer (Moscow)
Ukrainian Railways (Kyiv)
Beck & Pollitzer (Saint-Petersburg)
Beluga Projects Logistic (Moscow)
EuroKran (Moscow)
Rental Units (Saint-Petersburg)
TITRAN (Moscow)
TOPKRAN (Moscow)
100 tons – service (Moscow)
Sanna Group (Moscow)
Volga-Dnepr Company
AEROLOGIC LINE (Moscow)
Fahrhafen Sassnitz GmbH (Germany)
Ust-Luga Commercial Sea Port
Representative of «Port Hamburg Marketing e.V.» (Germany) in the Russian Federation
Temryukmortrans
Saint Peter Terminal (Saint-Petersburg)
Southern River Port (Moscow)
Nooteboom Trailers B.V. (Netherlands)
RA IN HO Co
SpetsAvtoLand (Moscow)
Sevzapkanat (Saint-Petersburg)
Stroyavtomatika (Moscow)
Enerprom (Irkutsk)
TII-Group (Moscow)
Deutsche Leasing Vostok (Moscow)
Rosgosstrakh
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