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El futuro de los sectores químico y logístico en Europa, a debateCEFIC convened a seminar which dealt with the best logistics practices in the sector
The future of the chemical and logistics sectors in Europe, to debate
More than 130 delegates from more than 50 chemical companies attended the seminar of the Cefic entitled "Best practices logistics", which was held recently in Brussels. The seminar aimed to provide an overview of best practices developed by Cefic, together with the transport sector, in order to improve safety and increase the productivity of logistics operations.
The President, Paul Evertse, ExxonMobil, was responsible for inaugurating the seminar underlining the need to extend the application of best logistics practices to the chemical sector, bearing in mind that many companies still have great potential for benefiting from.
In his speech on the "prospects of future chemical and logistics sectors in Europe", Werner Prätorius, Basf, noted that the chemical industry and logistics service providers must cooperate even more closely in the future to optimize all elements of the logistic value chain for the sake of industrial infrastructure in Europe: "It is necessary to further develop what today we call the integrated logistics, which should reflect the specific needs of the three types of categories of products - specialty chemicals, raw materials and functional chemistry - and business models that support". Also referred to the road map for future development of the supply chain of chemical products in Europe, progress made in the report of the strategic Cabinet of the EPCA/Cefic on teacher supply chain management.
During the presentation of the European road safety action programme, Peter Schmitz, from the Division of safety of the European Commission (DG TREN), pointed out that road safety is the most important social aspect of this decade in Europethat the establishment of a culture of security among transport operators is an important aspect to improve security and that the drivers have a fundamental role to play.
It is necessary to further develop what today we call the integrated logistics
Luc Haesaearts, President of the
European Association of transport of chemical products (ECTA), presented the best and worst practices arising from the interaction between carriers and transport operators and identified in a study on potential improvements in productivity. He also stressed the need to give greater recognition to the drivers.
In the sessions of the workshops, were carefully discussed several initiatives of Cefic, including behavior-based safety programme for the driving of vehicles and the activities of loading and unloading, systems SQAS (safety assessment systems and quality for providers of logistics services)the response to the emergencies of transport and the learning of accidents.
