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The companies of BBI Finnish Ports have decided to search for synergy advantages by centralizing the cervices of financial administration to Rauma. The targets of the transfer project are:

 

- to transfer Botnia Shippings financial operations to Rauma Stevedoring,

- to plan the harmonization of the internal profitability calculation of both companies.

 

The project is under control of Matti Esko, Tiina Friman acts as a project manager and Riku Kaijanen and Birgitta Nygård act as specialists. Work groups at need consist of the officials of the financial administration of both companies. 

 

According to preliminary schedule the project will be executed during the first half-year of 2009.

The project starts with analyzing the existent processes and thereafter the consolidation of processes and development actions are planned.

 

In Rauma 12th December 2008

 

For more information, contact:

Tiina Friman, Development Manager, +358 40 549 4967

Export        305.397 tons

Import          96.132 tons

 

Total traffic (November)   401.529 tons

 

Rauma Stevedoring in co-ordination with UPM-Kymmene has executed during this year a pilot project of driver specific follow-up of driving manners. The pilot project related to few container reachstackers and their drivers. The target of the project was to follow up how the driving manners affect to pollution, energy savings, safety and effectiveness of the operations.  

 

The initiative for the pilot project was given by the logistic department of UPM-Kymmene and UPM-Kymmene was also the financier of the project. Jussi Sarvikas, the director of logistics at UPM-Kymmene, states that the global warming and the increasing price of fuel were the impulses for an inspection of the energy effectiveness executed by UPM-Kymmene, where the logistic chain was inspected from the paper mills of Rauma and Jämsänkoski to Germany. One of the further actions on the grounds of that inspection was training and follow-up of the economical driving manners. Sarvikas says that "the thought was to clear the own home first and start the project with own companies to which Rauma Stevedoring still belonged when the pilot project started". Because of the good result of the pilot project UPM-Kymmene is now hoping that the follow-up will also be extended to other subcontractors.

 

Rauma Stevedoring is now planning to extend the follow-up to contain all 13 container reachstackers and 34 tugmasters that are burning off fuel most of all the machines. When also the container traffic has grown and still does, the biggest reduction of pollution and the biggest energy saving can be achieved under the machines which are used in the container handling.  

 

The possible extension of the project in Rauma Stevedoring will be carried out by buying specialist services which includes technical equipments, customizations of data transmission program and reporting. Significant way to achieve positive results is to motivate the drivers to obey driving manners which reduce the pollution and are more energy effective. One way to motivate is to reward and the best drivers of the pilot project have already been rewarded.

 

Manager of Repair Shop

Petri Viinikkala, +358 2 8312 342 or +358 40 7203 345

Managing Director, Matti Esko, +358 2 8312 201 or +358 40 5801 860

 

Export        337.882 tons

Import        107.370 tons

 

Total traffic (October)   445.252 tons

 

The latest training (no. 29) as machine stevedores has ended and Rauma Stevedoring has regularized 15 new machine stevedores on 5th October 2008.   

Tuomas Lampi was rewarded as the head of the training (in the first row the first one on the left).

Export        350.364 tons

Import           86.500 tons

 

Total traffic (September)   436.864 tons

 

Mr. Jari Korhonen has been appointed Sales and Marketing Director as of 1st October in BBI Finnish Ports Oy.

 

Korhonen is responsible for coordination and developing sales and marketing  in BBIFP-companies Oy Rauma Stevedoring Ltd and Oy Botnia Shipping Ab.

 

Korhonen reports to the Managing Director of BBI Finnish Ports Oy.

 

Korhonen is working in Helsinki. 

Tel: +358407203310

E-mail: jari.korhonen(at)bbifinnishports.fi

 

Managing Director Juha Räsänen +358-40-573 0118.

Export        333.488 tons

Import           86.941 tons

 

Total traffic (August)     420.429 tons

 

Logistic Engineer, Mr. Janne Virta has been appointed Production Manager as of 1st September 2008. Virta is responsible for coordinating and developing operative actions of production. Virta has earlier worked as Terminal Manager in Container Terminal. 

Virta reports to the Director of Production, Juha Rehmonen. 

 

Logistic Engineer, Mr. Mikko Fagerström has been appointed Terminal Manager to Container Terminal as of 1st September 2008. Fagerstöm is responsible for the service operations of Container Terminal. 

Fagerström reports to the Production Manager, Janne Virta.

 

Managing Director Matti Esko      +358 40 580 1860

Production Director Juha Rehmonen    +358 40 588 3035

Rauma Stevedoring is building a new warehouse no. 50 on the area of Pikisaari between the warehouse no. 49 and the berth. The warehouse is build for increasing the supply of  warehousing services. 

The warehouse is build by Best-Hall Oy. 

The warehouse of 5.000 m² is PVC-coated and light-weight structured.

The building has already started and the warehouse will be ready on the turn of the year.

 

At the same time Rauma Stevedoring will surface the field no. 67 located on the south side of the warehouse no. 49.

The area of the field is 28.000 m² and it is surfaced by Skanska Asfaltti Oy.

The surfacing has already started and the work will be finished during the autumn. 

 

For more information:

Managing Director Matti Esko, +358 40 580 1860

Director of Resource Markku Koskinen, +358 40 546 1791.

The new road to the port of Rauma has been opened to the traffic. The new road starts from the crossing of the roads Turku - Pori (road no 8) and Rauma - Tampere (road no 12) forking to the city.

 

We hope that the heavy traffic going to or coming from the port of Rauma will use this new road. Also when coming from the direction of Turku, we ask the heavy traffic to overtake the so called "intersection of forest industry" and drive throughout above mentioned crossing to the new road. 

Export        372.156 tons

Import          94.194 tons

 

Total traffic (July)     466.305 tons

 

Export                   336.285 tons

Import                     88.630 tons

 

Total traffic (June) 424.915 tons

 

Rauma Stevedoring has broken the last record in sequential days when occupational accident, that causes less than three absence days, has occurred. Last record was 76 sequential days. Now, 4th June Rauma Stevedoring has already 80 sequential days without serious accident.

 

In addition to financial targets the occupational health and safety work is important target to BBI-group. Rauma Stevedoring has actively devoted to the safety work and the effects are good. Safety work will continue and strengthen on Autumn when the slippery weather is approaching.  

The new road to the Port of Rauma will be started to surface on 7th July. 

The surfacing will continue 2 weeks.

 

Long stoppages are possible during the surfacing and we also have to think about the road workers safety. That's why, the traffic to the port and from the port, especially the truck traffic, is asked to use the southern intersection on the road 8 following the guidepost "Metsäteollisuus" (forest industry).

 

After the surfacing work the road to the port is available even though some finishing works are still done.

 

For more information: Destia / Rauno Rekola

Export                   370.418 tons

Import                   111.195 tons

 

Total traffic (May) 481.613 tons

 

In the beginning of April Oy Rauma Stevedoring Ltd released the investment of the first stage of bulk terminal which consist of renovation of the conveyor and funnel structures. Now Oy Rauma Stevedoring Ltd has made an agreement with Lehtosen Konepaja Oy for the second stage which consist of the erection of new conveyors in warehouses no. 34 and 35.

 

The object of the investment is to reduce the dust emissions and to improve the efficiency of the handling of china clay. 

 

From the discharging funnel on the quay the china clay will be moved with the fully covered conveyor to the roof of warehouse 34 and from there to the roof of warehouse 35. Both warehouses will have connection conveyors and with them the china clay is moved to separate spaces. The discharging funnel is equipped with vacuum. These conveyors will replace the earlier practice where the china clay was moved with lorries to the roofs and dropped to the separate spaces. 

 

The erections start in Petäjäs in August 2009 and conveyors are ready for production in October 2009. 

 

This investment agreement is the biggest separate device investment of Rauma Stevedoring.

 

For more information, contact:     

Managing Director Matti Esko, +358 40 5601860 

Resource Director Markku Koskinen, +358 40 5461791

12.05.2008

Export                   369.891 tons

Import                   140.628 tons

 

Total traffic (April) 510.519 tons

 

Export                   314.548 tons

Import                     98.433 tons

 

Total traffic (March) 412.981 tons

 

The Agreement on the implementation of the first stage of Oy Rauma Stevedoring Ltd's bulk terminal was concluded with Meramatec Oy on Wednesday 2 April 2008.

 

The first stage consists of a renovation of the conveyor and funnel structures in the current warehouse No. 36.

The implementation of this stage starts immediately and will be completed and ready for production operation in the summer of 2009.

 

The second stage encompasses the erection of new conveyors in Warehouses No. 34 and 35. The technical design of and the selection of suppliers for this stage have not yet been completed. According to plans, the second stage will be completed in the autumn of 2009.

 

The objective of the development projects is to reduce dust emissions from the handling of china clay in compliance with the terms of the Environmental Permit, and to improve efficiency in the handling of bulk cargoes.

 

The projects are a continuation of the active implementation of the Company's environmental policy.

 

The total cost estimate of the projects is almost 5 million euros.

Export                   366.117 tons

Import                   132.500 tons

 

Total traffic (February) 498.617 tons

 

Export                   403.190 tons

Import                     90.350 tons

 

Total traffic (January) 493.540 tons

 

Export                   341.743 tons

Import                     90.744 tons

 

Total traffic (December) 432.487 tons