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O.K. Trans Praha, spol. s r.o. is a transport and logistics firm whichconstantly adapts its services to the needs of the market and theclient. It made its name for the first time 15 years ago, and sincethen has been building its strong position.In 2005, the company added to its fleet 60 new VOLVO trucks andSCHWARZMÜLLER semi-trailers. It now owns:

■ 100 Mega canvas semi-trailers of 100 cu.m ■ 35 large-volume sets of 120 cu.m■ 20 refrigerator semi-trailers of 90 cu.m■ 5 canvas semi-trailers of 85 cu.m■ a selection of smaller vehicles - canvas, box, refrigerator trucks

of 40 cu.m and 3.5 t carrying capacity ■ O. K. Trans Praha has at its disposal a further 550 semi-trailers

under contracts with partners■ most vehicles are in the EURO 2 and EURO 3 environmental

categories

O.K. Trans Praha offers:INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORT AND FORWARDING■ full-truck loads delivered Europe-wide ■ transport of smaller than truckload consignments■ JUST IN TIME technology haulage ■ communication with vehicles in GPS system

COMPREHENSIVE LOGISTICS SERVICES■ storage in the company's own heat-controlled warehouses■ receipt of goods, quality and quantity control of incoming and

outbound goods■ other services which help to meet the clients' demands include

copacking, label production, recopacking, labelling, completionand division of consignments, palletisation and distribution

NEWS - in May 2006, a new warehouse is to be opened to extendthe range of services offered

CUSTOMS SERVICES:■ customs consignments handled in all customs regimes■ INTRASTAT■ communication within the NCTS system ■ electronic signature■ customs bonded and tax warehouse

OK 24 ASSISTANCE■ service provided by O.K. Trans Praha not only in the Czech

Republic but also elsewhere in Europe ■ seeking to help all those who find themselves in difficult situ-

ations while transporting

O.K. Trans Praha, spol. s r.o., Hlavní 182, 253 01 Chýně, Czech Republic, phone: +420 311 679 666, +420 311 608 400fax: +420 311 608 130, +420 311 679 606, e-mail: [email protected], [email protected], www.oktrans.cz

OK 24 ASSISTANCE: phone: +420 311 608 106

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Czech Republic Hasa Chance to Becomethe Logistics Hub of Central Europe

The Czech Republic’s accessionto the EU has become animportant impulse for change inthe transport sector, a drivingfactor in the Europeanintegrat ion process. Theimportance of transport isillustrated by the fact that,together with logistics services,it accounts for approximately 10 % of GDP creation in theCzech Republic. This sectoremploys some 270 000 people,the equivalent of about 8.2 %of jobs in the country1). Logistics

activities related to the transfer of goods, i.e. mainly transport,currently make up about 38 % of all logistics expenses inEurope. The allocation of production units in new membercountries increases demands on the mobility of goods, persons,as well as information flows among the newly formingEuroregions. The EU expects that, as a result, the exchange ofgoods among the present and new member states will rise byup to 14 % annually till the year 2010. After having joined theEU and having removed certain barriers to enterprise, the CzechRepublic now has the chance of becoming a European logisticsjunction.

Growth of Logistics CentresThe dynamic development of the logistics services market in theCzech Republic has attracted the entry of leading worldproviders of global logistics services over the last few years. Thishas been reflected in the building of a new modern logisticsinfrastructure. The largest distribution parks in the CzechRepublic today include the D1 ProLogis Park Prague, whichoffers 120 000 sq.m of storage area, the D5 Logistik Park nearRudná with an area of 106 000 sq.m, and, last but not least,CentralTradePark at Brno-Modřice, with roughly the samecapacity as in the previous case. In addition, a new D8Distribution Park under construction close to the D8 NorthPointon the northern outskirts of Prague is to offer up to 140 000sq.m of storage area by 2007, and new projects are also to belaunched in Brno. This list shows that the strongestconcentration of these logistics capacities exists mainly in thevicinity of Prague, or rather the D1, D5, and D8 motorways, andthen along the D1 motorway in Brno. However, in the long termthe positioning of logistics facilities merely alongside large-capacity motorway and road networks is not sustainable, fortwo reasons in particular. Overall logistics expenses have begunto reflect the rise in the costs of road transport, and the slow

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CZECH FORWARDING AND LOGISTICSSupplement of:Czech Business and Trade 03-04/2006

MK ČR E 6379This bi-monthly magazine is published by the Ministry of Industry and Trade ofthe Czech Republic in cooperation with the Confederation of Industry of theCzech Republic six times a year in English, German, French, Spanish, and Russian,as a supplement to the economic bi-monthly issued in English (Czech Businessand Trade), German (Wirtschaft und Handel in der Tschechischen Republik),French (Industrie et commerce tchèques), Spanish (Empresas y negocios en la Re-pública Checa), and Russian (óe¯cÍafl Úop„o‚Îfl Ë Ôe‰ÔËÌËÏaÚeÎ¸cÚ‚o).Managing Editor: Jana VápeníkováEditor: Naďa VávrováGraphic Design: Helena Dvořáková, Miloslav BucvanAddress: PP Agency, s.r.o., Myslíkova 25110 00 Praha 1, Czech RepublicPhone: +(420) 221 406 623, 221 406 626Fax: +(420) 224 934 383E-mail: [email protected]/engDeadline: 31/01/2006Attitudes expressed by the authors of articles in this magazine are notnecessarily consistent with the viewpoint of the Publisher.

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CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION3 Czech Republic Has a Chance to Become the Logistics Hub

of Central Europe

ANALYSIS5 Czech Economic Growth Influences Logistics Development7 Logistics – Tool for Successful International Cooperation8 Intermodal Transport – Way to Better Environment10 Road Toll in the Czech Republic to Bring More Funds for

the Development of Transport Infrastructure

EDUCATION12 Czech Universities Are Well Disposed to Logistics

ENTREPRISE 13 South Moravians Focus on All-round Logistics Services

WE ARE INTRODUCING14 International Logistics and Forwarding Firms in the Czech Republic16 Prague International Airport Experiencing Unprecedented Prosperitry18 Czech Airlines Handles Giant Chinese Freight Carrier

CZECH TOP20 Čechofracht Transports Bananas for Chiquita22 Innovation in the Management System of ARGO GROUP24 Giant on Czech Logistics Market Employs State-of the-art

Technology25 VIA CARGO LOGISTICS – Specialist in Road and Rail Transport

SURVEY26 Survey of Important Firms from the Forwarding

and Logistics Sector

INFORMATION29 What Is in Store at the Ninth Year of the EASTLOG 2006 Forum?30 Exhibitions and Trade Fairs in the Czech Republic in 200630 Important Contacts

PRESENTATION OF COMPANIES:

2 O.K. Trans Praha, spol. s r.o.23 ARGO GROUP, a.s.31 České dráhy, a.s.32 SELECTRA, spol. s r.o.

ALFASPED LOGISTIK s.r.o., AXITECH, s.r.o., Basil s.r.o., BESKYD CARGOs.r.o., ESA s.r.o., INTERNACIONAL LOGISTIC GATEWAY s.r.o., KAREKA,spol. s.r.o., Maersk Logistics Czech Republic, s.r.o., MÁTRA TRANSPORT,a.s., Michal Řehák DiS., MT Transport s.r.o.

Ondřej Jašek

Ondřej Jašek, Director of the Strategy Department, Ministry of Transport,

e-mail: [email protected], www.mdcr.cz

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Czech Economic Growth Influences LogisticsDevelopment

Petr Pernica, University of Economics, Prague, Department of Logistics, e-mail: [email protected], www.vse.cz

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The Czech economy has been generatinggood news. GDP growth averaged 5 %during 2005, driven mainly by foreigntrade, the balance of which was in blackfigures and the surplus was achievedmainly in trade with EU countries and withthe USA. The Czech Republic’smembership of the EU has simplified theexport of goods – in a survey conductedby DHL and GFK last year this opinion wasexpressed by 63 % of the 251 Czech firms

questioned. EU countries, especiallyGermany and Slovakia, remained the keymarkets for Czech exporters.

Situation from the Perspective of Logistics Criteria

In a Cushman & Wakefield Healey & Bakerrating, which applies criteria such as theaccessibility of the market, the quality ofinfrastructure, the availability of the labourforce, and the cost structure, the Czech

Republic ranks fourth in Europe afterFrance, Germany, and Belgium (Poland is7th). For example, the cost of rentingspace for logistics centres is on averageone third lower in this country than inGermany. Out of the sixteen countriesrated, the Czech Republic allows the mostcost-effective logistics operation – it haslower real estate prices, labour costsamount to one fifth of those in Germany,the costs of logistics services are also

Logistics centres in the Czech Republic are recording a great expansion

development of the motorway and roadnetwork is reducing the capacitypotent ia l of road transport andconsiderably affecting its reliability.

Transport Policy 2005–2013The Czech Republic’s transport policy forthe years 2005-2013, approved by theGovernment in July 2005, forms thebasic framework for the development ofthe transport sector in the medium term.The key issue of this strategy is a changein the division of transport labour, thereason being the steep increase in roadtransport over the last few years and theslump in railway transport. It is for thisreason that we want to increase theappeal of railway transport, which hassufficient haulage capacity and can becompetitive in prices under certainconditions. In addition, it is moreenvironmentally friendly compared toroad transport. However, ra i lwaytransport has a disadvantage in that, atpresent, it is mostly unable to serve theend customer, i.e. provide door-to-doortransportation. A change in this dependson the existence of a certain type ofinfrastructure that will create theprerequisites for cooperation betweenthese forms of transport and allowgoods and information to be transferredbetween them - the existence of publiclogistics centres. It is in the publicinterest to have in place the best andmost effective transport services possiblein any particular territory, and toel iminate the negative effects ofgrowing road transport.

Strategy for Logistics Support fromPublic Sources

The project entitled "Strategy for

Logistics Support from Public Sources"aims at influencing the distribution oflogistics services in the Czech Republicwith regard to the above mentionedfacts.

The role of the state can thus beanalogical to the support of industrialzones. We assume that it will include thefinancing of land, or rather its purchase,its networking both in terms of transportinfrastructure and telecommunications,as it is not possible to separate the flowof goods from the flow of information.The expected benefits of this supportshould be, among other things, theconcentration of traffic streams in

freight transport, the creation ofconditions for a more extensive use ofrailway and water transport, the betterutilisation of investment for example in modernis ing backbone rai lwaynetworks, improvements in logisticsconditions for small and medium-sizedbusinesses and, last but not least, thecreat ion of condit ions for thedevelopment of city-logistics. ■

1) Only businesses with 20 or moreemployees are included (Source: CzechMinistry of Transport Statistical Yearbook)

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lower. This has led an increasing numberof West European and overseas businessesto launch projects to establish theirEuropean or regional logistics hubs in theCzech Republic.

Boom in Constructionof Industrial and Logistics Parks

in the Czech Republic The boom began in the second half of the1990’s and has lasted, or ratherintensified, up until the present day – 920 000 sq.m were built between 1995and the end of 2005, of which 140 000sq.m were built in 2004 and roughly 200 000 sq.m in 2005. Most of this spaceis situated around Prague in the vicinity ofmotorways. Concerning logistics facilitiesused by logistics services providers, 43 %of them are situated in Prague or itsimmediate surroundings and another 32 % are in central Bohemia - meaningthat 75 % of the facilities are located inthe central part of Bohemia. In the lastfew years interest has been rising inconstruction at localities around Brno,Plzeň, Hradec Králové, and Ostrava – asa result of this demand approximately 20 % of logistics facilities are now in theeastern part of the country and 5 % in thewest.

Investment in Logistics CentresComes from Abroad

According to Cushman & WakefieldHealey & Baker, developers have investedmore than approximately EUR 501.5million in industrial and logistics parks inthe Czech Republic in the last ten years.This mostly concerned sites intended forlease. As the construction was based onpre-lease, almost 99 % of the space hasbeen occupied, which is the highest rateachieved in Europe. The inflow of foreign Ph

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companies and demand for such areas areso high now that developers have beganbuilding facilities without specific ordersand do not consider this to be risky. Let usnote that in the next five years 34 largeforeign companies plan to relocate toPrague (and/or other places in the CzechRepublic). This is the second highestnumber in Europe after Poland – 41 areplanning to go to Warsaw, 32 to Moscow,22 to Paris, and 20 companies areplanning to go to London. Theoverwhelming majority of developersoperating in the Czech Republic areforeign companies: 30 % of sites havebeen built by Dutch developers, led byCTP with a 27 % share of the market (248 000 sq.m of area), ProLogis of theUSA has a 16 % share, followed by Viterraof Germany with 13 %.

At present, over 30 industrial andlogistics parks are in operation or under

construction in the Czech Republic. Thelargest ones include:Southpoint D1 Distribution Park – 180 000 sq.m of warehouse stock (underconstruction)Northpoint D8 Distribution Park – 150 000 sq.m (in operation, being extended)ProLogis Park Prague D1 West & D1 East –149 000 sq.m (in operation)Rudná Logistics D5 Park – 120 000sq.m (in operation)D8 European Park – 91 000 sq.m (underconstruction)Westpoint Distribution Centre – 60 000sq.m (in operation)Airport Logistics Park – 55 000 sq.m (inoperation)Zličín Business Centre – 23 000 sq.m (inoperation)

All the above listed parks are intendedfor warehousing or logistics purposes andfor light manufacturing, all are directly

Electronics, Nike, SKF, Ford MotorCompany, Vishay, Mölnlycke HealthCare)

• ESA s.r.o. – 37 617 (Mondi, Procter &Gamble, Rewe, Setuza, Bramac)

• Gebrüder Weiss spol.s.r.o. – 31 347(BASF, Energizer, Vauxhall, Wetra,Hewlett Packard)

• Geis CZ, s.r.o. – 29 028 (Siemens, K +B Progres, ABB, OBI, Hornbach,Baumarkt CZ, Billa, Penny Market,Schneider Electris, Narex, Bosch,Dermacol, Unicore)

• Maersk Logistics Czech Republic s.r.o. –28 401(Kimberly Clark)

The services portfolio (by share of theproviders offering them) includes: 92 %customs declaration, 87 % insurance,

85 % packaging, 80 % consolidation ofconsignments, 80 % consultancy, 49 %customs guarantee, 78 % collectionservice, 75 % kitting, 74 % containertransport, 70 % customs warehouses, 64 % transport of hazardous goods, 58 %cross-docking, 57 % electronic collectionof data, 55 % transport of oversizeconsignments, 55 % cash on delivery, 53 % EDI, 47 % tracking & tracing, 45 %JIT, 41 % express air goods transport, 38 % perishable goods transport, 34 %charter air goods transport, 21 %purchase, 10 % pre-assembly. 62 % ofproviders have their own warehousingfacilities, 57 % use rented space.

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connected to motorways(except for Westpoint DC,situated 8 km from thenearest motorway),however, only one park(Westpoint DC) isequipped with a railwaysiding. All are situated inthe vicinity of Prague.

Possibilities ofOutsourcing Logistics –

Providers of LogisticsServices in the Czech

RepublicThe annual turnover oflogistics services in theCzech Republic isestimated at EUR 1.6billion, with the potentialof a 15 - 20 % year-on-year increase. There areover 200 firms operatingin the branch. Practicallyall the major supranationalproviders of logisticsservices are present on themarket. According tofindings of the CzechTrade Office, 43 % ofcompanies considerthemselves as pureforwarders, and 21 % and18 % of companiesdescribe themselves as 3PLand 4PL providersrespectively. 70 % ofproviders are holders ofISO certificates. Most have2 – 5 large customers,their largest contracts arethose with multinationals.

The Logistics Book ofLists for 2006 (Systémylogistiky journal – ATOZPublishing) ranks firmsproviding "full services"by their turnover fromlogistics services (in EUR thousand 2004)as follows (the TOP 10 and their mostsignificant clients are presented here):

• DHL Express (Czech Republic) s.r.o. –125 391 (no clients listed)

• Čechofracht a.s. – 91 818 (Chiquita)• Hopi s.r.o. – 56 426 (Ahold, Billa,

Bohemia Sekt, Makro Cash & Carry,Julius Meinl, Plus Discount, Unilever,Zimbo Czechia)

• C.S.Cargo, a.s. – 49 216 (ContinentalTeves, Pivovar Staropramen, PlzeňskýPrazdroj, Matador)

• Četrans a.s. – 48 213 (Glaverbel Czech,Air Products, Barum Continental, DrinksUnion, Xella Porobeton CZ, Carrefour,Chemopetrol, Prowell, Škoda Auto)

• Schenker spol.s.r.o. – 47 429 (LG

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Logistics –Tool for Successful InternationalCooperation

Miroslav Rumler, Czech Logistics Association, e-mail: [email protected], www.logistika.cz

Role of the Czech LogisticsAssociation

The Czech Logistics Association (CLA) isfocusing its attention at present on themonitoring of the current situation on themarket and is helping business entities toincrease their competit iveness byproviding them with the necessarypractical knowledge. The CLA implementsthese activities mainly in the form of well-targeted seminars, cooperation with theprofessional press, participation ininternational fairs, and especially byorganising regular internationalconferences. In 2005 the CLA participatedactively in the two most importantlogistics fairs in Central Europe: TransportLogistic in Munich at the turn of May andJune, and the International Fair forTransport and Logistics in Brno at thebeginning of October. The Brno fairparticularly presented an overview of theassociation’s major activities. The CLA wasan expert guarantor for the fair’saccompanying programme, it organisedthe 10th International LogisticsConference held under the auspices of theCzech Minister of Transport and attendedby many foreign participants. Prominentforeign guests included Graham A. Ewer,President of the European LogisticsAssociation (ELA). The Czech LogisticsAssociation is an active ELA member, andon this basis works to increase thefrequency of international contacts for itsmembers.

The close ties that exist between thePresidium of the Czech LogisticsAssociation and its members guaranteea flexible response to members’ currentneeds. Close relations with universitiesand leading consulting and education-providing firms furthermore guarantee therapid transfer and application ofinformation and latest findings from thedevelopment in this branch. The highlightof 2006 will be the 11th InternationalLogistics Conference, which will takeplace in Prague on 22 and 23 June 2006.

Czech Republic – an ImportantLogistics Link in Europe

The Czech Republic’s position in thecentre of Europe, its fair ly goodinfrastructure, and qualified workforcelargely predestine this region to becomea major European logistics link. All these

are reasons why, onthe one hand, leadingforeign logistics firmshave been coming tothe Czech market and,on the other, a numberof new successfulCzech business entitieshave been set up in thearea of logistics. TheCzech LogisticsAssociation ismonitoring thisdevelopment andseeking ways to helpthis trend to continuesuccessfully. It isapparent that gradualcentralisation is underway in this area as wellas, for example, inretailing, with largemarket playersincreasingly gainingpredominance andgradually dictating theconditions of business.This process wasaccelerated by the EUenlargement, whichbecame a stimulus forthe substantialexpansion of activitiesby Czech firms on theone hand, but whichfacilitated the access ofcompetitors fromabroad to the Czechmarket on the other.A solution offering good prospectsappears to be the establishment of specialpurpose firms of a new type. These arestrategic alliances of a new generation,which team well-established providers oflogistics services with a number of otherspecialised entities in the area ofinformation technology and systemengineering for logistics management.The emergence of such alliances ofvarious types helps also smaller players inthe logistics market to operate as equaland fully-fledged partners.

Czech Logistics is DevelopingSuccessfully

The application of logistics principles tothe management of firms has made great

progress in the Czech Republic and theCzech Logistics Association hassignificantly contributed to this fact.Response at international meetings showsthat Czech logistics and its representativesare acclaimed for the results attained overthe last ten years. We are entering Europefree of handicaps, and are appreciative ofthe acknowledgment of this factexpressed by our partners. Logistics hascreated and continues to create the scopefor new forms of bilateral and globalcooperation and it is only up to Czechentrepreneurs to make use of it.

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Intermodal Transport – Way to BetterEnvironment

The political and economic integration ofEurope and the development of worldtrade lay extraordinary demands ontransport. Especially road transportoperations are expanding and impactingnegatively on energy needs and the stateof the environment. A way to improvingthis situation is the broader application ofintermodal transport. These problems aredealt with on a system basis by the CzechIntermodal Association - ARIP.

Mission of the Czech IntermodalAssociation - ARIP

The founding organisations of theIntermodal Association were Česképřístavy (Czech Ports), a.s. Praha, ESA s r.o.Kladno, and the University of Pardubice.Nowadays, the Association’s membersinclude also the Faculty of TransportationSciences of the Czech Technical Universityin Prague, the Transport Research CentreBrno, CARU s r.o., A.R.D. CENTRAL s r.o.,and other companies which put mind todevelopment in intermodal transport andrelated activities. The Czech IntermodalAssociation is also a member of theEuropean Intermodal Association (EIA)based in Brussels and has contacts witha number of foreign universities and otherinstitutions. ARIP represents and promotesthe common interests of theAssociation’s members. It preparesconcepts for the support of theintermodal system in the Czech Republicand of its integration into the Europeanintermodal system. It is a partner to stateand non-state authorit ies andorganisations in the drafting of laws thatconcern intermodal transport. It alsocooperates with members of internationalorganisations which pursue similaractivities abroad.

The professional task of the Associationmembers covers the following fields:transport policy of the Czech Republic andthe EU, including legislation andintegration into the EU, GIS transportdatabases, intermodal and combinedtransport, integrated transport systems,the impact of transport on theenvironment and on town and countryplanning. ARIP is also engaged in certainactivities and special services such asproviding expert opinions andconsultancy, analyses and forecasts,mediating transport projects both

Vlastislav Mojžíš, ARIP Chairman, e-mail: [email protected], www.arip.cz

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domestic and international(co-financed from EUfunds and PPP),establishing cooperationwith foreign universitiesand other organisations,and organising seminarsand conferences, includinginternationals.

ARIP ActivitiesIn the last few years the Czech IntermodalAssociation ARIP has itstarget in the connection ofuniversity capacities withentrepreneurial subjects inorder to solve intermodalprojects. One of the firstprojects named T-NEG(Transportation in the NewEU-member countries andGermany) was initiated by the DresdenUniversity of Technology. By order of aninvitation by the Federal Ministry ofEducation and Research and the DresdenUniversity of Technology, therepresentatives of ARIP participated on22nd–23rd September of 2003 in the19th International Conference on Trafficand Transportation Sciences and on theaccompanying programme – a workshopabout the possibi l it ies forGermany’s cooperation with new EUmembers.

In conclusion of the workshop, theparticipants signed the DresdenMemorandum (Dresdner Memorandum),expressing their will to develop, harmonise,and integrate transport research betweenthe Federal Republic of Germany and thenew EU member countries, and to launchjoint projects. The following T-NEGworkshops were held at the University ofPardubice (2004) and at the University ofŽilina (2005). The fourth workshop willtake place in Vilnius in May of 2006.A concrete result of the T-NEG project isthe formation of a network of universitiesand other specialised workplaces incountries of the CADSES area.

A-B Landbridge 2 InternationalProject

The Czech Intermodal Association and theJan Perner Transport Faculty of theUniversity of Pardubice will participate in

another significant international project.Together with other institutions we willsolve the A-B Landbridge 2 internationalproject, which aims to facilitate thedevelopment of intermodal transportbetween the Baltic and Adriatic Sea areasby creating a communication networkamong seaports and regions, assessingpotential opportunities for thedevelopment of the transport marketsbetween ports of the Baltic and Adriaticareas, with the use of multimodalcorridors and logistics centres across allcontinental Europe.

The project is led by Italy’s Venice Region(Regione Veneto). The internationalconsortium is formed by 25 partners fromthe participating countries, which areGermany, Poland, the Czech Republic,Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy. Thebudget of the project is 2 500 000. Theduration of the project is proposed for 18– 20 months. The team which solves thattask is formed by representatives frompublic institutions, regions, ports andoperators, private firms, and universities.

An important aspect for the CzechRepublic is that it will support theimplementation of North-Southmultimodal corridors (rai lways,motorways, waterways), includingcorridors from Poland, and will identifylogistics hubs in the Czech Republic inrelation to their European network.

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Road Toll in the Czech Republic to Bring More Funds for the Development of Transport Infrastructure

In the Czech Republic, fees are chargedfor the use of a specified network ofmotorways and high-speed roads. A feeis understood as an amount paid for theauthorisation to use a road for a certainperiod of time (a day, week, month oryear). A more just, and more preferred,system is payment based on actual use,that is, a fee (toll) for a distance actuallycovered on specified sections of roads.

Electronic TollAs regards the toll collection technologyfor the use of motorways, the traditionalmanual collection is currently beingreplaced by electronic collection systems.The most modern ones are designated asMultilane or Free Flow.

The main reason for introducing anelectronic toll system in the CzechRepublic is to gain more funding for thefurther development of the transportinfrastructure. Another major reason isto start harmonising fees for the use ofroad transport infrastructure, therebyhelping to increase the competitivenessof railway transport in relation to roadtransport, and to partly transfer haulagefrom road transport to railway transport.The EU transport policy is aimed atmaking all heavy road freight transportliable to fees so as to cover all the publiccosts involved. The Czech Republic’s newtransport policy for the years 2005-2013has adopted this concept in i tsguidelines and principles.

Collection of the Toll In the Czech Republic, the toll is to becollected from trucks exceeding 12tonnes on 970 kilometres of motorwaysand high-speed roads as of 1 January2007. The Czech Ministry of Transportestimates that this will apply to thefollowing numbers of vehicles: • in the category of vehicles exceeding

12 tonnes it would be 60 000 – 65 000Czech vehicles and 30 000 - 35 000foreign vehicles

• in the case of an extension to thecategory of vehicles exceeding 3.5tonnes it would be 105 000 – 115 000Czech vehicles and 35 000 – 45 000foreign vehicles.

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Pavel Šaradín, Jan Perner Transport Faculty, the University of Pardubice, e-mail: [email protected], www.upce.cz


As of 2008, the fees should be extendedto specified routes of 1st category roads.The length of paid roads would thusincrease to 2 100 kilometres. The toll ratesmust be based on EU law. Toll rates can bediversified according to vehicle emissioncategories. For the worst vehicles that stillmeet the EURO 0 standard, the rates maybe up to 100 % higher than for the EURO5 category. Another rate diversificationmay depend on day and night timing. Inthe highest-priced part of the day the ratemay be raised by up to 50 % above thenormal rate for the particular vehicle.Discounts may be granted to the frequentusers of paid roads.

Slowdown in Truck TransportGrowth

During the first year of the CzechRepublic’s EU membership the numberof trucks on the country’s roadsincreased by half. In 2004, approximately800 000 trucks crossed the CzechRepublic’s borders each month. In theensuing period, the intensity of trucktransport grew similarly as in the rest ofEurope, i.e. by about 5-6 % annually.A slowdown is expected after theintroduction of the toll. No substantialdecrease in the number of trucks onCzech roads can be predicted, however.Even stabilisation and a stop in the

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Microwave toll will be in operation in the Czech Republic

growth of the number of trucks onCzech roads could be considereda success. Indeed, some foreignoperators will be motivated to use othermodes of transport, especially railways.The toll will bring more possibilities forthe regulation of heavy vehicle traffic onroads. The Government will be able toset lower rates not only for ecologicalvehicles, but for example also fortransport at night, when motorways areless used.

After the toll has been introduced onthe specified roads, the users of theseroads may react by avoiding the paidsections. This is an alternative that mustbe taken into account. Whether this willin fact take place cannot be verified untilthe system has been put into operation.Traffic on the potential detour routes willbe monitored. If the traffic intensity ofvehicles liable to fee payment is proved toincrease because of avoidance of the tollroads, appropriate measures will betaken.

Road Toll Will Improve Conditionson Transport Market

Fees payable by transport users on thespec i f ied road network wi l l bea contribution to harmonising theconditions on the transport market.Due to the insufficient harmonisation of

the conditions, rail and inland watert ransport are incapable of fu l lintegration into the logistics chains, andthis contributes to the expansion ofroad transport and to congestion.Logistics-based haulage is a tool forrevital is ing rai lway transport andrepresents a transport market segmentwith a good bus iness out look,espec ia l l y for nat iona l ra i lwaycompanies.

Selection of Toll System Supplier Four consortia composed of 18 firmshave submitted bids in the tender for the

supplier of the toll system in the CzechRepublic. The government-appointedselection committee selected Kapsch ofAustria as the winner. The firm plans tobuild a microwave system and operate itfor ten years at EUR 738.75 million.However, the Office for the Protection ofCompetition (UOHS) received twocomplaints against the result of thetender. One was submitted by the Mytiaconsortium and the other by a privateperson. A decision by the UOHS anti-monopoly office is still lacking fora contract to be signed with the winnerof the electronic toll system tender. ■

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Czech Universities Are Well Disposed to Logistics

Petr Pernica, University of Economics, Prague, Department of Logistics, e-mail: [email protected], www.fph.vse.cz

Demands on Logistics ManagersSpecialised knowledge in logistics,supply chain management, strategic andproject management seem to be gainingin importance at present; the knowledgeof logistics technology or informationand communication technology is not ascrucial. With the globalisation oflogistics chains, the knowledge oflanguages also occupies a top position.This trend is supported by certificationprogrammes. The European LogisticsAssociation (ELA) has created theEuropean Cert i f icat ion Board forLogistics (ECBL), which has been joinedby the national logistics associations ofthe United Kingdom, Germany, Finland,Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands,Belgium, Austria, Poland, Italy, Sweden,Russia, the Republic of South Africa,Hong Kong, and also the Czech Republic(the Czech Logistics Association).Institutions in these countries awardinternationally recognised certificatesthat standardise the professional level oflogistics experts and facilitate their roleon the labour market. A programme ofspecialised certificates has also beenlaunched by the International Federationof Freight Forwarders Associations(FIATA).

Experience of the Oldest UniversityLogistics Department in the Czech Republic

The Department of Logistics at theUniversity of Economics in Prague (VŠE)was founded in 1990, as a successor tothe Department of Transport andCommunication Economics, which hada tradition dating back to the 1950’s.The VŠE is a university ranked amongsixteen prestigious European universitiesthat offer education in economics andmanagement – since 1998 it has beena member of the Community ofEuropean Management Schools (CEMS).Only one school from each country maybe a member of this community. The VŠEis also the only school in Central andEast Europe with membership in theworld-wide network of prestigiousschools under the Programme inInternational Management (PIM) since1999. The Department of Logistics isa full member of the Czech LogisticsAssociation, which is itself a member of

the European Logistics Association, andan associate member of the Associationof Forwarding and Logistics of the CzechRepublic, which belongs to FIATA andCLECAT (www.clecat.cz).

The Department of Logistics, part ofthe VŠE Faculty of BusinessAdministration, acquaints students withlogistics and supply chain managementas part of managerial subjects. Thedepartment trains MA-level logisticsmanagers in a special isation thatcombines logistics with internationaltransport and freight forwarding. Its 80 -100 graduates each year find very goodpositions especially with providers oflogist ics services, forwarders andhauliers, but also in industrial firms andbusiness companies. The Departmentalso educates top experts in doctoral

studies. It has made excellent experiencefrom extensive cooperat ion withbusinesses – for example, one of thecontractual partners of the Faculty andthe Department is EXEL AutomotiveLogistics of the UK, where selectedstudents may undergo a half-yearinternship.

Students are thus prepared for a quickadaptation to any company logisticsenvironment as well as for the fulfilmentof certification requirements – indeed,the basic literature from which theystudy, the Czech publication - Logistics(Supply Chain Management) for the 21stCentury - is directly recommended bythe Czech Logistics Association forcertification under the ECBL ELA system.

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South Moravians Focus on All-round LogisticsServices

Alois Bartončík, Strategy and Quality Manager, ČSAD Hodonín a.s., e-mail: [email protected], www.csad.com

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ČSAD-operated Logistics ChainsThe firm safeguards the different links inthe logistics chain of the movement ofgoods with its own or hired services.However, the decisive part of thelogistics chain is formed by the basicsegments of the company’s activities,which are for instance truck transport,forwarding, distribution, and customsservices including Intrastat. The logisticssystem also includes logistics centres inBrno, Prague, Hodonín, and Senica(Slovak Republic), which have theoptimum facilities to process the flow ofgoods and to receive consignments byroad and rail. These centres ensurediverse operations with goods accordingto bailors’ requirements. The services weprovide are not limited to the territory ofthe Czech Republic, but are extended toother destinations in West, Central, andEast Europe, where we work inassociat ion with rel iable logist icsoperators.

Effective Process Management atLogistics Centres

To ensure effective process managementfor logistics centres, the companyemploys modern information technologyincluding bar codes and on- l ineconnection to the information systemsof bai lors. The f low of goods ismonitored throughout the wholelogistics process.

ČSAD Hodonín a.s. and five other firmshave given an impulse for theestabl ishment of the EURALOGassociation, which concentrates a hightrucking and warehousing capacity. Thisgroup has many years’ experience in the

operation of express transport ofindividual consignments, automobilelogistics, and goods distribution bothinland and abroad. By combining thesefacilities, the association is in a betterposition to compete with large firms inthe logistics market in the CzechRepublic and abroad.

An initiative of entities operating indifferent transport sectors – České dráhy(Czech Rai lways) , a.s. and ČSADHodonín a.s. - gave rise to a plan to builda public logistics centre in Brno. Thisplan is based on EU documents as wellas the Czech Republic’s transport policy.The location of a public logistics centrein Brno, called Brno Intermodal LogisticsCentre, will make it possible to combinethe offer of three modes of transport -rail, road, and air. Its advantage is thepossibility it offers for cooperationamong different business entities at onelocation, which will result in theprovision of comprehensive logisticsservices and transport over any distance,to/from any destination, the offer ofdistribution warehouse services and

delivery of goods to recipients, as well asa number of other services. Theimplementation of the project is boundto attract investors, it will be interestingfor both manufacturers and consumers,but primarily it will invite partners intransport and logistics to cooperate.

Business Vision of ČSAD HodonínČSAD Hodonín’s business vision is of thecompany maintaining its position amongthe ten top ranking logistics firms in theCzech Republic, and gradually finding itsplace among the best EU companies. Itplans to do so on the basis of customersatisfaction, with the support of qualityand effectiveness of managementaccording to the ISO 9001:2000 qualityassurance system, comprehensivelogist ics serv ices, correspondingresources, and by means of a reliableand effective network of cooperationwith major Czech and foreign entities.

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International Logistics and Forwarding Firms in the Czech Republic

Several major international forwarding and logistics companies have been operating successfully in the Czech Republic sincethe 1980s. They include DHL, a long-time leader in international express parcel delivery in the Czech Republic; TNT Express,which offers a broad range of services not only in express delivery but also in logistics and special customised services; andUPS Supply Chain Solutions, which provides a portfolio of services and products with guaranteed speed and low cost in theCzech Republic and Slovakia.

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UPS Supply Chain Solutions

UPS Supply Chain Solutions offers a portfolio of services that help to get various products tothe market faster, with better economy and accelerated cash flows. The company helps tominimise inventory, with a logistics network available to customers worldwide. In the CzechRepublic and Slovakia, it has offered creative, reliable, and customised solutions, backed byglobal resources and expertise, for over a decade now. To enhance the business performanceand other results of firms, the company offers products and services with a broad reach. Theyinclude air, sea, land, rail, and multi-modal transport, logistics projects, international and localbusiness and transport management, distribution, customs services, logistics services andtransport of components, technical repairs and configuration, express and returnsmanagement, goods insurance and cross-docking. TNT experience shows that customers canmaximise their efficiency and reduce costs by employing different variations of products andservices offered by the UPS Supply Chain Solutions group, whether in the movement ofgoods, information, or financing.

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DHL has been operating on the Czech market since 1986, when itbecame the first firm in the former Czechoslovakia to start providingexpress courier services through a local carrier. In 1991 it opened itsown branch office in Prague. At present the company offers itsservices through a close network of branches and offices all over theCzech Republic. In the spring of 2003, DHL International mergedwith DANZAS. This step launched an extensive restructuring process,chiefly aimed at the harmonisation of all products and servicesenabling DHL to offer its clients comprehensive solutions to theirneeds. At the close of 2005, DHL reached an agreement with PPL CZs.r.o. to buy 100 % of its business assets. PPL CZ s.r.o. is the leadingCzech private company engaged in domestic express parcel serviceswith customers mainly in IT and the pharmaceutical and electronics industries. DHL pursues two strategic objectives by this acquisition:firstly, to expand DHL activities in Central and East Europe, and secondly, to combine the strong international position of DHL with a majordomestic transport market. www.dhl.com

TNT Express Czech Republic

TNT has provided a broad range of services in express shipping, aswell as in logistics and customised special services since 1992. Thecompany employs more than 300 people. Throughout the entireprocess of its operations, emphasis is laid on quality, documented byboth the ISO 9001:2000 certificate and the IiP (Investor in People)standard. The company’s two accreditations were re-affirmed at thebeginning of 2005. The IiP certificate, recognised worldwide, isgranted in appreciation of a company’s high quality of HR work andemployee management. It is the company’s objective to exceed theexpectations of customers in the transfer of goods and documents ona world-wide scale. TNT delivers value to its customers by providingthe most reliable and effective solutions for distribution and logistics. At the beginning of 2006, TNT Express acquired ISH Noční express,the leading innight distribution services provider in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The acquisition highlights the growing TNT influenceon the market of Central and East Europe. www.tnt.com

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Prague International Airport ExperiencingUnprecedented Prosperity

Prague-Ruzyně Airportis a public civil airportfor domest ic andinternational air traffic,for both scheduled andunscheduled transport.I t has undergonesignificant developmentrecently. Investment hasbeen targeted atmodern technology andas well at measures tolower noise forinstance. The newterminal , North 2,opened in the middle of

January 2006, will be further extended.

Ruzyně Airport is recording unprecedented growth.How does it compare to other Central European

airports?

The latest statistics of Airports Council International (ACI)show that Prague Airport ranks 29th to 30th amongEuropean airports. For comparison - London Heathrow ranksfirst with over 60 million cleared passengers, followed byParis–Roissy and Frankfurt with almost 50 million passengers.Helsinki, Lisbon, and Berlin are just ahead of us. On the otherhand, the statistics put Hamburg and Nice below the CzechRepublic. If we compare with airports from the formercommunist bloc, excluding Russia, then the Czech Republicranks first.

The new building of the North 2 Terminal, the flyoverand other related buildings of the EUropa project were

opened in mid-January2006. What investment

will the project demandand what benefit will it

bring to the internationalairport?

The whole EUropa projectwill require approximatelyEUR 323.2 mi l l ion asopposed to the originallyplanned EUR 404 million.

The cost of building of the new te rmina l hasamounted so far to EUR276 million. The building ofthe terminal alone, thelargest structure of thepro jec t , cos t EUR 111million. In addition to it,a new bu i ld ing nowconnects the new and oldhalls, and the new pierC makes i t poss ible toboard aircraft directly. Both

were opened for service in September, well before thedeadline. The project includes other facilities, such as anaccess flyover, a collector, etc.

The North 2 Terminal will naturally further increase thecapacity of Ruzyně Airport - we expect it to rise by 4 millionpassengers each year. Another one of its important functionsis that flights to and from countries of the SchengenAgreement are separated from the others. The new terminalwill handle flights to countries of the Schengen area.

What is the current status of the project for theconstruction of a parallel runway in connection to the

expansion of the airport’s capacity?

We assume that the construction of a parallel runway willbegin at the end of 2007. A process is currently underway toassess the environmental impacts. A ruling is to be made inthe course of 2006 and we currently assume that the runwaywill be put into full operation in 2010.

What measures have you taken against noise pollutionaffecting the inhabitants of the towns and villages in

the surrounding area?

In 2005 Prague airport spent EUR 3.5 million on anti-noisemeasures – i.e. replacement of windows and French windows.The complete replacement of windows with plastic or woodenones with required air soundproof properties has been carriedout since 1998. This concerns protected rooms in blocks offlats and family houses – i.e. living rooms, bedrooms,children’s rooms, and kitchens. The measures also apply toschools, nursery schools, health and social facilities. Since1998 Prague Airport has invested a total of EUR 14.7 millionin noise reduction measures.

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increase in the numberof passengers. Are there

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terminal, and if so,which?

A new centra l secur i tysystem is in place at North 2Terminal. People will surelynotice the chief changes atf i r s t s ight . The X-rayscreening machines forsecurity checks are locatedright behind the passportcontrol and not just outsidethe aircraft boarding areas,as is the case at North 1Terminal. The entire transitarea of the new terminal isthus a security zone. Thismeasure wi l l fac i l i ta tesmooth operation at theairport.

What will Prague Airportbring in 2006? What are

your ambitions?

The airport will naturally continue to invest in moderntechnologies in order to make increasing use of its potential.North 2 Terminal will be extended further. Six new gates are tobe built directly in the terminal building. A sewage treatmentplant is to be completed, as well as complete facilities for the

supply of fuel at Prague Airport. This will include a new fueldepot and hydrant system.

We thank General Director Hana Černochová for theinterview - Naďa Vávrová


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Czech Airlines Handles Giant Chinese Freight Carrier

Jitka Novotná, CSA Spokeswoman, e-mail: [email protected], www.csa.cz

České aerolinie, a.s.(CSA, Czech Airlines)is the largest national air carrier in thenew member countries of the EuropeanUnion measured by number oftransported passengers. In 2005 thenumber exceeded a record 5 million. Thisis a 20 % year-on-year increase, and atthe same time represents the highestnumber of transported passengers in thehistory of CSA. At present the airlineoffers connections to 119 destinations in52 countries worldwide.

It has been a member of SkyTeam –a leading world alliance of air carriers -s ince 2001. CSA is expandingincreasingly to new areas of business.The significance of cargo transport isalso on the rise and CSA has one of themost modern cargo terminals in Centraland East Europe. The airl ine alsoprovides ground services, aircraft repairs,and catering for a number of other aircarriers.

CSA Adds Modern Aircraft to its Fleet

The CSA fleet currently comprises 50Airbus, Boeing, and ATR aircraft. In 2006to 2008, the fleet is to be furtherexpanded by 12 medium-distance A320and A319 Airbus aircraft of a newgeneration, which rank among the mostmodern a i r l iners in the world.Investment in the new aircraft willenable CSA to open new destinationsand respond with greater flexibility to

particular situations on the passengerand cargo transport market. Thecompetitive strength of the company willthus grow considerably in comparisonwith other, especially European, carriers.

Award-winning QualityQuality and reliability of services are the

main reasons for which CSA has recentlywon a number of prestigious awards. Forthe second year in a row, Czech Airlineswas rated "Best Airline in East Europe"by the American Global Travelermagazine in its Annual GT TestedAwards in January 2006. In the last twoyears Czech Airlines was also declared"Best Airline Based in Central/EastEurope" by the London-based OfficialAirline Guide, an international airlineorganisation, and was also rankedamong the world’s eight best airlines in2005.

CSA Cargo – Top Transport and Logistics Hub

CSA Cargo is a Czech Airlines unit thatspecialises in the transport of airconsignments and mail on CSA flightsand in handling consignments at PragueRuzyně Airport . The handl ing ofconsignments, that is the consignmentsof Czech Airlines and those of 20 otherairline companies operating on routes toPrague, is carried out in the CSA cargoterminal, which comprises a truck facilitythat allows subsequent transport on airpalettes, a warehouse equipped with

CSA adds modern aircraft to its fleet

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modern storage technology, and its ownparking bay for one B747 F or severalsmaller aircraft. The CSA Cargo terminalhouses the offices of several majorforwarding and air-shipping companies,including Česká pošta s.p. (Czech Post)and DHL. The latter is also provided byCSA Cargo with aircraft handlingservices. Since 2004, when ChinaAirlines launched its first regular longhaul cargo flight to Prague RuzyněAirport, CSA Cargo has been handlingthe company’s Boeing 747 – 400F. ForSaudi Arabian Airlines, CSA not onlyhandles its aircraft but at the same timerepresents the company as its generalsales agent for the Czech Republic. CSACargo performs similar services forKorean Air, acting as its general salesagent for the Slovak Republic as well.

Urgent Deliveries to Brussels and Vienna

Thanks to its membership in theSkyTeam Cargo alliance, CSA Cargooffers flexible world-wide consistentservices and products. In 2005 the salesnetwork of its product - Equation - wasextended to include Brussels and Vienna.This is a transport service for urgentconsignments that offers the advantageof minimised handl ing t imes atdeparture and destination points,inc luding the guarantee thatconsignments will be loaded on the firstpossible flight without the necessity ofprior booking. Guaranteed times ofprocessing are 90 minutes after flightarrival for imported items, and 90minutes before flight departure forexported items, the latter being as shortas 60 minutes in Vienna!

Variation PharmaAt the 2005 Transport Logistic Fair inMunich, SkyTeam Cargo launched itsVariation Pharma complete product lineon the market. It is designed for thetransport of medical, pharmaceutical,and biotechnological goods that requirespecial care and attention, especiallyprotection against extreme temperaturesand climatic conditions.

Depending on the customer’s wishes,CSA Cargo also offers charter cargotransport by means of the mostappropriate, type of cargo aeroplane. In

addition to air transport, CSA Cargo alsooperates regular and i r regularcomplementary air transport – trucktransport with the poss ib i l i ty ofconnecting to air transport at a suitablepoint during transfer. The followingfigures better illustrate the capacity ofthe terminal and the business results ofCSA Cargo: in 2005, a total of 31 460tonnes of goods were handled at theCSA Cargo terminal and CSA Cargotransported a total of 23 374 tonnes ofgoods and mail.

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Čechofracht Transports Bananas for Chiquita

Aleš Trnečka, Marketing and Communication Manager, Čechofracht a. s., e-mail: [email protected], www.cechofracht.cz

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Čechofracht a. s. is a leading Czechprovider of comprehensive freightforwarding and logistics services. Clientsare provided with services in storage anddistribution logistics as well as all modes oftransport (road, rail, sea, and air). Relatedvalue-added services, such as customsclearance, provision of documents forgoods, packing, consolidation, etc. area matter of course. In order to facilitatecontact with clients, the company operatesnine sales offices in different parts of theCzech Republic.

Company History Čechofracht was set up as a joint stockocean shipping company on 1 January1952. Čechofracht’s position strengthenedsignificantly in 1958, when internationalforwarding was added to its list of businessactivities. A year later, the ocean shippingchapter in Čechofracht’s history was closed,as these operations were transferred to theCzechoslovak Ocean Shipping company. In1963, Čechofracht became the firstorganisation in the countries of the formerEastern bloc to be admitted to FIATA, theInternational Federation of FreightForwarders Associations, a step symbolic of appreciation for the company’sinternational activities. Although during thesocialist times Čechofracht was the onlylink for Czech exporters and importers totheir foreign partners, even then thecompany had to operate in a marketenvironment in relation to foreign countriesand was able to gain numerousadvantageous terms for its clients. Theprofessional qualities of employees andlong years of experience were the basis forČechofracht’s role as pioneer in introducingand promoting modern forwardingsystems. Čechofracht was the firstcompany in its branch to establisha functioning system of qualitymanagement and in April 1997 it obtainedthe ISO 9000 certificate.

Čechofracht’s Products The company’s chief line of business isproviding complete forwarding andlogistics services. The purpose is to enableclients to focus on their "core business"and to leave the care of the supplier-customer flows to experts. This means inpractice that in case of a client engaged,for example, in the manufacture and sale

of sports equipment, Čechofracht takescare of the transport of finished productsfrom the production facil ity toa warehouse, stores them, upon receivingdistribution instructions from the clientgoes on to complete the orders for each ofthe customers, optimises the differentshipments, and delivers the goods tocustomers at an agreed time according tothe client’s wishes. All communicationnaturally takes place in electronic form.The final effect is reflected in theclient’s saving of funds, accelerated flow ofinformation, and accelerated flow ofgoods.

Strengthening Market PositionIn 2005 Čechofracht acquired SPEDI -TRANS Praha. In the Czech environmentthis presents a way to competing withglobal players on the logistics market.Owing to this acquisition, the companystrengthened its position on the Czechmarket, especially as concerns railways.The chief benefits include the applicationof a single business policy, a more effectivesupply of complete forwarding andlogistics services, sharing know-how, andcooperation in the use of transportfacilities owned by the SPEDI-TRANS Praha.Čechofracht does not rule out anyadditional acquisitions that would bringthe company further progress shoulda suitable opportunity arise on the market.

Banana TrainIn 1991, Čechofracht began to transport

bananas in isolated isothermic Interfrigowagons for the entire formerCzechoslovakia. The wagons ran to variousdestinations in Bohemia, Moravia, andSlovakia, with transport times rangingfrom 4 to 7 days.

A project for a full set of train carriageswas finalised in 1998, and the first bananatrain went on a trial run in December.From that year on, Čechofracht hastransported bananas by rail regularlynearly every week. One banana train maycomprise a maximum of 34 wagons. Theadvantage of banana trains is theirtransport speed, which is fully competitivewith road haulage. For example, ifbananas are loaded onto wagons onMonday, the train reaches a German-Czech border crossing on Tuesday eveningand at night arrives at its destination atPrague-Bubny, the location ofChiquita’s ripening facilities. The morewagons are in the train, the better theprice of the transport in comparison withtruck transport.

Bananas are green when transported andthe shipping temperature is 14 degreesCentigrade. They are brought to the CzechRepublic from the Belgian ports ofAntwerp and Zeebruge and from theGerman ports of Bremerhaven andHamburg. Cross docking from ships thatbring bananas to these ports from CentralAmerica is fully automatic and the bananasare loaded onto wagons directly from theships or via a warehouse.

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Innovation in the Management System of ARGO GROUP

Bibiána Čierna, Marketing and Strategy Director, ARGO GROUP, a. s., e-mail: [email protected], www.argogroup.cz

The ARGO group launched its businessand transport operations as AFG Holdingin 1993. Since its founding it has seen,and is still experiencing, dynamic growthin all spheres of logistics. Over a shortperiod of time the originally family-ownedfirm thus turned into a strong Europeangroup that provides its clients with an end-to-end forwarding system not only in theCzech Republic but also in other countriesof the EU and in Asia.

Company Operating in EuropeanRegions

As the client portfolio grew and transportvolumes increased, the group expanded asa whole. AFG Holding (Argo ForwardingGroup), the parent company, focused onthe creation and implementation ofstrategies for the entire group and its ownbusiness activities mainly comprisedservices connected with customsprocedures and real estate management.The subsidiaries providing logistics servicessuccessfully expanded the geographicframework of their operations; besidesArgo Internationale Spedition, ArgoBohemia, and Argo Trans, new companieswere thus set up to operate in otherEuropean regions – Argo Slovakia, ArgoHungaria, Argo Ukraina, Argo Poland, andAFG Hamburg.

Establishment of Shipping DivisionIn 2002 the firm took a strategic step,which brought a qualitative shift in itsbusiness activit ies. Owing to theacquisition of the shipping division of theformer Czechoslovak Elbe Shippingcompany the group became one of theleading hauliers in Central Europe.

Development of Forwarding Services System

In 2004 the company’s managementsystem was changed to the so-calledGerman model. In it the parent companyassumes fully the form of a controllingholding company and deals exclusivelywith coordinating the management of itssubsidiaries. In relation to third parties thebusiness activities of the parent companyare focused on the administration ofcomputer networks and real estatemanagement. The subsidiaries activelyparticipate in the development of thesystem of forwarding services within

European regions and, furthermore,develop and implement new products inlogistics and transport. Since 2003, aninternational train system called CarpáthiaExpress has been criss-crossing Europe,with the aim of helping to increase thecompetitiveness of railway freighttransport in the direction of SoutheastEurope. The product is the result ofcooperation among participating railwaycompanies and private firms in the CzechRepublic, Slovakia, Hungary, andRomania.

International Projects of ARGOGROUP

Among the members of the CarpáthiaGroup, the activities of the ARGO groupcompanies in particular are veryprominent. They ensure product sales andthe protection of customer rights.Originally the operative management ofthe train was performed by ArgoInternationale Spedition. Following thisyear’s mergers these activities are nowexecuted by ARGO BOHEMIA. A transportproduct of no less interest is the openingof "the Second International TransportCorridor" from Asia to Europe. It is the"Mongolian Vector" container block-trainfrom Hohhot in China to Brest in Belarus,and further on to Europe. The Argo groupsuccessfully joined this project in themiddle of 2005. This optimum solution to

transport from Asia to Europe isdocumented by the Hohhot - Duisburgaverage delivery time, which is 15.5 days.ARGO BOHEMIA uses the MongolianVector line to ensure all deliveries for itscustomers from the Czech Republic,Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Romania,Bulgaria, Croatia, and Serbia.

Changes in Management SystemIn an effort to unify the presentation andidentification of all companies in thegroup, the management took a strategicdecision to change the name of the parentcompany from AFG Holding to ARGOGROUP. This change has beenaccompanied by the appearance of thegroup’s new logo on the Europeanmarket. It meets the requirements ofmodern graphic style and allows a clearidentification of all ARGO firms andproducts. An evaluation of the companies’activities is also provided by theirsuccessful work for the ISO certificatesand their strict observance of ICC rules aswell as the reference in all their contractsin international business relations toINCOTERMS 2000 clauses. The ARGOgroup is a strong European logisticsgroup, which offers its customersa modern way of commercial transport byrail, road, water, as well as combined(container) transport.

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Giant on Czech Logistics Market Employs State-of-the-art Technology

Tomáš Kracík, Sales Director, C.S.CARGO a.s., e-mail: [email protected], www.cscargo.cz

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OUTSOURCING Reduces CostsA substantial reduction in costs is oftenachieved in the execution of a customer’sorder by OUTSOURCING logistics services,whilst maintaining the customer’sestabl ished functioning systems.

C.S.CARGO plays animportant role in this onthe Czech logist icsmarket, mainly in theautomotive, food, andpaper industr ies.C.S.CARGO takes overthe customer’s externallogistics, and leads thecustomer towardssavings of money andtime by applying IT of itsown development andby synergising transportand logistics flows.

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C.S.CARGO’s operation

is founded on a centralised informationarchitecture of a network based ona terminal environment, which allows theentire firm, and potentially customers, toaccess current data on-l ine. Theinformation system is based on thetechnology of the ORACLE firm, and itsproducts are constantly developed by thecompany’s own development unit. Itschief products include al l -roundmonitoring of logistics and transportflows, customised applications andadaptations to customers’ systems.C.S.CARGO uses the most modern formsof communication such as EDI and WEBEDI, and is capable of preparing them ina short time to meet customers’ needs.Related to this is the vehicle trackingsystem applied by C.S.CARGO, whichprovides customers with current data onthe movement of shipments and providesoperators with output for routeoptimisation and monitoring of vehicleoperation economy. The purpose is topropose the most effective solutions atthe lowest possible operating costs.

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C.S.CARGO is a leading wholly Czechfirm that provides comprehensivelogistics services. It was the first companyto join the providers of the highest-level3PL, and subsequently 4PL logisticsservices. The company’s main productsare transport, warehousing, customsdeclarations, all this supported by in-house information technology, anda great variety of transported goods,from motor industry products to foodand chemical sector goods. The carriageof consignments is implemented by allmodes of transport (road, air, sea, andrail), and all forms of transport (individualconsignments, groupage systems, fulltruck load consignments by all types ofvehicles), synergised to achieve maximumeffectiveness and optimisation of costs.Most conveyance by road is carried outunder specified terms (JIT, Kan-Ban, Milk-run, Crossdock) all over Europe, and alsoAsia and Africa.

The C.S.CARGO fleet is wide andvaried. All vehicles (about 700 at present)meet strict ecological standards and areno more than four years old. They areequipped and approved for ADRconveyance and CARNET TIR transitguarantee regime for transport to the so-called third countries. C.S.CARGO offersuse of storage area all over the CzechRepublic (about 40 000 sq. m), includingmodern logistics centres, customs andconsignment warehouses. The method ofgoods administration in warehouses isbased on the scanning of identificationcodes and is managed by programmes

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VIA CARGO LOGISTICS – Specialist in Road and Rail Transport

Veronika Němcová, VIA CARGO LOGISTICS s.r.o., e-mail: [email protected], www.viacargo.cz

VIA CARGO LOGISTICS is a specialist ininternational and domestic road and railtransport. As the firm developed, it foundit necessary to offer its former and newcustomers comprehensive transport andlogistics services. Freight forwarding wasthus extended to sea shipping, airtransport, and storage of specified typesof goods. In view of the market demand,storage of goods with a l ink toforwarding services was arranged in thearea of the major rai lway andtransshipment centre at Čierná nad Tisou(Slovakia) and its vicinity.

The firm finds individual solutions togoods transport tailored to the needs ofits customers. It seeks to offer all-inclusivetransport services. The company providesexpert advice on the suitability of rail orroad transport for the given type ofconsignment. For transport betweencontinents it offers a choice of sea or aircarriage. At al levels of forwarding VIACARGO LOGISTICS works in associationwith rel iable foreign partnersheadquartered in Europe as well as onother continents.

Road and Rail TransportOne of our company’s key specialisationsis transport by road of full truck loads andless than truck loads all over Europe,mainly to West and East Europeancountries and the Balkans. The companyprovides a complete cargo sender-to-

recipient service and arranges thetransport of oversize and hazardousgoods.

Railway transport remains important forCzech international trade. The CzechRepublic ranks among Europeancountries with the highest railwaynetwork density.

Rai lway transport is also a keyspecialisation for our firm. It offers full-wagon haulage from and to CIS(Commonwealth of Independent States)countries. Special services include thetransport of chemical products, especiallygoods in the RID category, in privatevehicles, and the transport of cotton,metallurgical products, coke, and coal.We offer competitive prices from and toPoland, the Commonwealth ofIndependent States, Hungary, the SlovakRepublic, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia,Slovenia, Germany, and Belgium.

Sea and Air TransportIn sea shipping we offer transport from/toports all over the world, transport of FCLand LCL export and import cargo,transport from the Black Sea and theBaltic ports worldwide, and last but notleast, individual combined transport.

In air transport we cooperate with airagents to provide the forwarding of unitpackages worldwide. When arranging thetransport of unit consignments, wepropose to customers different options

for carriage in relation to the price, speed,and quality of the service.

Strategic GoalOn 1 January 2005, VIA CARGOLOGISTICS s.r.o. expanded, founding VIACARGO LOGISTICS Sp.z.o.o., a subsidiarybased in Warsaw. The latter also providescustomers with comprehensive rail androad forwarding services. At present bothfirms are finalising their strategic goal toopen another subsidiary, in Rotterdam.

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Survey of Important Firms from the Forwarding and Logistics Sector

FARMTRANS a.s.

Dělnická 12, 170 00 Prague 7, phone: +420 266 793 280, fax: +420 266 793 277, e-mail: [email protected],www.farmtrans.cz

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Turnover: CZK 140 million – approx. EUR 4 713 millionNumber of employees:10Contact: Mr Karel Dragoun, e-mail: [email protected]: 40 % - worldwide - sea shipping

Farmtrans was established in 1991. It provides services ininternational freight forwarding and logistics. In 2000 thecompany obtained the ISO 9001:2000 certificate, and it isa member of the Association of Forwarding and Logistics. Itfurther provides a range of related logistics services such asinsurance of consignments, storage, container loading andunloading, customs clearance, and distribution and collection ofconsignments. Close cooperation with major shipping firms andother transport companies enables us to provide quality services insea shipping especially. The company has a team of employeesexperienced in forwarding who process specific transport ordersaccording to particular customer needs.

You have obtained the ISO 9001:2000 quality certificate.What does this mean for your company?

The quality certificate plays an important role in talks oncooperation especially with foreign entities. Some even make ita condition for further cooperation.

Your company has been on the market for 16 years. Whatwas its development, are you planning a further

expansion of services or branches?Farmtrans is not planning a major expansion of services orbranches. We want to become a reliable partner for Czechexporters and importers in the existing range of our services, i.e.sea shipping, trucking, and warehousing, and want to continue toimprove our services constantly.

ESATRANS Jihlava s.r.o.

Školní 4680/17, 586 01 Jihlava, phone: +420 567 588 811, fax: +420 567 588 810, e-mail: [email protected],www.esatrans.cz

Turnover: approx. CZK 50-60 million – approx. EUR 2 million Number of employees: 32Contact: Ms Jitka Králová, e-mail: [email protected],www.esatrans.czExport: e.g. Germany – 75 %, Benelux - 5 %, Austria, France - 4 %

The company was set up in 1995 with the aim of providing servicesin international forwarding. It developed over the years and began tooffer additional services: customs matters, storage, public customswarehousing, a collection service system and other distributioncarried out by means of its own vehicles, which the company had toacquire in order to safeguard the quality of services.

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TRANSPED CZ s.r.o.

Rolencova 77, 620 00 Brno-Tuřany, phone: +420 547 216 840, fax: +420 547 216 835, e-mail: [email protected],www.transped.cz

Number of employees: 10Contact: Ms Dana Heierová, e-mail: [email protected]: Europe-wide, e.g. Germany, Poland, Belgium, Italy

TRANSPED CZ s.r.o. is a forwarding, transport, and retail company.Its experience in logistics services, transport, forwarding, and full

loading of vehicles has been acquired since 1998, especially in theexport and import of construction materials and other goods. Thecompany operates quality, fast, and reliable transport in the CzechRepublic and to all countries of the EU.

Each business is provided with a suitable vehicle, to its fullsatisfaction, for the transport of goods in whole-vehicle or partialloads by means of canvas vehicles, for the transport of oversizecargo, and thermo consignments to all countries of Europe. Itships loads ranging from piece consignments - approx. 1000 kg tocomplete 24-tonne loads.

All transport – logistics is organised from a dispatch point inMoravia in a new complex with warehousing space - halls andoffices within reach of Brno airport and the D1 and D3motorways.

How do you ensure the company’s position on the marketand its competitiveness?

Our competitiveness is based on our good record with thecompanies, on our long-term cooperation with them, ourflexibility, reliability, good transport prices, communication,information provided to firms and manufacturing plants on thecourse of transports, and on our common interests. We cooperatewith manufacturers as well as with firms for which we arrangetransport and logistics.

Do you plan any changes in the structure of your firm in 2006?

We would like to extend our cooperation with new businesses andmanufacturing plants both in the Czech Republic and in Europe inforwarding, logistics, as well as in the business of materials exportand import.

TRANSPED’s CZ services include transport of oversize consignments

You are a full member of the Association of Forwardingand Logistics. What does this membership bring you?

The membership brings us crucial information on developments inthe logistics services sector. It also enables us to comment ondecrees and laws in both the Czech Republic and the EU.

What is, in your opinion, the current position of Czechlogistics and forwarding firms in relation to the EU?

All these wholly Czech firms lack equity capital and, as a result,Czech companies are very often purchased by foreign partnersand even by competitors.

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KAMEX s.r.o.

Kostelanská 2122, 686 03 Staré Město, phone: +420 572 420 001, fax: +420 572 420 000, e-mail: [email protected],www.kamex.cz

Turnover: CZK 150 million – approx. EUR 5 millionNumber of employees: 47Contact: Mr Petr Psík, e-mail: [email protected]: 32 % Europe-wide, overseas

KAMEX provides all services connected with international anddomestic forwarding, a consignment collection service betweenthe Czech Republic and the United Kingdom and Ireland, as wellas customs declaration services. KAMEX, spol. s r.o. is a holder ofthe ISO 9001 : 2000 certificate, which serves as evidence of thequality of the services provided by KAMEX in areas such asforwarding, collection service, storage, customs and logisticsconsultancy. At present, KAMEX owns a logistics complex thatoffers services related to forwarding, collection of isolatedconsignments within the Czech Republic in under 24 hours,a filling station, and truck wash.

Your company has a branch in Slovakia. What servicesdoes it offer? Do you plan to expand elsewhere too?

The Slovak branch, KAMEX SLOVAKIA, offers forwarding KAMEX Logistics complex

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Austromar spol. s r.o.

Modřanská 98, 140 00 Prague 4 – Modřany, phone: +420 226 201 000, fax: +420 241 432 269, e-mail: [email protected],www.austromar.cz

Turnover: approx. CZK 350 million – approx. EUR 11 millionNumber of employees: 25Contact: Mr Jiří Marek, e-mail: [email protected]: worldwide overseas, including European destinations(e.g. Ireland, UK, Scandinavia, Baltic countries, Russia)

Austromar has been providing services on the Czech and Slovakmarkets for over a decade now. The company operates as an

independent agent of shipping lines offering carriers all types ofsea transport and related end-to-end services, such as deep seaand short sea ("Intra-European transport"), less-than-containerLCL and full-container FCL services, project cargo - breakbulk, etc.

What is the principal arrangement of the shipping andrelated services you offer?

Sea shipping is a specific part of services within the transport chainduring foreign trade operations with overseas territories.Container transport has gained considerably in importance overthe last few decades because, thanks to its nature, it rationalisesand simplifies the entire transport chain from sender to recipient.An important supply element on the sea transport market is theshipping of collection consignments and all commodities notsubject to containerisation.

Which are your most frequent foreign destinations andwhat goods do you transport abroad most frequently?

We arrange the sea part of the transport. The most frequentdestinations are the Gulf, the Indian Subcontinent, China +Southeast Asia, the USA + the Gulf of Mexico. We transport allretail commodities, such as technology aggregates, machinery andequipment, chemicals, paper, beer, glass, etc.

ČETRANS a.s.

Revoluční 3289/13, 400 95 Ústí nad Labem, phone: +420 477 107 111, fax: +420 477 107 999, e-mail: [email protected],www.cetrans.cz

Turnover: CZK 2 043 000 000 – approx. EUR 68.7 million Number of employees: 1008 Contact: Mr Petr Sejpka, e-mail: [email protected]: e.g. Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, United Kingdom,Sweden, Switzerland

The company’s main line of business is international and domestictrucking and forwarding. Četrans carries goods to the whole ofEurope, including the Balkans, the Baltics, and Russia. It alsocarries out special transports of oversize, hazardous (ADR), andvaluable goods. It is one of the first Czech carriers to hold an ISOcertificate, which guarantees the high quality of the servicesprovided.

You rank among leading Czech firms, your annualturnover is considerable. Which new technologies and

transport equipment have you targeted for investment,and on what scale?

Investment goes primarily to new transport equipment that meetsboth strict ecological requirements and the special requirementsof our customers. Last but not least, we invest in informationtechnology, such as the SAP information system, our ownIntersped transport system for effective management of thevehicle fleet, and the GPS system, which is used for vehicletracking as well as for communication with our drivers.

Your programme lays emphasis on the environment. You

make extensive use of the RO-LA combined transportsystem for instance. Can you indicate in what way it

works and what is its contribution to ecological transport?Do you apply any other ecological measures?

The RO-LA system of combined transport was discontinued uponthe Czech Republic’s accession to the EU. Steps taken by us tominimise environmental impacts include investments intotechnology that conforms to the strictest environmental criteria.We are also working continuously to reduce fuel consumption.

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services that include transport all over Europe, customs clearanceof consignments and distribution of goods as part of the collectionservice all over Slovakia and also from Slovakia to the CzechRepublic and back. No further expansion is planned for 2006 atthe moment.

Your forwarding partner is Norbert Dentressangle. What isthe basis for your cooperation?

We cooperate on the basis of contractual relations thatsafeguard the distribution of consignments within the UK and IRLin the case of goods that are forwarded by our firm and stored byNorbert Dentressangle, and vice versa.

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What Is in Store at the Ninth Year of the EASTLOG 2006 Forum?

Irena Šašková, ATOZ EVENT, s. r. o., e-mail: [email protected], www.eastlog.cz Josef Němeček, Czech Trade Promotion Agency, e-mail: [email protected], www.czechtrade.cz

Atoz Event, the organiser of the EASTLOG international logisticsand transport forum, will hold the ninth year of this event from19-21 April 2006 at the Diplomat Praha Hotel. CzechTrade willpartake as partner in the preparations of the 2006 forum,similarly to its involvement in the 2005 event. The all-roundthree-day programme of the forum will offer professionalinsight and information to logistics managers, heads ofdistribution centres, developers, supply chain managers, andexperts who specialise in transport, storage, distribution, andinformation technology. In addition to a marathon of lectures atconferences and workshops, participants are invited toa specialised fair, and an accompanying programme ofpresentations and seminars, excursions to major logisticscentres, and the popular gala evening known as the LogisticsBusiness Mixer, which some 300 logistics VIP guests areexpected to attend.

Practical Conferences and WorkshopsThe conferences and workshops will mainly present thepractical case studies of successful European projectsimplemented in different logistics branches and industrial andtrade sectors. The first day of the conference will highlight theissues of logistics trends and tendencies in various Europeancountries. Fundamental topic components will include currentinformation on logistics parks and developments in CentralEurope. On the second day the conference will be devoted tointeractive discussions. Focal topics of workshops will includecase studies of current logistics projects in end-to-end logistics

services, human resources in logistics, express delivery,transport, information technology, and logistics facilities.

The Czech Trade Promotion Agency/CzechTrade will offernovelties in services for Czech exporters and foreign partners,and shall mediate experience from two logistics hubs where ithas its foreign offices: Rotterdam in the Netherlands andHamburg in Germany.

Specialised Fair with Accompanying ProgrammeAnother item on the programme agenda of the EASTLOGforum is a specialised fair to be attended by 60 exhibitors,which will introduce leading logistics market players in theCzech Republic and other countries. Participants will includelogistics services providers, hauliers and forwarders, IT suppliers,providers of manipulation technology, racking systems, and therepresentatives of other branches. Exhibitors plan to holdaccompanying seminars, a specialised CzechTrade workshopand Logistics Providers Forum will give an overview of theactivities of the majority of exhibiting firms. The fundamentalfeatures of the EASTLOG fair include in particular theprofessional profile of visitors (managers with decisive authorityin logistics), a 30 % growth in the number of visitors each year,and the space given to the promotion of business contacts.

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CzechTrade is a partner to the logistics forum

Czech firms are among the forum participants every year

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Exhibitions and Trade Fairs in the Czech Republic in 2006

MINISTRIES

Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic www.mpo.cz [email protected]

Ministry of Transport of the Czech Republic www.mdcr.cz [email protected]

ASSOCIATIONS AND UNIONS

Association of Forwarding and Logistics www.sslczech.cz [email protected]

Czech Logistics Association www.logistika.cz [email protected]

Czech Intermodal Association www.arip.cz [email protected]

Transport Union of the Czech Republic www.svazdopravy.cz [email protected]

Association of Road Transport Operators ČESMAD BOHEMIA www.prodopravce.cz [email protected]

UNIVERSITIES

University of Economics Prague

Department of Logistics www.vse.cz pernica@cz

Czech Technical University in Prague

Faculty of Transportation Sciences www.fd.cvut.cz [email protected]

Jan Perner Transport Faculty, Pardubice www.upce.cz [email protected]

College of Logistics www.vslg.cz [email protected]

OTHER

Dopravní noviny (Transport News)

Czech Transportation and Logistics Weekly www.dnoviny.cz [email protected]

* Přepravce.cz

Internet portal on transport, forwarding and logistics www.prepravce.cz [email protected]

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Important Contacts

LOGIST 20061st international fair of logistics, transport, manipulation andpackaging technology10 -12 May 2006, PVA Letňany, PragueTERINVEST s.r.o., e-mail: [email protected],www.terinvest.com

TRANSPED – COMMA 200613th international exhibition of trucks, water, rail, and airtransport, logistics, warehousing and manipulation19 - 22 October 2006, Výstaviště Praha HolešoviceTERINVEST s.r.o., e-mail: [email protected],www.terinvest.com

Official participation of the Czech Republic in international fairs and exhibitions abroad

C.S.I. CAR SUBSUPPLIERS INDUSTRY2nd international fair of producers and subsuppliers for the carindustry and logistics16 – 18 May 2006, Incheba, BratislavaIncheba Bratislava a.s., e-mail: [email protected],www.incheba.sk

Logistics companies make their presentations at specialised exhibitions andfairs every year

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