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NEWS FROM PORT OF HAMINAKOTKA 1/2015
Information about the Hamina Harbour:
•
The biggest sawn timber harbour together with the
transport taking place via Mussalo
• Specialised in lo-lo and project cargoes
• Excellent road and rail transport connections to the
port area
• Comprehensive stevedoring and forwarding services
• Versatileofficeandwarehousefacilitiesaswellasfield
areas
• Operators: RP Logistics, Saimaa Terminals,
Rauanheimo
Hamina Harbour is a major hub of sea transport
for the wood-processing industry
Products of the Finnish wood-processing industry, such as sawn timber,
pulp, wood chips, paper and board,
are the main articles of the Hamina
Harbour of the Port of HaminaKotka.
Primarily profiled in lo-lo transport
and high-volume liquid and project
transport, Hamina is today also a busy
and constantly evolving hub of the
wood-processing industry.
According to Commercial Director Kyösti
Man ni nen, the Hamina Harbour fulfils very
well the requirements of the wood-processing
industry and its conventional transport of items
such as sawn timber, logs and wood chips.
“Hamina has long traditions and expertise required by the handling of the products of
the wood-processing industry. Efficiency is the
key these days, and due to issues such as the
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sulphur directive, transport is focusing on larger
ships to achieve higher payloads, thus keeping
the unit costs smaller. This supports exports and
increases the competitiveness of the Finnish
sawmill industry and other wood-processing
industry in the world,” Kyösti Manninen says.
Did you know that out of the total
exports of sawn timber from Finland
in 2014 (7 million cubic metres),
more than 20 per cent were carried via
HaminaKotka.
Flexible and versatile port area
The infrastructure in Hamina works well in logistics for the wood-processing industry. As an
example, the fairway draughts match the requirements of the transport of sawn goods. Moreover,
the port area has much space and opportunities for the handling and storage of the products.
The operators at the port use modern machinery,
with which they serve customers quickly and
efficiently.
“Sawn timber currently arrives at Hamina
from all parts of Finland, from as high up as
Oulu. And it is exported to all parts of the world.
If the destination is far away, such as in China,
the sawn timber is shipped in containers from
Mussalo. If the destination is closer, for example
in Egypt, Algeria or Morocco, the cargoes mostly
leave from Hamina in bulk. Trailers are also used
in European transport to carry sawn timber,”
Kyösti Manninen says.
Complete operating environment
RP Logistics Oy commenced operations in
Hamina about a year ago. RP Group’s Managing
Director Petri Lempiäinen is satisfied.
“The operations in Hamina have started
off delightfully well. So far, we have focused
on handling sawn timber in Hamina, but there
are plans to expand this year to other woodprocessing industry products such as pulp and
board.”
At the moment, the company offers stevedoring services in Hamina, i.e. it receives the
goods arriving either by rail or road, warehouses
the products, transfers them from the warehouses to the quay, and loads the ships using
the lo-lo method, in other words lifts the goods
from the quay into the cargo hold.
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“We are using a new material handling crane
Mantsinen 120 R Hybrilift, which increases efficiency in the loading operations. When the ships
are large, the reach of the cranes also needs to
be sufficient. Thanks to the modern hybrid technology, fuel consumption is also lower and,
consequently, the carbon footprint is smaller,”
says Petri Lempiäinen.
Petri Lempiäinen also commends Hamina’s
infrastructure. Trains and trucks have a conveniently direct access to the port. The company has
also rented itself personnel facilities and equipment maintenance facilities at the port.
“The different parts of the Port of HaminaKotka have different profiles and roles. There can
certainly be nuances in all parts of the port, but
I think that the basic division of work functions
very well. Here, the management of the Port of
HaminaKotka has been very successful.”
LNG investment project of 100 million euros
starting in Hamina
Hamina Energy Ltd expects that its terminal and power plant project for liquefied natural gas (LNG) will commence
this year. The project serving industrial production as well as sea and road transport, executed at the Liquid and
Gas Terminal of the Hamina Harbour, is estimated to be complete in 2018.
Hamina Energy is currently awaiting the confirmation of the EU Commission to the investment subsidy of almost 28 million euros granted
by the Finnish Ministry of Employment and the
Economy. The LNG import terminal investment
also includes a receiving station for LNG vessels,
unloading and loading stations, steam equipment, and a storage tank of 30,000 m3. Moreover, the project involves a separate project
for the construction of a CHP (combined heat
& power) plant of 50 MW. For gas distribution,
there will be a new gas pipeline connected to
the natural gas network of Hamina Energy at the
port. There are also plans for the option of truck
loading into LNG tanker trucks.
Managing Director Timo Toikka of Hamina
Energy sees three important grounds for the
location of the terminal in Hamina.
“LNG is transported to Hamina by LNG
vessels. We can take advantage of the existing
quay and infrastructure such as a sufficiently
deep fairway extending to the quay. Secondly,
Hamina already houses manufacturing industries, for which competitive gas is an important
factor. It gives us a good basis for business,”
Timo Toikka says.
The third argument, according to Timo
Toikka, is the transition of shipping to the use
of LNG. The entry into force of the sulphur directive has boosted this further. LNG will replace
natural gas in industry, fuel oil in maritime transport, and petrol and diesel in road transport.
“We have estimated that the annual LNG
volume of the terminal is approx. 90,000 to
118,000 tonnes. In addition to the fact that
gas is important for Hamina, it provides us with
an environmentally friendly and competitive
energy alternative,” Timo Toikka says.
The EU directive that governs sulphur
emissions from ships on the Baltic Sea
came into force at the beginning of
this year. The sulphur content in ship
fuel must not exceed 0.1 per cent.
Sulphur directive into force at the beginning of 2015
Vessels operating in the SECA area (Sulphur
Emission Control Area) must use either lowsulphur fuels or make technical changes to the
vessels, such as install sulphur scrubbers. The
sulphur directive aiming at improved air quality
was initiated by the International Maritime
Organization IMO.
Experiences of shipping companies
The cargoes of Crystal Pool, which is engaged in
the shipment of bulk chemicals on the Baltic Sea
and North Sea, are mainly chemicals carried in
transit from Russia and export products of the
Finnish chemical industry. The return cargoes
carried to Finnish and Swedish ports include
sodium hydroxide, lubricating oils and ethanol.
HaminaKotka is one of the company’s main ports
on the Baltic Sea. Since Crystal Pool operates
mainly in the SECA area, the company began to
use low-sulphur MGO (Marine Gas Oil) at the end
of 2014.
“We considered the installation of sulphur
scrubbers, but we gave up the idea because of
the age structure and size of the ships, costs
involved in the scrubbers and uncertainty of their
use. The decline in the price of crude oil has coincided with the amendment of the sulphur directive, and this has certainly been a surprise for all.
However, the future trend in crude oil prices is
highly uncertain, and all changes are possible,”
says Managing Director Elisa Mikkolainen of
Crystal Pool.
The globally operating container shipping
company CMA CGM uses diesel or MDO (Marine
Diesel Oil) in the SECA area.
“The additional costs caused by the lowsulphur marine fuel in the first three months of
use have corresponded to our estimates. The
market price of heavy ship fuel has been low for
a long time, which has had a favourable impact
also on the price trend of low-sulphur fuel. There
has also been good supply of low-sulphur marine
fuel,” says Managing Director Jouni Ahrela of
CMA CGM.
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Diverse service by the port to the
biofuel industry
St1’s bioethanol concentration plant has been operating at the Hamina Harbour for
seven years now. With an annual capacity of about 88 million litres of 99.8 per cent
bioethanol, the plant is making preparations for a continuous increase in production.
The port offers the ideal setting for the company’s future needs.
The ethanol produced by St1 from waste and
surplus materials aims to replace petrol used
in transport. The company currently has ethanol
production plants in Hamina, Lahti, Vantaa,
Hämeenlinna and Jokioinen. The ethanol
production units have been built as close to the
producers of organic waste as possible to keep
the transport distances short. Ethanol is concentrated at the concentration plant situated at the
Hamina Harbour.
In close co-operation
Managing Director Mika Aho of St1 Biofuels Oy
thinks that the Hamina Harbour provides an
excellent framework for fuel logistics now and in
the future. The entire ethanol production of St1
in Finland is delivered along a direct pipeline to
the adjacent company North European Oil Trade
company is opening a plant in Kajaani to
Oy, which is the biggest fuel procurement and
produce ethanol from sawdust in the summer of
wholesale company in Northern Europe.
2016. The ethanol produced by the plant will be
“At the port, we are in a complete fuel strucconcentrated in Hamina.
ture. If our production increases, our location
Mika Aho emphasises the close co-operin Hamina will also enable exports. Or if there
ation of all parties operating at the port, such
is a situation where raw
as authorities and organimaterial needs to be
sations involved in energy,
Of the fuel used in Finland
imported into Finland,
safety, logistics and rescue
in 2020, 20 per cent must be
this, too, is best done
operations.
through the port,” says
“The partners at the port
renewable fuel.
Mika Aho.
need and utilise renewable
Mika Aho thinks
energy also in their own operathat the infrastructure of the Hamina Harbour
tions. We all have a common goal: not to produce
also matches any future needs of the company,
fossil CO2 emissions,” Mika Aho says.
because the next step is to move to the use
of sawdust in the production of ethanol. The
Main points of ethanol production:
1 The organic waste is collected from the nearby areas from sources such as
bakeries, breweries, food producers or households, and at production plants
it is turned into 85-90 per cent ethanol.
2 The ethanol is transported to the concentration plant in Hamina as return
transport of fuel trucks. This minimises the emissions.
3 The ethanol is concentrated to become fuel suited to transport uses and
transferred at the port along a direct pipeline to distribution and sales.
Port of HaminaKotka at international trade fairs
In the spring of 2015, Port of HaminaKotka will participate in three international fairs with our partners. We are presenting a port complex,
which, alongside fast and competitive routes, also offers a full range of logistics services for the needs of international trade and industry.
We will also introduce the opportunities offered by the port area and its logistics environment to industry and business.
TransRussia
• Moscow, Russia, 21-24 April 2015
• Crocus Expo, pavilion 1 and hall 4 D613
• also at the stand: Baltic Tank Oy, Cursor Oy,
Fertilog Oy, Oy DMM Logistics Ltd and
Stella Group, CHS Logistics Oy and
Oiltanking Sonmarin Oy
• website of the event:
http://www.transrussia.ru/en-GB
Transport Logistics 2015
• Messe München, Germany 5-8 May 2015
• hall B3, stand 321/424, joint stand
of Finland
• also present at the stand of Port of
HaminaKotka: Oy DMM Logistics Ltd
and Cursor Oy
• website of the event:
http://www.transportlogistic.de/en
More information about the events in respect of Port of HaminaKotka:
Marketing Manager Nanna Sirola-Myllylä, tel. 020 790 8804, nanna.sirola@haminakotka.fi. Welcome!
Breakbulk
• Antwerp, Belgium, 18-21 May 2015
• Antwerp Expo, stand 120H1
• shared stand with Steveco Oy
• website of the event:
http://www.breakbulk.com/
breakbulk-global-events/
breakbulk-europe-2015/
NEWS FROM PORT OF HAMINAKOTKA 1/2015
TIR Carnet procedure will continue
until July 2015
Tommi Kivilaakso, Customs Attaché of the Embassy of Finland in Moscow,
answers questions about TIR transport between Finland and Russia.
What is the TIR situation now on the
Finnish-Russian border?
The TIR Carnet procedure will continue on the
border between Finland and Russia normally
at all border crossing points. The reasons for
the difficulties which started in August 2013
were disputes between the Russian Customs
and the Russian Association of International
Road Carriers Asmap. Russian Customs have on
several occasions terminated their TIR co-operation agreement with Asmap. However, the
validity of the agreement has been extended
at the last moment, most recently at the end of
February, now until the end of June 2015.
Who is most affected by the procedure?
The TIR procedure matters on the Finnish-Russian
border most in the export transport of containers
and general cargo and in the west-to-east direction, because in the other direction to Finland
the trucks are mostly empty or import wood or
other bulk. Russian carriers obtain their Carnet
documents from their own national guarantee
organisation, and EU carriers from their own.
What would be the impacts in Finland if
the TIR procedure ended?
If TIR transport between Finland and Russia
stopped, it would complicate the pick-up
of cargoes by Russian carriers from Finland,
because there is no other corresponding simple
procedure for operators which have not established themselves in the EU area. The one-off
guarantees of the T-transit procedure would be
possible, but they are expensive and too heavy
for Russian customers and Finnish Customs. The
prevention of the TIR procedure does not only
apply to transport to Russia, but also to vital
transit transport through Russia for example to
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Does the fluency of freight transport not
suffer if the TIR procedure ends?
The suspension of the TIR procedure and the
requirement of country-specific separate guarantees on many parts of Russian borders has
been a big step backward in logistics. It is only
because the transport volumes have decreased
and because foreign trade has slowed down
that the non-functioning of the TIR system has
not caused greater congestion on the Russian
borders. Russia has promised to provide a road
map in the near future, indicating the principles
of how the TIR system could be made fully functional on all of Russia’s borders.
Advance reservation of border crossing
continues at Vaalimaa for freight transport
The compulsory advance reservation service for goods transport to Russia
was introduced at the Vaalimaa border crossing point in December 2014. It is
designed to expedite and facilitate the crossing of the border.
Anna likes to spend time with ice hockey, a hobby
shared by the whole family, here at Hartwall Arena
watching a KHL match. She is showing a jersey
received from Alexander Ovechkin.
New head for Customs in Kotka
Anna Mäkelä will start as the new manager of
the Kotka Customs on 1 April 2015. The earlier
manager in Kotka, Antti Sassali, moved to the
position of the head of the Vaalimaa Customs
from 1 March 2015 onwards. Anna Mäkelä moves
to Kotka from the position of goods and warehouse inspection and customs clearance supervisor and warehousing liaison at Vuosaari in
Helsinki.
The Kotka Customs covers the Kotka and
Hamina offices.
Anna Mäkelä’s diverse career in Finnish
Customs began in 1995 at Vaalimaa, where she
worked most recently as the head of truck X-ray.
After this, she moved to Lahti as the head of the
Häme Customs and from there to Helsinki as the
head of Land Customs.
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Project Manager Jyrki Järvinen of the Centre for
Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Southeast Finland says that a decision to continue the advance reservation service
for freight transport was made even though the
transport volumes at Vaalimaa have decreased.
On the other hand, the voluntary reservation
service for passenger traffic, which commenced
in January 2015, has finished.
According to Jyrki Järvinen, the advance
reservation service is how the authority prepares
for a potential increase in the number of trucks
and for the resulting queues.
“A motorway from Hamina to Vaalimaa will
be ready in two to three years, and it has been
decided that no kinds of queues are allowed on
the motorway for safety reasons. Advance reservation is one of the means by which we ensure
that we can prevent potential queues and control
truck traffic. The truck parking lot to be built at
Vaalimaa is part of the traffic control system,”
Jyrki Järvinen says.
The advance reservation service for crossborder traffic is part of the intelligent transport
strategy of Finland. The service has been ordered
by the Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment of Southeast Finland,
and the database is owned by the Finnish Transport Agency. The service provider is Go Swift.
Also involved in the project are Finnish Customs,
Border Guard and the Ministry of Transport and
Communications.
How does the advance reservation service for cross-border traffic work?
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Available times for border crossing can be found at www.evpa.fi.
A border-crossing time can also be reserved at a booking point at Vaalimaa.
The driver or logistics company reserves the desired time and enters the information into the system.
The driver arrives at the border crossing point within the hour reserved. The driver receives a text
message to remind the driver of the time, and there is no need to come to the border to queue.
• At the border crossing point, the driver must follow the traffic signs and lights.
Port of HaminaKotka Ltd
Merituulentie 424, FI-48310 Kotka, Finland • office@haminakotka.fi • www.haminakotka.fi • tel. +358 (0)20 790 8800