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01 Cover
02 Welcome Letter / Sections
03 Section 1: Latin America
04 Latin America Resilience
05 Interview: APLA
06 Interview: S&P Commodity Insights
07 Interview: ExxonMobil Chemical
08 Interview: INEOS Styrolution Americas
09 Sustainability
10 Interview: Tecnon OrbiChem
11 Interview: Pilot Chemical Company
12 Interview: Air Products
13 Industry Thoughts: Decarbonization
14 Section 2: Mexico
15 Mexico Overview
16 Factsheet: Mexico
17 Interview: National Chemical Industry Association (ANIQ)
18 Interview: Braskem Idesa
19 Interview: Grupo Idesa
20 Interview: Evonik Industries Mexico
21 Interview: Unigel Mexico
22 Interview: Helm de Mexico
23 Section 3: Brazil
24 Brazil Overview
25 Factsheet: Brazil
26 Interview: ABIQUIM
27 Interview: Braskem
28 Interview: Indorama Ventures Limited
29 Interview: Elekeiroz
30 Interview: Petrom Petroquímica Mogi das Cruzes S.A.
31 Interview: Ultracargo
32 Section 4: Argentina
33 Argentina Overview
34 Factsheet: Argentina
35 Interview: Argentine Chamber of the Chemical and Petrochemical Industry (CIQyP)
36 Interview: Argentine Petrochemical Institute (IPA)
37 Interview: YPF QUÍMICA
38 Interview: Petrocuyo
39 Interview: Petroquímica Rio Tercero
40 Section 5: Andean Region
41 Andean Region Overview
42 Factsheet: Chile
43 Factsheet: Colombia
44 Interview: Acoplásticos
45 Interview: Chilean Chemical Industry Association (ASIQUIM)
46 Interview: Ecopetrol
47 Interview: Petroquim
48 Factsheet: Peru
49 Factsheet: Ecuador
50 Factsheet: Bolivia
51 Factsheet: Venezuela
52 Section 6: Chemical Distribution
53 Chemical Distribution
54 Interview: Brenntag Essentials Latin America
55 Interview: Univar Solutions
56 Interview: Química Anastacio
57 Interview: GTM Caldic
58 Interview: Pochteca
59 Interview: Tricon Energy
60 Section 7: Logistics
61 Logistics and Services
62 Interview: Leschaco
63 Interview: Vopak
64 Interview: Eurotainer
65 Interview: Stolthaven Terminals
66 Interview: Port of Antwerp-Bruges
67 Industry Thoughts: Logistics Innovation
68 Company Profiles (Sponsored Content)
69 Braskem Profile (Sponsored Content)
70 YPF QUÍMICA Profile (Sponsored Content)
71 Brenntag Profile (Sponsored Content)
72 Evonik Profile (Sponsored Content)
73 Article & Interview Index
74 Credits

Industry Thoughts: Logistics Innovation


How logistics specialists, ITCOs and ports are modernizing through technology

Background image courtesy of Port of Santos

“Digital transformation and service digitalization are key investments in order to increase efficiency and speed. The pandemic actually helped us accelerate the development of our digital offering for service requests, invoicing and automation, which brought lots of agility. We developed partnerships with start-ups to design and implement new systems around our workflow. For example, in return cargo, we can make sure that trucks that leave the port to drop off goods do not come back empty. Ageo is working on developing a new berth for boats with 75,000 tons capacity; Vopak is working on an expansion plan for chemical product importation, including three new planned jet-lines covering about 20,000 cubic meters; and Ultracargo has doubled capacity over the last two years. These are just a few of the examples contributing to modernization at the Port.”

Fernando Biral, CEO, Port of Santos

“Investment by private companies into the logistics area tends to be in technology and training which leads to better service. The performance targets and KPIs inherent in private business lends itself to greater competition, ultimately benefitting the customer. We have seen significant investment into technology at the Port of Santos, for example, which led to improved procedures within the port. Five years ago, NewPort started thinking about its 10 year plan with the aim of becoming the largest tank operator worldwide. We realized to achieve our targets we would need the requisite IT structure in place, and started to develop an in-house IT system which would understand the company’s needs and prepare us for the future. In collaboration with a third party company, an expert team of NewPort employees who deeply understand our business, the system was developed.”

Fabiano Machion,

General Manager – South America, NewPort Tank

"Bolloré Logistics is present in six Latin American countries – Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil, and the company has experienced significant growth over the past two and a half years due to tremendous growth of the ecommerce world. We are currently deploying our new “ONE TMS” platform across the region, based in CargoWise, and aligning our customers in such a way to prepare them for this new tool. CargoWise enables logistics service providers to execute highly-complex transactions in areas such as freight forwarding, customs clearance, warehousing, shipping, tracking, land transport, e-commerce, and cross-border compliance, thus allowing to manage their operations on one database across multiple users, functions, countries, languages and currencies. The implementation is in progress with the aim of having all six Latam countries aligned by the end of 2023."

Héctor Midolo, CEO – Latin America, Bolloré Logistics

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