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THE AIM IS A COMMON STANDARD
Commissioned by the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development – (BMZ), the German Society for International Cooperation – (GIZ) initiated the project for ‘Enhancing the Safety of Hazardous Goods Shipments in China’. Umco is one of the part- ners. “The idea is to have Chinese state agencies, associations and companies share in our experi- ence,” explains Inzelmann. As a service provider and consultant, among Umco’s tasks in cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Transport is to persuade those involved in transporting hazardous goods of the need to observe regulations and achieve a common standard in conformity with the law.
“Yet we also aim to gather knowhow that
will enable us to support our customers
on hazardous goods shipments in China
even better,” says Willi Wesselowscky, re- sponsible for hazardous goods at Umco. The
aim also remains to see China signing the Euro- pean agreement in its entirety, at latest by the end of the project. Global regulations have long been in force for shipments by air and sea, and these are al- so observed by China.
SIMPLIFYING PROCESSES
“So, it can therefore only be in the interest of the
People’s Republic to have shipments leaving the country by road moving in accordance with ADR, and therefore more safely,” explains Umco CEO In- zelmann. In his view, it makes sense that the same regulations apply everywhere, since German and European companies also deliver building elements, chemical products and chemicals to China. “Funda- mentally, the process in the entire logistics chain needs to be simplified,” he adds.
PARTNERS SOUGHT
The project is designed as a public-private part- nership – PPP to run for three years under GIZ supervision. The costs are put at between two and three million euros, half to be cov- ered by funds from the BMZ’s ‘develoP- PP.de’ program, and half by industrial and consultancy companies. Along with Umco, car manufacturers Daimler and BMW, the Evonik chemical group and consul- tancy GBK are represented. Also involved are Um- co’s partner Reach24H in China, as well as one Chinese tanker forwarder so far. Inzelmann then appealed as follows: “We are still looking for addi- tional supporters for the project and practical part- ners desiring to receive advice on the topic against
a small fee.” ◆
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