b'AUGUST 2024NORTH AMERICAS TRANSPORTATION & LOGISTICS NEWSPAPER 27ACL AJOT_SailSchedule_Irish_ACL6/7/2410:27 AMPage 1What is IntermodalAs the Intermodal business expands so doesNORTH AMERICA & IRELANDthe definition of intermodal. JUST GOT A LOT CLOSERBy AJOTRecently there have beenfrom the Baltic Hub Container a number of announcementsTerminal in Gdask, Poland. aboutnewfacilitiesthat areintermodal,multimodal,V arIatIons on a themetransloadorevencross- Intermodal is a confusing docking. And often these termsterm as it is applied to many areusedinterchangeablyunrelatedactivities.TheOur New Container Service To Ireland lendingtotheconfusionofwidestdefinitionitsimplyCuts Days Off Your Transit Timestheactualmeaningofthemeans moving from one form terms in the supply chain. Itsof conveyance to another - as understandable. simple as moving from a trainNORTH AMERICA DUBLIN BELFASTTakeforexample,theto a car or a car to a bike. ReallyPort Departure Arrival Transit Arrival TransitannouncementinJunebythetermisjustasubstitute Burlington Northern Santa Feexpression for multimodalNew York Wednesday Sunday 18 Monday 19(BNSF) that they were goingwhichisfrequentlyusedBaltimore Saturday Sunday 15 Monday 16to build an intermodal facilitytopulltheentirelogisticsNorfolk Monday Sunday 13 Monday 14on1770acresinPhoenix,business under one umbrellaHalifax Wednesday Sunday 11 Monday 12Arizona to serve as a transferidiom.Andinmanycases, hubforrailshipmentsviaintermodal became an ad hoc standardizedcontainersandterm for containerization - aUSA & Canada Toll Free: 800-ACL-1235trailers.ForBNSF,whichword somewhat out of usage.namrates@aclcargo.comalreadyrunsthelargestThereissomelogicbehind American intermodal facilitytheswitchinexpressions inthePortofLos Angeles,asthecontainerfrequently(FAVOREDcontinued frombeenexcavated,includingThe7billion(US$7.63 thiscomplimentaryfacilitymovesfromtruckorrailtopage 24) 13.7 km of the base tunnel. billion) subsidy package will would act like an inland port.shipbacktotruckorrail,announced that the base tunnelGlobalinvestmentinalso benefit around 20 maritime Inthiscase,thetransferusing a number of modes towill cost 2.5 billion (US$2.73thecontroversialprojectwasports in Ireland, Spain, Finland, facilityisequivalenttoanmove from source to ultimatebillion)morethaninitiallyestimatedatmorethan26theNetherlands,Germany, intermodalfacility.Butthatconsumerofthegoods.Butplanned,thebudgetrisingbillion (US$28.34 billion) backMalta,Lithuania,Cyprus, isnt how it always works. addingtotheconfusingto11.1billion(US$12.1in2012bytheFrench AuditCroatia,Greece,andPoland InAugust,CustomsInc,terminologysurroundingbillion). This represents a riseOffice and no overall figure haswho will receive support for broke ground on a multimodalintermodalarewordslikeofalmost30%onpreviousbeen provided since. infrastructure upgrades, some distribution center in Longview,transloadingandcross- estimatesandisattributedConstruction work is setof which will enable them to Texasthatisdesignedtodocking. toanumberoffactors;thetorampupinthecomingsupply shore-side electricity to handle630railcars.ThereTransloadingisverysimilarCOVID-19pandemicandthemonths with the first of sevenships, or transport renewable was also grand opening of thetointermodalshippinginthatwarinUkrainehaveledtonewtunnelboringmachinesenergy.Savage City Transload facilityproducts are transferred betweensupplydifficultiesandhigherscheduledforassemblyPort-railsynergiesare in Cedar City, Utah, part of thetrucks and trainsexcept thatcosts for certain raw materials,inAugust.Wheneachofalsohighonthefreight ongoing developments of thewith transloading, products arenotably steel and energy. theseboringmachinesaretransportagendaoftheEU Utah Inland Port Authority. moved between conveyancesTheseadditionalcostsoperational, work is expectedandmemberstates,France Of course, the crisscross ofratherthanstayingintheareexpectedtobeborneto advance at a rate of threebeing a prime example.terminology isnt confined to NorthsamecontainerthewholebytheFrenchandItaliankilometres per month. AddressingaFrenchSenate America. Recently, Singaporesway.Itisaparticularlygovernments,eacha50%EUinvestmentisalsocommittee earlier this summer, PSA Internationals, subsidiaryimportantfeatureofNorthshareholder,butalsobytheearmarkedforothermajorMatthieu Chabanel, the head PSABalticsannouncedithadAmericanrailservicesasEU which can finance up torail projects to improve cross- of the countrys rail network acquired(pendingapprovals)many of the products movedhalf of TELTs projects. borderrailconnectionsalongmanager,SNCFRseau, an85%stakeinLoconiareeffectivelybreakbulkWhatsmore,thebasethe TEN-Ts core network such(FAVOREDcontinued on International,whichoperatesfreight. Often times a facilitytunnel, which was due to beas in the Baltic member statespage 30)Loconi Intermodal, an intermodalthathandlesintermodaloperational in 2032, will now(RailBaltica),andbetween logistics provider. The idea is(INTERMODALcontinuedonly be delivered at the end ofDenmarkandGermany(the toexpandtherailproductson page 30) 2033.37.3kmhavealreadyFehmarnbelt Tunnel). (ROLEcontinued from page 26)investment climate and must make sure investors continue tobewillingtoinvestin European ports.The role ports will play in supplying Europes economy and society with new energy sources is unprecedented and is reshaping the port landscape. This transformation requires a wholerethinkingoftheport ecosystemboth by the port anddifferentstakeholders, and by the legislator.Thestudypointstothe European Unions new Trans EuropeanTransport(TEN-T)NetworkRegulation whichrecognizesthatports cannot only be measured and prioritizedonthebasisof tonnes and TEUs.Their contribution to the diversification of EU energy supplyandanaccelerated roll-out of renewable energies mustbeconsideredaswell. Yet,thisisnotenough: recognitionmusttranslate into adequate support.'