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update! 12/2011
LEHNKERING-Group
Management Conference in Kamp-Lintfort
The LEHNKERING management conference took
place in Kamp-Lintfort on 11 April this year. About
80 managers from all the divisions within the corporate
group met at the Wellings Parkhotel in order to
exchange ideas on the development of the company
and discuss new projects.
The management conference always includes many
lectures and workshops. The managers introduce their
divisions and report on the latest trends in their busi-
ness field, exchange ideas about market innovations
and strategic approaches and opportunities.
One guest speaker held a particularly important lecture:
Frank Claus, Director of Supply Chain Management at
SabicEurope (see photo below left) talked about “The
Development of the Logistics World from the Shipper’s
Point of View – Requirements Placed on Logistics Services
Providers” in a highly regarded speech. The management
conference closed with a joint evening meal.
Construction of the New Gas Tankers LRG
GAS 88 and 89 Proceeds
Lehnkering is adding two more modern gas tankers
to its inland waterway fleet – LRG GAS 88 and LRG GAS
89. The gas pressure containers were inserted on board
LRG GAS 88 in May.
Modernising the Inland Waterway Fleet:
The two liquid gas vessels LRG GAS 88 and LRG GAS 89, both
with the same design, are due to supplement the company’s
own gas tanker fleet from the third quarter of 2011 onwards.
The vessels’ hulls were built at the Orsova Shipyard in Roma-
nia. TeamCo Shipyard BV in the Netherlands is currently car-
rying out the superstructure work. Both double-hulled tankers
are powered by 634 kW engines with low fuel consumption.
The gas tankers can also operate on canals and can there-
fore be operated on secondary waterways. They meet all the
requirements in the regulations governing the shipment of ha-
zardous goods on the river Rhine and can be used for the
whole range of gaseous products that LEHNKERING trans-
ports. They not only include “classic” products like LPG, but
The family meeting
for the chemical
sector takes place
in Berlin again this
year. The “European
Petrochemical As-
sociation” (EPCA),
one of the most im-
portant associations in the petrochemical industry, will
be meeting in the German capital on 1 - 5 October 2011.
also shipments of products like ammonia or propylene oxide.
The company is meeting the future needs of the market by
expanding its fleet.
“The gas shipping area, particularly along the river Rhine,
where LEHNKERING is one of the market leaders, is sho-
wing constant growth. The need for vessels, which meet the
latest environmental and safety requirements, will continue
to grow in line with this,” says Robert Baack, COO of the
LEHNKERING Shipping Logistics & Services company divisi-
on. “We are using this investment to maintain our very strong
market position in the gas inland waterway shipping sector
and provide a contribution towards securing energy and raw
materials for industry.”
LEHNKERING at the EPCA Annual Meeting
More than 1,500 industry representatives are expected to
attend what is now the 45 th annual meeting. It goes without
saying that LEHNKERING will be there too – make a busi-
ness appointment to talk to us and use the EPCA meeting
to get in touch with us.
Contact:
Steffen Bauer
LEHNKERING-Group update! 12/2011
LEHNKERING Shipping Logistics & Services
The inland waterway shipping business is concentrated on the Ship-
ping Logistics & Services (SLS) company division at LEHNKERING.
SLS operates in the gas, chemicals and oil tanker shipping services
markets. The division also ships consignments of minerals and coal,
raw materials for the steel industry, packaged goods and project lo-
gistics within its portfolio. Overall, the company operates as many as
200 inland waterway vessels of various types and designs at times.
The company’s own fleet has 58 units, including 16 gas and 13 che-
micals and oil tankers, in addition to pusher tugs with 25 barges. The
company transports bulk commodities like coal, minerals and ore,
packaged goods, semi and finished items and chemical and petro-
chemical products. The most common routes include the complete
navigable waters along the river Rhine and its tributaries, the we-
stern German canal network, the river Danube and the river Elbe.
Phone +49 (0)203 - 31 88 127
E-Mail steffen.bauer@lehnkering.com
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