Global Ports Connecting Global Markets

Scottish Supply Chain Forum

Neil Fletcher, Senior Account ManagerMay 2010

Southampton and Glasgow

• 340 miles apart• Traditional sea-faring cities• Connection with the Queen Mary and Queen

Elizabeth• More recently the Queen Elizabeth II

Agenda

• Facts and figures• Feeder Connections• Rail Connections• Road

Introduction

Joint venture:

• Dubai Ports World – 51%

• Associated British Ports – 49%

Employees:

• 550 direct employees

• 200 contractors

Our customers

• Grand Alliance

• New World Alliance

• Independent

• Slot charterers

• Feeder lines

Destinations from Southampton

• 8 sailings per week for Asia• 1 for Indian Sub continent• 1 for East Coast North America

• Singapore five times per week• Hong Kong five times per week• Shanghai four times per week

Transit Times from Asia

• TWNA SCX Service fastest time from South Asia

• CMA CGM FAL 1 service fastest time from Shanghai

• Grand Alliance Loop C fastest from Singapore

Sea access

• Ideal first / last port into Europe with minimum deviation

• Port operations rarely affected by weather

• Unique double tide - 17 hrs out of every 24 of high or rising water

• Feeder connections with Ireland, Scotland, Benelux and Portugal

An aerial view of DP World Southampton

Feeder berth

2010 developments

•1 super post-panamax crane ordered for delivery in early 2011 with an option for a second

•Dredging plans for later in 2010 to give over 1000m of minimum 14.0m draft

Operational capability

• 10 ship-to-shore gantry cranes + 1 MHC

• 100 straddle carriers

• 8 Empty Handlers

• Ability for vessels up to 370 metres long

• Up to 15 metres depth alongside

CMA CGM Vela, largest vessel to date (11,400 TEU)

Unique approach to feeders

• Defined berth windows.

• Dynamic connections.

• Feeder partnerships.

UK Feeder links from Southampton

Customer focus

Paul Sawyer, Trade Manager, X-Press Container Line

“Week 40, marked yet another milestone on our “SIX” Service.. that milestone being 78 x weeks (1.5 years) of “on-day, on-proforma” scheduling.

This service over the above period has become a flagship service for us on the Irish/West coast UK trade and has proven not only the reliability of our own services but also the importance of Southampton as a transhipment-hub.”

X-Press Feeder Schedule

• Loading Greenock Tuesday

• Southampton Thursday to connect with weekend sailings.

• Waits for Northbound connections sails Saturday

Road connections

• Excellent motorway connections

• Europe’s first Vehicle Booking System

• Average sub 30 minutes turnaround times for trucks

Rail connections

• Choice of two rail operators –

Freightliner and DB Schenker

• Gauge clearance for hi cube

completed by Q1, 2011

• Project Update

Freightliner Timetable

Imports from Southampton • Departs at 1027hrs Monday to Friday Arrives for first lifts at

0300hrs

Exports from Coatbridge• Departs 1400hrs Monday to Friday• Arrives for first lifts 1830hrs Tuesday to Friday and 0510 Saturday

• >

West Coast Mainline Upgrade

• 49 structures at a cost of £72m

• Southampton Tunnel – one closure both tunnels

• Freightliner timetable available from day one

Southampton Tunnel

Southampton Tunnel

Southampton Tunnel

Andover Road Overbridge, Winchester

Scottish Supply Chain Implications

• Three alternatives for your containers• Feeder, rail and road• Reliability and flexibility • Many and varied destinations from

Southampton

Thank you

Neil Fletcher, Senior Account Manager, DP World Southampton

nfletcher@dpworldsouthampton.com