MEL joins the Hamburg Committee

Container Terminal KNP: MEL joins the Hamburg Committee on the development of the Container Terminal Quality Indicator (CTQI)

The first meeting of the Hamburg Committee on CTQI took place in Hamburg on the 28th of June 2007. The meeting followed up on earlier discussions with shippers, terminal operators and carriers since the beginning of the year. MEL was represented by Michele Acciaro, Assistant Academic Director.

The Hamburg Committee acts as the advisory group to the principals of the development of the Container Terminal Quality Indicator bench mark (CTQI).

The CTQI is an initiative of Germanischer Lloyd (www.gl-group.com) and of the Global Institute of Logistics (www.globeinst.org) aiming at setting an audited independent measure of container terminal efficiency. The proposed index is expected to contribute to an increase in the transparency of the container industry and provide a meaningful measurement of container terminal performance.

The meeting discussed the composition of the index, pointing out to the necessity of always integrating terminal efficiency measurements in the container supply chain. The role that CTQI may play in improving transparency in the industry was also stressed and recognised as an important advantage of the adoption of CTQI. The participants agreed that the acceptance of CTQI as an industry standard will be beneficial to all parties involved in the supply chain.

Among others, participants to the meeting were:

Michele Acciaro Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics
Wilmer Aguilar Yantian International Container Terminals Ltd.
Heinrich Goller

HHLA – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG
Lawrence Henesey

Blekinge Insititute of Technology
Nicolette van der Jagt

European Shippers’ Council
Andreas Janetzko

UPS Supply Chain Solutions
Frank Kho PSA HNN
Jens Körting NACCO Materials Handling Group
Markus Leaver Hellmann Worldwide Logistics
Steve Longbotham MTC Marine Terminals Corporation
Wilhelm Loskot Germanischer Lloyd Certification GmbH
Harry Mohns Eurogate
Gustaaf de Monie International Port Consulting BVBA
Wolf von der Mosel Hamburg Port Authority
Lawrence Ni

China Merchant Holding
Angelika Rauschnabel Germanischer Lloyd Certification GmbH
Kieran Ring Global Institute of Logistics
Bernhard Staender Germanischer Lloyd Certification GmbH
Mark Trundle Kingfisher B&Q
Yves Wild Germanischer Lloyd Certification GmbH

 

Nicolette van der Jagt (on the right), Michele Acciaro (in the middle) and

Lawrence Ni (on the left) during the Hamburg Committee meeting on the 29th of June.

 

The Hamburg Committee will meet again in September, October and November this year and the CTQI is expected to be ready early 2008.

Links:

http://www.globeinst.org/news/news.nv?storyid=single11142

http://www.globeinst.org/Conferences/2007-06-04%20Lloyd's%20List.pdf