Cefic logistics strategy and best practices for safe and sustainable logistics
Jos Verlinden
Cefic Ship Vetting Workshop
Brussels, 12 October 2011
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Purpose of Ship Vetting Workshop
• Explain principles and good practices of ship vetting
• Present existing ship inspection schemes
• Explain practical aspects of analysing ship inspection reports
• Sharing of company experiences
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Who is Cefic?
European Chemical Industry Council: http://www.cefic.org/
Cefic is the voice of the European chemical industry based in Brussels
Cefic represents 27,000 chemical companies that produce 29% of the world
chemical products and employ over 1.2 million people
Staff & network:
150 staff
4000 industry experts from companies & federations
• Horizontal Programmes, Strategy Implementation Groups and Issue Teams
• 150 Sector Groups
Members
28 national federations in Europe
50 major international companies
450 business company members
CEFIC was founded in 1972
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Cefic Logistics: Vision, Mission & Objectives
Vision
Mission
The chemical industry is managing its supply chains in such a way that it is at the forefront of logistics
development, safety and sustainability, offering a competitive edge in the global environment.
Identify and prioritise key logistics opportunities and challenges for the chemical industry, and it
develops and steers a strategy and action programme to address these, taking into account legal,
political and company boundaries.
Main Objectives
• Advocate the chemical industries’ position
• Develop and promote industry best practices on cost effective, safe, secure and
sustainable logistics, supporting the chemical industries’ RC Programme
• Develop and manage systems and tools for member companies to improve their safety
standards and performance
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Cefic Logistics Priority Areas and Issue Teams
Best Practices
Cargo Securing
Safety of (un)loading
Sustainable Transport
Learning from accidents
Policy & Regulations
Transport Regulations
Promotion & Communication
Promotion Best
Practices
Maritime & Barge Transport
Vehicle Weights
Services and Systems
SQAS
Transperanto
ERICards
ICE Emergency
Response
Every 2 years the priority issues are reviewed by the
Cefic Strategy Implementation Group (SIG) Logistics
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Main Cefic achievements to date
Best Practices
 Behaviour Based Safety (BBS)
 Logistics performance reporting
 Driver waiting times
 Transport equipment
 Security of transport
 Transperanto
SQAS
A world class assessment
system for LSP’s:
 5 SQAS modules
 70 accredited assessors
 4,000 assessments
 20,000 consultations
Advocacy
 Dangerous goods regulations
 European transport policy
 Sustainable logistics
 Rail Single Wagons
 Vehicle weights (44T)
 ICE Emergency Response
 Cargo securing
 Safe loading/unloading
 Transport GHG
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Responsible Care
Voluntary initiative of the global Chemical Industry
« Responsible Care is the world-wide chemical industry’s commitment to continuous improvement in all aspects of
Health, Safety and Environment performance of its products and processes and to openess in communication about
its activities and achievements. »
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Responsible Care Partnerships
ECTA (European Chemical Transport Association):
European RC Programme for chemical
transport companies
FECC (European Association of Chemical Distributors):
European RC Programme for chemical
distributors
Passing Responsible Care on
along the chemical supply chain
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Cefic Pan-European Public Opinion Survey (PES) 2010
Chemicals
Perception of Transportation of
• 11 countries / 1,000 people in each country
• 81% coverage of EU27 population
 Public perception of chemical transport is better
than general chemical industry image
 Majority of people recognize the need for
transport and agree that most transport
companies show a responsible behaviour
 There is low awareness of industry transport
safety initiatives
 Most important concerns: safety / accidents /
hazardous products
 Public perception is better in North Europe than
in South Europe
 Rail transport is the preferred transport mode
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Perception of Transportation of Chemicals
„Most companies that transport chemicals operate in
a safe and responsible manner“
EU total
agree strongly
15
don‘t know
disagree strongly
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48
agree somewhat
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21
disagree somewhat
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Perception of Transportation of Chemicals
„Most companies that transport chemicals operate in
a safe and responsible manner“
Net
+ 76
+ 65
+ 60
+ 55
+ 52
+ 35
+ 32
+ 27
+ 20
+ 13
+ 12
- 1
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Cefic Pan-European Public Opinion Survey (PES) 2010
Perception of Transportation of Chemicals
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Low public awareness but relatively good reputation

Pro-active transport safety approach seems to be effective
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Cefic Pan-European Public Opinion Survey (PES) 2010
Perception of Transportation of Chemicals
Low public awareness but relatively good reputation
Pro-active transport safety approach seems to be effective
BUT
No reason for complacency
We need to stay vigilant
One bad accident can destroy our good reputation
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Rena stranded at Bay of Plenty - New Zealand
5 October 2011
“Ship carrying 2,000
containers is stuck fast on
reef. Liberian-registered
vessel stranded 12 miles
from New Zealand.”
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Casualty Figures (chemical ships)
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Chemical & Lpg Ships
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Casualty Figures (container ships)
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Container Ship Casualties
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ICE
International Chemical Environment
Emergency
Response
Prevention
Land Transport
SQAS
Maritime Transport
CDI
Inland Waterway
Transport
EBIS
ICE Land Transport ER
Scheme
M-ICE
Maritime ER
Scheme
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SQAS / CDI
A system to evaluate the quality, safety, security and the environmental performance of Logistic Service Providers and
Distributors in a uniform manner by single standardised assessments carried out by independent inspectors
Common industry questionnaires
Training, accreditation and quality monitoring of assessors
Electronic database of assessment reports
Drives continuous improvement of standards
Cost effective: single evaluation instead of individual company assessments
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SQAS/CDI Coverage
Cefic (Land / Europe)
CDI (Marine / Global)
CDI-M
(Ship inspections)
Transport Service
CDI-T
(Bulk Terminals)
Tank Cleaning Station
IMPCAS (Marine Packed
Rail Carrier
Packed Warehouses
Chemical Distributors
Cargo)
Ships
Shipping Line
Container Freight Station
Freight Forwarder
Tank Container Operator
Port Agency
Transfer Terminal (sea)
EBIS (Barge / Europe)
Inland waterways / Barges (EBIS)
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