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FIATA REVIEWMagazine of the International Federation of Freight ForwardersAs so ci a tions No. 113, July 2016

Gotthard – World's longest Railway Tunnel

Women in Logistics Connecting the World

RAME Field Meeting – A snapshot of a record gathering

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Editorial 5 From the President’s Desk

News 6 Women in Logistics Connecting the World

10 RAME 2016 Addis Ababa – A snapshot of a record gathering

15 FIATA HQ Session 2016: Working Group Sustainable Logistics

16 The Enlarged UIC/FIATA Railway Contact Group

19 FIATA Logistics Academy Around the World

Report12 Gotthard base tunnel opened on 1 June North – South bound

Personally21 Meet Keshav Tanna Vice President of FIATA

Here & There22 Happy Birthday!

FIATA members celebrate long service anniversaries

Agenda23 Forthcoming Events

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From the President’s desk

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My dear FIATA Colleagues,

The half-year issue of the FIATA Review is already here, right on time to start thinking of what has already been achieved

and push the things that are not yet ac-complished to fruition, and this should be before we meet in Dublin. If you have not booked your ticket to the FIATA Congress, it is high time you made it without delay. We hope to see you all there. Logistics is the business that never sleeps and FIATA is really at its backbone, so hurry up and come to Dublin to see the old and the new in our business, among friends and high level technicians, famous speakers and more. Ireland is green and hopeful and is waiting for you!

Let us stay in Europe a bit: this issue fea-tures an important article on the Gotthard tunnel, i.e. the longest tunnel in the world, which is now effortlessly uniting the south and north of Europe through the Alps by rail. Effortless is eloquent: this feat has been accomplished by Switzerland in a remarkably short time and by using only internal funds, which have been deployed for the benefit of the entire continent, a remarkable result indeed.

FIATA is a strongly promotes sustain-able logistics solutions, in particular in rail freight; in this context I just wish to mention our successful meeting in Shen-zhen, China. We feature the summarised proceedings in this issue and I am sure that many of you will find reasons to read it, in particular those interested in innova-tive sustainable rail solutions to and from

Europe and China. This point gives me also the opportunity to introduce the ar-ticle on the WG on Sustainable Logistics, which is a group showing consistent ambi-tions and clear vision.

Those of us who gave strong signals that FIATA should be more gender balanced and forward looking on gender issues will be pleased to see that an important section is devoted to women in logistics. This is a positive and interesting evolution, which we should further and further promote. A woman is in fact managing our flourish-ing training activities and you well know that Verena Schaer is aptly responsive to the requirements of the FIATA Logistics Academy, which is gradually spreading its wings into wider and wider horizons, following Issa Baluch’s expert guidance.

Issa is a friend, an illustrious predecessor of mine and also a distinguished scion of our RAME region. The region just finished its regional meeting in Addis Ababa, with important results both in terms of numbers and of quality, mirrored by the publication of a position paper. Well done, RAME. We conclude with Keshav Tanna’s interview, Keshav being a Board member who helped achieve FIATA’s important goals in airfreight. I shall come back in greater detail on these topics in the next FIATA Review. Until then, I am glad to send you my best wishes for complete suc-cess in all aspects of your lives.

Huxiang Zhao – FIATA President

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Women in Logistics Connecting the WorldThe logistics industry needs a more diverse

workforce. FIATA aims to contribute to im-

proving the perception of career opportuni-

ties for women and to respond to the lack of

gender diversity characteristic of the logis-

tics industry. Ms Nadia Abdul Aziz, President

of the National Association of Freight and

Logistics -NAFL- in the United Arab Emirates,

and Ms Angela Song, Legal Consultant of

Sinotrans & CSC Holdings in China, share

their experiences as women in the freight

forwarding sector.

FIATA Review: Goal 5 of the Millennium Development Goals aims at achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. How can the logistics industry in your country contribute to this goal?

Nadia Abdul Aziz: The logistics sector is a top priority in the UAE and investment in the industry is expected to remain high well into 2021. Our sector has scored also the highest in terms of growth and the second highest growth in terms of employment. I feel we should now focus on investing in mechanisms to attract the right women to this industry.

The drastic positive change in the UAE all came from our rulers who enforced and acted on positive changes for women and now see the positive impact of hav-ing educated women with professional backgrounds.

We have various professional women as-sociations that are supported and fully recognized by our government to further promote women in business. Some exam-ples are the Emirates Business Women’s Council, Dubai Business Women’s Coun-cil, Sharjah Business Women’s Council.

There are also other international profes-sional women groups in the UAE.

As for the logistics industry, our country can support the Women in Logistics and Transport Network in the UAE. I am cur-rently working on this and would like to see more support from the private sector and government. We do have many expat women working in this field and less UAE nationals in the private sector. Our coun-try can do more by offering scholarships to females in this field and employing more women in the logistics field in their organizations. Having more events to celebrate women in logistics, greater me-dia coverage and the endorsement of our rulers would make a huge difference. This would definitely have a deep impact on the public and would create more interest in the logistics industry.

The UAE realized the importance of mak-ing efforts to change the dynamics of the workplace and this recognition had a greater cumulative impact on soci-ety. Women in the UAE occupy key decision-making positions. “We surpassed empowering women, we empower our community through our women” said HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashed Al Maktoum Vice President and PM of the UAE and ruler of Dubai. We have organi-zations dedicated to women initiatives such as the Dubai Women’s establish-ment (dwe.ae). We recently hosted the 16th Women’s Leadership Forum which had global powerful women leaders at-tend, fully supported by our ruler and his daughter.

The UAE Gender Balance Council was established earlier this year by His High-ness. It is responsible for the development of policies and initiatives which empower

Emirati women with opportunities and skills thus enhancing their role in the na-tion’s progress.

Change is setting in the Gulf for gender balance and women’s empowerment at the workplace. The UAE leads the way for women empowerment in the Middle East. Since its establishment, the UAE Gender Balance Council has introduced several initiatives to inspire organizations to review and address gender balance compliance standards. This includes the recently launched UAE Gender Balance Index, which is a ranking system to meas-ure gender balance in the workplace in all countries. The Index has been launched across all government sectors and is set to be rolled out into the public sector over the coming year. To have a better idea about the UAE gender index and achievements visit: www.genderindex.org/country/united-arab-emirates

Further exploration into the UAE’s vari-ous initiatives for women reveal how lucky women in the UAE are to have such sup-port for all women regardless of nationali-ty. Sheikha Fatma Bint Mubarak has spent more than 30 years working on women initiatives and gender equality and she is still behind many initiatives that sup-port women and drive their participation in the economy. The main millennium goals have been achieved in the UAE and the index above proves thus with actual researched statistics.

Angela Song: As far as I see, the core contribution of the logistics industry for gender equality is to provide the same level of admission and promotion op-portunities for women and men, which in turn is determined mainly by the level of education in logistics and the attitude


Women in Logistics Connecting the Worldof logistics institutes towards whether women can do the job as well as their male counterparts.

My perception of the state of affairs in China is that young men and women are equally accepted to logistics majors in universities, which will guarantee that they get the same level of education. At the same time most logistics companies would not set a limitation on gender when they are considering candidates for admis-sion and promotion. They understand that women and men have different ad-vantages in dealing with logistics issues; the meticulosity and patience commonly characteristic of women for instance, are quite fitting for the demands of growing complexity in logistic requirements. Of course, some positions in the industry do specifically require men, such as those that bear a significant physical element.

FIATA Review: Some research has pointed out that with technological advancements, women risk being left behind since they often do not possess the skills needed for more technology-intensive products and services. The technological advancement of firms that results from their participation in Global Value Chains may thus lead to the exclusion of women from the work-force. Global Value Chains have become a dominant feature of world trade and investment, but what opportunities and risks do they bring for women?

Nadia Abdul Aziz: Technological ad-vancements can leave women behind only if they are not trained accordingly at each change. If women are determined to learn and get the relevant training for their re-spective jobs they will never be left behind

just because they are women. Nowadays, women play a major role in the logistics industry, especially the educated and ex-perienced ones, and as long as a woman is committed, experienced and able to deliver, she will not be excluded from her logistics career.

The risk for women in large Global Value Chains is that technological advancements can lead to workforce downsizing as better technologies replace the requirement for human resources. Despite this however opportunities for women are plentiful in many countries and they can enjoy an ex-cellent career at a top Global Value Chain

organization with excellent remuneration, and training opportunities that will keep them abreast with technological advance-ments.

Angela Song: Global Value Chains will contribute to gender equality, which is the most obvious opportunity they bring to women. They offer an open and inclusive business environment for all people, peo-ple of different nationalities, cultures, re-ligions, colours and genders. And through global communication in this process, women in comparatively gender-biased cultures will be greatly encouraged by the women who have made their own

Ms Nadia Abdul Aziz, President of the National Association of Freight

and Logistics -NAFL- in the United Arab Emirates

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achievements to build up their courage and confidence to compete with men on the same platform. Challenges will emerge for women when they are expected to travel or work in countries or regions where the natural environment is tough for women or they cannot conveniently communicate with men due to religious or cultural reasons.

FIATA Review: Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, once said in an interview that for a woman to get to the top, she needed ‘skin as thick as an old crocodile’. What do you think of this statement? Can you give women in our industry some advice on how to get to the top? Can women get there without crocodile skin?

Nadia Abdul Aziz: I think Christine Lagarde meant that you need to be out there, up front and extremely strong to any resistance you face in order to be in a high profile position such as hers. Her advice es-sentially is that if women want to succeed, they need to be thick-skinned – aggres-sively determined and impervious to criti-cism – at least to begin with in their high power positions. Gradually, once they have proven their skills and achieved their goals, they can show the sincere real women behind that thick skin. “I regret to say that the crocodile skin is unfortunately a ‘sine qua non’ for a period of time.” But once a woman is established, “she can take off the crocodile skin and become a normal human being [again], without having to shield against horrible attacks and below the belt punches,” Ms Lagarde also stated. To reach the top we need to be very strong and deter-mined and accept criticism as many people are not used to having women in powerful positions. Once we prove ourselves we can

then be more normal and still maintain our professional career. We need to reassure people that we, as women, are capable to deliver and we are deserving of trust. My basic advice to women is as follows:

• Gain the right education for your career and love your career path,

• Get the qualifications and work experi-ence required to succeed and always keep up to date,

• Work on self-development, continuous improvement and leadership skills,

• Get relevant coaching if needed and focus on your goals, and

• Be confident in your knowledge and experience/capabilities then show your confidence in the appropriate way.

Getting to the top can happen without crocodile skin but it will depend on the place and position. In some countries like the UAE we are lucky our women got to the top by a ruler’s decree. In other situa-tions, they will need to have crocodile skin and prove themselves. So it depends on the situation/country you are in and the

rules/regulation in favour of women in the workplace. The main point I stress is that we should always remain professional, determined and always over-deliver.

Angela Song: Ms Lagarde's statement is partially true in a sense that leader-ship requires sufficient communication with people of all genders, the ability to command people to work under the same goal and the courage to take responsibili-ties when mistakes happen. While some women may naturally be introverted and shy and reluctant to do these things, they are expected to overcome such charac-teristics if they want to take positions of high power.

I guess that the predominant abilities required to get to the top are solid knowl-edge and vision for the industry, as well as excellent communication and coordina-tion skills.

FIATA Review: Which women inspired you to become the woman you are today?

Ms Angela Song,

Legal Consultant of Sinotrans

& CSC Holdings in China


Nadia Abdul Aziz: The main women who inspired me to be the woman I am today were my step aunts, may their souls rest in peace. Especially during my child-hood and teenage years, they were old but very strong women who helped the needy and helped poor families stay together. They supported many women with scarce resources and single mothers uncondi-tionally. My grandmother, who became a widow at the age of 21, also inspired me. She never re-married and took care of her children and step-children uncondition-ally. She is the family backbone.

In terms of business Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi, the Minister of State for Tolerance and previously Min-ister of State for International Cooperation and Minister of Economy and Planning for the United Arab Emirates. She is a member of the Royal Family of Sharjah. She was the first female minster that was elected in the UAE. Now we have many: 27.5% of UAE cabinet positions are held by women. She inspires me because she is such a humble, strong, determined woman yet highly educated. She worked her way up from a normal job to the posi-tion of the first female UAE minister. I also like Angela Merkel and I feel she is passionate about her career. I highly respect her for being a woman in a high power position who remained approach-able when she became a role model for all women in her country and globally.

Angela Song: My mom and Dr Liu Fang are the two great women who encourage me to be a better self. My mom is a high school teacher who works diligently every day to teach and take care of the family. She makes me believe that women can find a balance in life and work, even if it is get-ting more and more challenging these days.

Dr Liu Fang is the first female Secretary General of ICAO, she has a PhD, speaks fluent Chinese, English and French, and exhibits great leadership skills when working in CAAC and ICAO. Through her I see that women can achieve excel-lence in international organizations with their hard work, knowledge and wisdom.

FIATA Review: How can we better support women to speak out persuasive-ly in the right places and to the right people to gain a lasting voice to achieve their professional goals?

Nadia Abdul Aziz: We can better sup-port women to speak more persuasively in the right places to achieve their profes-sional goals by:

• Recognizing women initiatives in the private and public sectors

• Selecting the right associations for the right women to speak publicly in

• Ensuring they use the right language and phrases, building their leadership skills, media skills, presentation and public relation skills in order to be effective public speakers

• Women need to also learn the skill of networking and maintaining the right contacts so they are able to speak in front of the appropriate people to gain popu-larity, acceptance and get their message across effectively for the long term

Angela Song: To encourage and cam-paign for a working environment where women and men are equally assessed for work and promotion opportunities, to en-courage the setting of minimum require-ments for the percentage of women in the workplace and management level, and to set up special unions, associations or other

institutions to represent the interests of women.

FIATA Review: Why is the freight forwarding and logistics industry in-teresting for women?

Nadia Abdul Aziz: The freight forward-ing industry is interesting for women because:

• It is a secure and ever-growing industry• It is the backbone of many economies• It is a challenging industry to be in and

makes women feel special when they last in it

• It is a lucrative career and many times can be based on incentives and commis-sions if you achieve targets

• She will gather great understanding of international trade and import and ex-port handling which can quickly open doors to other career opportunities

• She will know the best suppliers for various products and this can offer her the opportunity to start her own trad-ing business where she can save costs as she will know how best to handle imports and exports

• The logistics sector ranks second place in the UAE and is seen as a growth employment sector and gives a sense of security when compared to other sectors.

Angela Song: As I mentioned in previ-ous answers, the freight forwarding and logistics industry is an industry that re-quires meticulosity and patience, which perfectly fit a women's strengths; also, it often refers to communication and co-operation with global partners, which can be challenging and thus interesting for women.

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RAME 2016 Addis Ababa – A snapshot of a record gathering Addis Ababa, May 19, 2016:

Hosted by the Ethiopian Freight Forwarders

and Shipping Agents Association

(EFFSAA), the Region Africa and Middle

East (RAME–2016) conference wasted no

time in introducing its biggest names first

to the 400+ delegates in attendance.

Opening the conference at the United Nations Economic Commission was His Excel-lency Dr Workneh Gebe-

yehu, Minister of Transport of Ethiopia highlighting Ethiopia’s plan to expand the national road network and railway development. He closed, recognizing that logistics is a game changer in the overall economy.

Dr Arkebe Oqubai, Minister and Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Ethiopia briefed delegates on the country’s Vision 2025, which aims to make Ethiopia the leading manufacturing hub of Africa. Ac-cording to this vision, the manufacturing sector has to grow by 25% annually, while GDP grows by 11%. The share of manu-facturing in GDP and in the exports sector will have to quadruple by 2025, while generating two million jobs in the sector.

Taking a step back, one could not help but take notice of the international crowd that was present, giving delegates the opportunity to grasp new perspectives. “This conference really welcomed public sector delegates allowing them to interact first hand with freight forwarders on their day to day struggles moving goods across the continent. The need for private sector intervention has never been greater and Addis Ababa has really allowed for such an opportunity to take place,” said RAME Chairman Mr Basil Pietersen.

Highlighting the importance of the meet-ing was FLA Chairman and FIATA Past President Mr Issa Baluch, “A one market is the ultimate goal here in Africa allowing for the free movement of not only goods but also people through facilitated VISA procedures. This will in turn enhance eco-nomic opportunity and stimulate growth.”

Three panel discussions were prepared for Day 1. Dr Kassahun Aberu highlighted the role of the Ethiopian Shipping and Lo-gistics Services Enterprise (ESLSE) which handles 60% of import sea freight, 60% of multimodal container cargoes, 40% of bulk import and 35–40% of export cargo holding a monopoly in the Ethiopian Mar-ket. Mr David Kofi Nutakor, Member of the FIATA ABVT and the FIATA Founda-tion contrasted the monopolistic situation in Ethiopian with those of West African countries for which monopolies did not exist. Mr Paul Hansen from UNCTAD argued that about 44% of transport costs can be related to cross-border inefficien-cies. Clearance times are key determinants of foreign investment, export status and

productivity linking his presentation to the implementation of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.

Following the first panel, a video confer-ence was held between moderator Mr Baluch, and Professor Calestous Juma, Harvard University. Professor Juma high-lighted visa restrictions which were really problematic and the issue had been raised at the recent AU meeting. Some countries like Rwanda are thinking of giving visas on arrival, but integration requires free movement of people and articles. “One has to select strategic entry points for quick integration and Africa has the opportu-nity to leap into technologies such as high speed trains and investing in aerospace and engineering capabilities,” said the professor.

Mrs Paola Corrado, WFP Ethiopian Head, informed that in Ethiopia, the World Food Program serves 7.9 million people and in 2015 it transported six million tons of food aid. As Ethiopia harbours refugees, WFP uses Ethiopia as transit to South


RAME 2016 Addis Ababa – A snapshot of a record gathering Sudan. Mr Daniel Zemichael’s speech briefed on the situation in landlocked African transit countries. He suggested that countries needed to look for other alternatives to development, one option could be drones. Mr Stephen Karingi, Director of Trade UNECA, informed the audience that all issues about African in-tegration such as the Yamoussoukro Dec-laration, the Tripartite Agreement, etc. have been reviewed by the UNECA. He later spoke with freight forwarding del-egates about their experiences in having to cope with trade policy that has not taken their views into consideration prior to implementation.

Mr Tekeste Berhan Habtu CEO of Cyber-soft plc, argued that high industrial pro-duction invariably leads to increasing logistics and both necessitate increasing IT. Nevertheless, the “cooperation con-flict continuum” may continue to persist. Mr Aboubakar Omer Hadi, Chairman of Djibouti Port & Free Zone Authority was asked “When will Djibouti be able to handle an 18,000 TEU mega carrier?” at which point he answered that Djibouti was already handling such capacity. Mr Rouben Ndegwa recalled Kenya’s hasty reforms in the era of Structural Adjust-ment and advised Ethiopian freight for-warders and logisticians to be patient with the slow progress of the Ethiopian Government in taking measures to reform the situation.

Mr Mulugeta Assefa, President of EFF-SAA, asked Mr Mekonnen Abera, Direc-tor General, Ethiopian Maritime Affairs Authority (EMAA)’s, “How the Ethiopian Government is going to check whether the Djibouti price cap is related to the prob-lem of capacity and inefficiency in transit service”. Mr Mulugeta further suggested

that a forum be organized by Djibouti and Ethiopia National Freight Forward-ers Associations to assess the situation and logistics challenges. He answered that the Ethiopian government will see the bigger picture to reduce the port and transit inef-ficiency instead of the price cap on freight forwarders service charges. He also gave the green light to establish the forum be-tween Djibouti and the Ethiopian national association.

Day 1 of the RAME Field Meeting left delegates with much to think about as they listened to thought provoking presentations and discussed ideas with a number of delegates with experiences in different areas. Capping the day, delegates were able to unwind at the Cultural Night showcasing Ethiopian traditions through live music and great food.

Day 2 carried forward the intensity from the first day highlighting FIATA’s re-cently published high level policy paper focusing on African trade and the need for enhancing educational programs across Africa through FIATA’s educational bodies FLA, ABVT and the FIATA Foundation. The outcome of the meeting will not only leave a lasting impression but also infuse action from the industry in a num-ber of geographical regions throughout the world.

Closing the meeting at the Gala Dinner held in the prestigious African Union headquarters was Mr Salahadin Khalifa, the Organizing Committee Chairman, thanking delegates for their contribu-tions and emphasizing that Addis Ababa had been put on the map the past two days. Mr Salahadin said, “We wanted the conference to be both welcoming and awe-inspiring, we wanted the conference

to accommodate discussion on national as well as regional issues, we selected a venue where majority of the countries in the region are represented such as ECA (Eco-nomic Commission for Africa) and AU (African Union), and we have spent almost six months of intense hard work and sleep-less nights to achieve these goals.”

Finally, he confidently said, “We made it!” and stated that Ethiopia was now pre-paring its bid to host the FIATA World Congress in 2020.

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Gotthard base tunnel opened on 1 June North – South bound

When public authorities line up undertakings designed for an impact beyond this generation,

then they like to go for the big one, espe-cially in infrastructure projects. The recent official opening of the Gott hard base tunnel is not only a milestone for Europe, but also influences trade to and from the Far East.

The Gotthard base tunnel has been com-pleted and was opened with a great public fair and an official ceremony on 1 June, which saw many international representa-tives in attendance. There is no dearth of superlatives for the 57 km tunnel through the Alps. Tunnel of the century is one; oth-ers are longest railway tunnel in the world,

work of engineering art, and heart of the trans-Alpine project.

The fact of the matter is that this is im-pressive feat of engineering – which has assumed the mantle of longest railway tunnel in the world from the Seikan tun-nel in Japan – can hold its own with any major project envisaged or completed in Asia or the Americas. The ceremony held at the beginning of June represented a significant milestone for transport and logistics; good transport options are a core element of the strategy underpinning the effort. As many as 260 freight trains will be able to pass through the tunnel every day once it is fully operational, as well as 65 passenger trains. For once freight has been prioritised in this railway project.

Once the current test phase has been completed in December, railfreight opera-tions will commence. Increased capacities, faster connections and greater reliability have been promised, which will provide north–south railway goods flows with new impulses, and also influence international transport chains.

So what is new in the structure? The Got-thard base tunnel, which runs parallel to the Gotthard railway’s mountain route, is the first trans-Alpine north–south route that passes through the Swiss Alps without any significant inclines. Within Switzerland the tunnel connects different regions too, namely the German-speaking canton of Uri at its northern entrance in Erstfeld and the Italian-speaking canton

The Gotthard tunnel is not only the longest railway tunnel in the world, the distance of about 2300 m from the tunnel to the peak of the mountain massif makes it also to the lowest underground mountain tunnel in the world

As Chairman of the Multimodal Freight

Institute I am pleased to bring to your atten-

tion the following article about the longest

rail tunnel in the world which was opened

recently. I attend the FIATA Working Group

Rail under the Chairmanship of FIATA Vice-

President Ivan Petrov although as a freight

forwarder I only ever dealt with Air and

Ocean shipments. The world of rail transport

is a fascinating subject and a true sustain-

able link between east and west in Europe

together with many rail corridors emerging

between countries across the world. The new

tunnel is a great engineering achievement

and we are grateful to Mr Christian Doepgen,

Editor in Chief of ITJ International Transport

Journal, who provided this article exclusively

to FIATA for publication.

Robert Keen, FIATA Chairman MTI, Executive Director British International Freight Association (BIFA)


Gotthard base tunnel opened on 1 June North – South bound

of Ticino at its southern entrance in Bodio. The tunnel thus connects two linguistic regions in one nation.

An impressive feat of engineering

From a technical point of view the Got-thard base tunnel consists of two parallel tubes, and trains can transfer between the two at selected points along the route. The builders have set a few new records with this work of engineering art. Its 57.1 km not only make it the longest railway tunnel in the world, the Alps called for another special construction feature too. The distance of about 2,300 m from the tunnel to the peak of Piz Vatgira and two other mountains towering above it means

that it is also the lowest underground mountain tunnel in the world.

Concept and plan at a European scale

Independently of the technical challenges involved, a transport route is always only as good as the concept underpinning it. The overall concept for this project – of which the Gotthard base tunnel is but one section – is called NRLA, which stands for New Rail Link through the Alps.

This pan-generational undertaking in-cludes the Gotthard base tunnel, the Lötschberg (opened in 2007) and Ceneri base tunnels (due to be completed in 2020), a bundle of further transport meas-

ures as well as its geographical and con-tractual embedding in the entire European north–south transport concept.

The project is underpinned by a Swiss na-tional referendum, in which the country’s citizens said yes to the concept with a two-thirds majority in 1992, as well as a transit treaty signed by Switzerland and the EU that same year. One of the core elements of the latter is coordinating the expansion of railway infrastructure between European neighbours. The Gotthard base tunnel also strengthens Switzerland’s policy of working towards the intermodal shift, as it enables the country to transfer more goods haulage from the roads to the railways.

The Ceneri base tunnel is the last milestone

The Gotthard tunnel is not only the longest railway tunnel in the world, the distance of about 2300 m from the tunnel to the peak of the mountain massif makes it also to the lowest underground mountain tunnel in the world

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in the NRLA. The 15 km tunnel in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino, which also has two single-track tubes, is current-ly under construction. The breakthrough linking the two shafts being dug from each end, which took place in January of this year, represented a huge step in the realisation of the tunnel. Once the Ceneri base tunnel is completed in 2020 the NRLA will be able to offer the transport and logistics industry the full panoply of its benefits. It is a core element of the Ben-elux–northern Italy freight corridor and thus of the EU’s pan-European transport network, making it eminently important for the economies of European as well as Asian countries.

Grand Opening: tears and triumphs

Many domestic and foreign guests of hon-our attended the ceremony for the opening of the important European transport net-work corridor, which has created a strong trans-Alpine alternative for 40 t lorries heading north or south.

EU transport commissioner Violeta Bulc called the corridor a backbone of Europe's long-distance goods transport network. French president François Hollande un-

derlined the fact that the tunnel symbol-ises freedom and opening up. German chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that her country has failed to build on the project by expanding railway lines in the Rhine valley in the gateway’s northern hinterland. «The heart of the network is now in place, all that’s missing is the aorta.» Switzerland’s transport minister Doris Leuthard was visibly moved by the tunnel of the century.

Outlook and Improvements

The costs for the monumental undertaking rose considerably over its overall lifespan, as is usually the case for any project of this order of magnitude, be it publicly or privately financed. The assumptions made at the beginning of the 1990s foresaw a construction period lasting between 12 and 15 years for the Gotthard base tunnel, as well as overall costs of between CHF 3.5 and 5.6 billion. In effect, the construc-tion work took around 17 years and it cost about CHF 12.2 billion – which experts have ascertained to be an acceptable dis-crepancy for such a major project.

Part of the cost increases were due to improvements that were initiated in the building phase. Thus the logistics in-

dustry contributed to a decision taken in 2014 that access routes to the tunnel had to be improved to also be able to transport containers and trailers with corner heights of 4 m, which is the norm today. The concomitant measures, which are due to be completed by 2020, cost CHF 990 million – a good investment in the future.

Major improvements of a technical nature will benefit the transport industry. Thus the two base tunnels under the Gotthard and the Ceneri will offer inclines of ap-proximately 7‰ on the railway lines con-cerned, which is significantly lower than is the case on the mountain routes. Despite the fact that some short stretches with in-clines of up to 21‰ remain, heavy freight trains hauling up to 4000 t can thus nevertheless pass through the Swiss Alps without requiring additional traction. On top of this the new 4 m corridor will make the Gotthard axis an efficient flat railway line for freight haulage, whilst routes between Mannheim (Germany) and Basel (Switzerland) will be further improved over the coming years. A new railfreight chapter can truly be said to have opened!

But transport infrastructure work is never finished. On the fringes of the opening ceremony the CEOs of the Swiss, Ger-man and Italian railways SBB, DB and FS agreed that SBB’s ETR 610-type trains will operate between Frankfurt (Germany) and Milan (Italy) via Switzerland from December 2017 onwards. Several routes will be improved in Italy over the next few years, and new freight facilities will be built in greater Milan. Experts expect the new tunnel to trigger a renaissance in northern Italy’s maritime hubs, thanks to transit goods destined for the northern side of the Alps.

Christian Doepgen, Editor in Chief of ITJ International Transport Journal

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FIATA HQ Session 2016:

Working Group Sustainable LogisticsFIATA’s newly founded Working Group

Sustainable Logistics met for the first time

this past March. The founding delegates met

to discuss the development of its mission

statement and the formation of goals and

objectives for the group.

The meeting also touched on some of the work that had been done since its incep-tion at the FIATA World Congress in Taipei last year following a decision from the Presidency to establish a group to deal with all matters concerning sustainability.

FIATA Director General, Mr Sorgetti, reported on his participation in a panel discussion at the Volvo Group Summit that took place in November 2015. The theme of the summit was heavily geared

toward discussions surrounding sustain-ability. He was pleased to note that FIATA had been regarded as a global trade fa-cilitating body and the main multimodal representative in the world.

Much preparation and planning went on behind the scenes to bring a successful side event to the recently concluded Inter-national Transport Forum jointly organ-ized between FIATA, CLECAT, the Euro-pean Shippers’ Council, the International Road Transport Union, and Smart Freight Centre. The side event brought industry representatives together to discuss Busi-ness and Government for Smarter Freight on Friday 20 May 2016. This year’s ITF Summit took place from 18 to 20 May in Leipzig, Germany under the theme Green

and Inclusive Transport. The side event was well attended and the panel discussion was highly praised.

Finally the meeting touched on the UN-FCC COP21 2015 Paris Climate Confer-ence concluded this past December where the bottom-up approach taken by col-lecting Intended Nationally Determined Contributions from member states result-ed in a much more fruitful outcome than the previous round’s top-down approach.

While the Working Group Sustainable Logistics is still in its infancy stages the founding group of nominated delegates will meet again at the upcoming FIATA World Congress 2016 to further build on its foundations and the direction of its work.

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On 12 and 13 May 2016, the second meeting

of the Enlarged FIATA/UIC Railway Contact

Group was convened in Shenzhen.

The meeting was sponsored by FIATA and UIC

and undertaken by Sinotrans & CSC Hold-

ings Co., Ltd. Mr Huxiang Zhao, President of

FIATA and general manager of Sinotrans

& CSC, attended the meeting and delivered

a speech at the opening ceremony.

The meeting gathered more than 90 rep-

resentatives from more than 20 countries

and regions, including Europe, Central Asia,

South-east Asia, South Asia, the Chinese

mainland and Hong Kong.

Since one of FIATA’s core focuses is to promote the development of the railway freight forwarding industry,

FIATA established a special railway Work-ing Group under its Multimodal Trans-port Institute (MTI). The Working Group is responsible for doing research into the hot issues related to practice and operation of the railway freight forwarding indus-try, providing consultation and opinions to the formulation of industrial policies, and informing its members of the latest developments in legislation concerning international railway transport. Under the leadership of Mr Ivan Petrov, FIATA’s Working Group Rail has been focusing on strengthening its cooperation with UIC, OSJD and other international organiza-tions in recent years to jointly promote the development of railway freight through holding business seminars and commercial communication meetings. The meeting of the Enlarged FIATA/UIC Railway Contact Group is one of the activities organized by the partners of FIATA.

The fact that Shenzhen in the province of Guangdong was selected as the place for holding the meeting showed that the international railway transport indus-

try attaches importance to the efforts of Guangdong province to get involved in the construction of the “One Belt, One Road Initiative” and to promote the devel-opment of international railway networks through transport. The People’s Govern-ment of Guangdong Province, Sinotrans & CSC, as well as countries along the routes of the “One Belt, One Road Initiative” have all made unremitting efforts and trials ever since Mr Xi Jinping, president of the People’s Republic of China, put forward the strategic concepts of the “Silk Road Economic Belt” and “Maritime Silk Road.”

The Initiative is a great strategic concept proposed by the new Chinese government which is dedicated to building a commu-nity of shared interests, a community of shared future and a community of shared responsibility between China, Asian and European countries along the routes of “Belt and Road.” Such a concept satisfies the common requirements of the countries along the routes, and creates a window of

new opportunities for these countries to complement each other’s advantages and to open further to the outside world and further encouraging development.

The focus areas in the construction of the “One Belt, One Road Initiative” are to step-up policy consultation, to improve road connections, to promote unimpeded trade, to enhance monetary circulation and to increase understanding between peoples of the countries along the routes of the “One Belt, One Road Initiative”. Logistics provides a guarantee for unim-peded trade and road connections, and the acceleration of the construction in the above-mentioned five aspects will bring hard-to-get opportunities to logistics en-terprises along the routes of the “One Belt, One Road Initiative”.

Mr Zhao Huxiang extended a warm wel-come to all guests present at the meet-ing. These guests came from associations and enterprises related to the interna-

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The Enlarged UIC/FIATA Railway Contact Group

tional freight forwarding and logistics industry, railway transport enterprises, European Union and U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). Mr Zhao also wished the meet-ing be crowned with success.

Themed “Opening the railway thorough-fares connecting Europe and China”, the meeting invited 17 guests to give speeches. These guests came from the Development Research Center of the Peo-ple’s Government of Guangdong Province, China Railway, OSJD, the European Un-ion, the Asian Development Bank ADB, and corporate groups. They introduced the present development of the railways connecting China and Europe and the problems encountered in such develop-ment, and discussed mainly the operation of the trains running between China and Europe, the infrastructure construction of the railways, the streamlining of the procedures for trains to cross national boundaries, facilitation of trade, and the

commodities for return trains, which are all topics of universal concern in the trans-port industry.

The Golden Chariot Award Ceremony was held at the end of the Opening Session. Mr Huxiang Zhao, FIATA President, and Mr Stanley Lim, past FIATA President, were bestowed the award of “Achievement for Strengthening International Relation-ships in the Transport Sector”, to com-mend their contributions to enhance in-ternational cooperation across the industry.

Mr Hans-Günther Kersten, UIC, stated that the Eurasian railway link could be a successful story and the market potential is available, but all involved parties must work together as a team. There is a need for harmonisation, for common standards, for procedures and for customs formalities. Regrettably, the commercial enterprises cannot tackle the harmonisation processes. National governments are requested to change their laws and regulations towards

a standardised rail corridor which is im-portant to sell this rail transport product. The inclusion of the colleagues from OSJD in our discussion is an excellent step for-ward in the right direction.

Mr Petrov summarised that the Working Group was in Shenzhen to make bridges and that there were indeed some of them already joining the two sides. The Asian Development Bank asked whether the customer has a choice to select either the route, the cross border point or specific services. For the time being this will not be the case. There are a few players (three to four) on the market, but the service itself is a basic product and customers cannot select a lot, there is only limited competition in place.

On the other hand, China Railways would like to promote some cooperation which is still not in place. These parallel choices, which seem to be similar, are offering a long transit time without mix trains or trains that can make a faster journey. But China Railways like to speak to the gov-ernments of Europe and made clear that Europe is not only Germany and Mrs Mer-kel will not be the only one to speak for railway traffic between Europe and China.

The European Commission created some corridor systems, and probably this is a party that should speak. China rail, Russian rail, Kazakhstan rail and German rail are not the only carriers on the Eura-sian link. There are many other incum-bent railways in Europe. The market is premature but it is depending on sub-sidises which do not represent a global market. It is a market just limited to Chinese territory. Freight forwarders fully depend on support and developments of Chinese providers (logistics service pro-


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viders and railways). It is a political deci-sion of China on how and when the market will be or not be subsidised.

FIATA does not have any influence on such decisions. There are huge amounts of different possibilities in Asia. There is an excellent rail link between Thailand and Malaysia that can rival many services in Europe. Legal aspects are also an important topic and in Europe, railways are provid-ing their services under old-fashioned con-ventions with many borders between the various countries and different standards.

It was well noted that the city of Kunming is a vital point in China where the corri-dors cross horizontal and vertical and they are connected to neighbouring countries and further to Europe. He made clear that all terminals on the various borders belong to Russian railways. Therefore, freight forwarders only have very limited choices from Western viewpoints. He would like to see more new developments going to different countries such as Kyrgyzstan to increase competition. Without competi-

tion usually the product is modest. It re-mains a closed business and it is not open for competitors.

There are a lot of soft measurements available to create new possibilities. An open question remains: who will do the marketing and sell this new product? For the time being there are three or four companies who offer transport services on the Eurasian rail link. The digitalisation of the transport documentation is a key element for a successful and sustainable service on the Asian – Europe rail traffic. E-documents linked with the customs authorities would be an additional asset. In order to fulfil the request of Letter of Credits it would be an advantage that the rail consignment note will be recognised as a document of title, but it seems it is difficult to meet this request. As an alternative solution a negotiable FIATA Multimodal Transport Bill of Lading could be issued. It will take many years within the international organisation to change the legal system and respectively amend conventions.

Mr Petrov pleaded that in future the mar-ket should be opened to additional service providers, LCL shipments should also be transported and E-commerce is an impor-tant issue for further developments. He requested that parties presently involved in the Eurasian Rail Link should open the doors and create bridges for newcomers in order to be competitive. He made the experience that cooperation with competi-tion brought the best positive results.

Mr Petrov thanked SINOTRANS and CIFA under the guidance of Ms An-gela Song for organising this excellent conference.

After the conclusion of the meeting, the attendees visited the Guangdong interna-tional railway logistics base.

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In the past few weeks, the FIATA Logistics

Academy (FLA) has been on the road visit-

ing several countries in the Middle East,

Africa and Europe. It is part of the essence

of the FLA’s philosophy to come close to real

people, hear about their concerns regarding

career progress and education and providing

ideas, opportunities and solutions.

We interviewed Mr Issa Baluch, Chairman of the FLA, to learn about the road shows he con-

ducted in the Region Africa Middle East.

Hi Issa, we know you have been trav-elling a lot. Can you tell us which countries you visited in pursuit of the FLA roadshows? And how was the FLA received there?

The entire month of May was spent on travels to the UAE, Ethiopia and Kenya. In all these countries I conducted FLA road shows. In Dubai we had a presence of about 220 participants from practitioners and young leaders to government officials and we would like to extend a word of thanks to NAFL for making the arrange-ments. In Addis Ababa at the RAME Conference we had approximately 400 participants of a similar make up; same in Mombasa with about 40 and Nairobi with about 30. The FLA was embraced very warmly and I will quote here a writ-ten comment by a participant which says it all: “Thank you very much for the great work and efforts to improve our Industry, the timing is perfect.”

According to your observations what are the priorities in the area of logistics and freight forwarding education in the region?

My observations are twofold. The older generations, making up most of the prac-titioners, illustrated concerns on digital learning as compared to the younger gen-eration which showed a craving and apti-tude towards more and more of the FLA’s online offerings. It appears that the FLA is not growing fast enough – for a 2-year entity offering so much. They could not believe it. I felt at times what we offered, although revolutionary in some sense, was not enough for them. They were ready to swallow whatever we could offer. At the same time, I was able to draw some preferences – the older generation had more appreciation in soft courses while the younger generation in technical. This makes our approach at FLA quite unique and we see that our strategy is actually paying off.

Who is the main target group for the FLA in this region?

Having visited the market place and in-teracted with FLA’s consumers, I feel we can now pursue our set strategy to satisfy both the experienced practitioners and the young leaders on equal footing. The Supply Chain and Global Logistics Man-agement courses were more favourable to the younger generations. The older greenstone showed preference to the soft skills courses.

You mentioned in your Twitter account that: “It’s time to stop running away from things that are uncomfortable and hard. It’s time to confront issues in your life.” Who are you talking to? And do you think escaping the comfort zone is a prerequisite to happiness?

I was aiming this statement at the older generation and this stance actually worked on some. How else could they improve their skills? And to your question, yes, I believe the payoff from sacrificing the time and energy could be huge. It has worked in my life and every time I capture new skills I always feel a sense of accom-plishment that leads to happiness and contentment.

We know that African universities are exploring ways to reflect the continent’s contemporary economic history in their curricula. This is reflected in the creation of the Pan-African University (PAU), which serves as a network of institutions of higher learning that are focusing on creating locally relevant curricula. At the FLA we rather propose a global education for a global audience. Does it make sense for the African students to attend international educa-tion from top worldwide universities online or should the focus be more on the development of a regional strong educational system for African priori-ties and topics?

Education on its own offers just part of the solution. Interacting with businesses for in-ternship or apprenticeship opportunities is equally crucial. I do not see that happening in Africa. Online education offers this very aspect as one interacts with experienced professionals and these tend to be tested courses updated live. FLA is going beyond the traditional vocational learning and in our pursuit as a grocery store of digital learning we are providing a massive choice for our sector across the globe.

Youth unemployment is a massive waste of resources, but we also know that

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crisis situations are instigators of crea-tivity and innovation. How can FLA inspire the African youth to start their own business, find a job and progress in life?

This is where I have to refer to the vision of the FIATA Presidency to add FLA to the vast resources of FIATA. We now live in a world of “Clicks”. So in the FLA website, we are not short of entrepreneurship, start-ups, innovation courses or indeed intern-ship placement opportunities – so you add these up with business networking prospects that have been the cornerstone of FIATA, I do not know any other organiza-tions that offers such grandiose opportuni-ties. And better still most of the courses we offer are completely free of charge.

What about our industry, how can the logistics industry promote growth and job creation in the region?

Our industry has failed in one area – pro-moting its importance. Particularly the young generation need to know how cru-cial it is to the overall economy. Govern-ments around the world have now placed Logistics as the most important sector in terms of investments, infrastructure and jobs. And the reliance of other sectors be it tourism, manufacturing, etc., all depend on Logistics.

What was the best moment you recall of the roadshows?

A. In Dubai the FLA’s host, NAFL, wanted to schedule another presentation because some young leaders were not able to make it on that day clearly showing the craving for more information. Unfortunately, we were stranded on time.B. In Addis Ababa my business cards were on heavy demand after the presentation – most of the participants wanted more information.

C. In Mombasa the government officials in attendance were keen to assess how FLA could help their local institute's drive to the digital learning world. D. Mathenge in Nairobi could not hold his excitement with a statement “This is precisely what I have been waiting for – I am sold on FLA”.

Such outcome and verbal expressions made my time on the road shows well worth it! We would like to finish this interview by sharing one of your quotes: “Happiness comes when you believe in what you are doing, know what you are doing, and love what you are doing.” Thanks, Issa.

Mr Issa Baluch, Chairman of the

FIATA LOGISTICS ACADEMY

Personally


Meet Keshav Tanna Vice President of FIATA

Mr. Keshav Tanna is a Director at M/s Links

Forwarders Pvt. Ltd. This is a first generation

logistics business started by him in 1984.

He holds industry honours as a past President

of Air Cargo Agents Association of India;

Vice Chairman of the Air Freight Institute

(AFI) and Vice President of FIATA. He has a

family. He is married and has a boy and twin

girls. His business is a family business.

If you had not joined the transportation business, which profession would you have chosen and why?

The automobile business – cars are a pas-sion of mine. When younger, I was a rally/racing driver. So, it would definitely have been a dream come true had I been able to combine this passion with my profession.

So what fascinates you about the freight forwarding industry?The challenges – they have made a new person out of me. At first I used to get quite frustrated as each day had a new problem. Dealing with these day in and day out has made a new person out of me and now I am ready for almost anything.

Why did you take up your post with FIATA?I am excited by the challenges in this in-dustry. Also, with God’s grace I have done well for myself in this business. I felt it was time for me to give back to the industry something of what the industry has given me. My kids run the day to day business now and this gives me the opportunity to devote time to the industry at large. What better platform than FIATA?

How do you view the state of the industry today?The industry is changing by the hour so to speak. Yesterday we were dealing with challenges thrown at the forwarding community by the integrators – 3PL/4PL and so on. Having only just met these challenges, we are now looking at the challenges of e-commerce and last mile deliveries. The industry is evolving every day – tomorrow it may be drones!

What changes would you like to see?Less bureaucracy – I still find a lot of it around in various sectors. The industry

provides employment and contributes modestly to the GDP growth in the respective countries; we surely deserve better.

Looking at the future, what advice would you give a young person joining the industry today?Be patient – patience is something I see lacking in the younger generation. Their frustration levels are high and so too are their levels of aggression. We cannot give them any lessons in how to move forward as they are thinking two steps ahead of us already, but we can definitely pass on advice based on our experience.

Which famous person would you like to have met and why?Roger Federer – the tennis legend. I play tennis myself and he is my idol. He has character, charisma, dedication and most importantly humbleness, all in one. Where else can you find that today? He is not only a great champion, but a great human being too.

Do you have any unfulfilled wishes, professional or personal?Music – I would have loved to learn how to play a musical instrument. I’m interest-ed in learning the guitar and/or keyboard. Music makes me forget a lot of unwanted things and takes me to a new high. But it’s not too late and I shall do that a few years from now, God willing.

What plans do you have for the future or for your retirement?I’ve not given it much thought, but even-tually I shall. Music and sports will surely play a part.


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Happy Birthday!FIATA congratulates three well known delegates to their birthday. We wish them many more years of good health and happiness.

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Mr Jürg Hammer (Switzerland)

75 on 16 July 2016

Mr Hammer has been a longstanding FIATA Delegate, he was Chairman MTI, and has been an Honorary Member of FIATA since 2003.

Mr David Paul Lewis Fielder (Denmark) 60 on 26 July 2016Mr Fielder has been a longstanding FIATA Delegate and he is the Chairman of Advisory Body Safety and Security.

Mrs Christine D’Arcy (United Kingdom) celebrates a special birthday

on 10 August 2016.

Mrs D’Arcy has been a FIATA Delegate since 1986, she was a Vice President from 2009–2012, and has been an Honorary Member since 2012.

A number of companies

around the world have

recently celebrated their

50th and 25th anniversaries

of membership at FIATA.

On behalf of our Federation,

the Presidency of FIATA

extends his congratulations

to these long-service

members. We thank you for

your continued commitment

and look forward to a

successful future for our

international industry.

FIATA members celebrate long service anniversaries

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