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Silesian Logistics Centre JSC (Slaskie Centrum Logistyki S.A.) – started operations in 1989 as company Silesian Duty Free Zone. It was established to create and organise a Duty Free Zone and to manage and administrate the inland ports in Gliwice and Kedzierzyn-Kozle.

In 2002, the name was changed to Slaskie Centrum Logistyki Spolka Akcyjna [Silesian Logistics Centre], and City Gliwice became the majority shareholder by making a contribution in kind of a land and properties of Gliwice inland port.

Shareholders
The shareholders of the SCL:


 * City of Gliwice – 77,78%
 * DB Cargo Polska SA – 20,56%
 * OT Logistics SA – 1,31%
 * Other Shareholders – 0,35%

Duty Free Zone
The 6.85-hectare area of Silesian Logistics Centre is a Duty Free Zone, i.e. a separate part of the Polish customs territory in which domestic and foreign businesses can carry out commercial activities using a duty and tax postpone system.

Duty Free Zone enables:


 * Collection of duties and taxes only at the time of release of the goods into circulation
 * Unlimited storage time
 * Ability to divide large shipments of goods into small batches
 * No need to provide security for customs and tax duties during storage
 * Possibility of production, assembly and refining operations
 * Cooperation with foreign companies, not registered in Poland

Infrastructure

 * The total area of SCL consists of a plot of land on Portowa street with an area of 47.6 hectares
 * Warehouses of approx. 28,000 sq.m.
 * Storage area of approx. 10,000 sq.m.
 * Inland port
 * Two harbour cranes (20.0 and 8.0 tonne load capacity).
 * Rail siding – approximately 11.0 km of rail track under the management of SCL
 * 103 m long railway ramp
 * 3000 sq.m. of office space
 * Parking lot for lorries

The SCL also owns 40 DAF tractor units, special coilmulda trailers, and two shunting locomotives.

Container Terminal
SCL has a container terminal, managed by PCC Intermodal, with an area of 5 ha, a capacity of 2,900 TEUs and an annual handling capacity of 150,000 TEUs. The terminal is equipped with two gantry cranes, each with a capacity of 41 tonnes, and reach stackers.

The terminal supports the following connections:


 * Antwerpia
 * Rotterdam
 * Bremerhaven
 * Hamburg
 * Gdynia
 * Gdańsk

Goods delivered from these ports are transported to end users by road.

Terminal infrastructure

 * Empty containers depot: 350 TEUs
 * 4 railway tracks of 600 m each
 * 40 electricity connections
 * Parking lot for lorries: 50 parking spaces
 * Handling equipment: 2 gantry cranes

Warehouses specifications
Steel warehouse


 * Radio-controlled gantry cranes from "0" level
 * Overhead crane with a lifting capacity of 32 tonnes + coil grisper with a lifting capacity of 30 tonnes
 * 25 tonne capacity crane with electromagnetic traverse for flat sheets
 * 25 tonne capacity crane with 16 tonne capacity electromagnetic head
 * Roll-stop coil storage system
 * 2 gates allowing lorries to enter the hall (5.00 × 4.5 m)
 * 1 rail-car gate (5.00 × 4.5 m)
 * Floor – permissible pressure of 41 kN / sq.m.

ADR Class A warehouse:


 * Powierzchnia składowa – 5500 miejsc paletowych
 * Regały wysokiego składowania
 * Infrastruktura i zezwolenie na bezpieczne przechowywanie towarów niebezpiecznych ADR
 * System Zarządzania Magazynem (Warehouse Management System)
 * Obszar monitorowanej i regulowanej temperatury (ogrzewanie)
 * Monitorowana wilgotność
 * Dostęp do stanów magazynowych on-line
 * Posadzka w kształcie niecki, niepyląca, szczelna, pokryta warstwą antyelektrostatyczną
 * System tryskaczowy reagujący wyłącznie w strefach zagrożenia
 * Klapy dymne
 * Niezależny zbiornik z wodą oraz system odprowadzający zanieczyszczoną wodę użytą w czasie sytuacji awaryjnej.
 * Wentylacja pozwalająca na wymianę całego powietrza w ciągu godziny

ADR Class A bimodal warehouse:


 * Warehouse area: 10,000 sq.m.
 * Covered railway ramp: 103 m
 * 16 loading and unloading docks
 * High-bay shelving
 * Online access to stock levels
 * Warehouse Management System
 * Duty free zone
 * Modern handling equipment
 * CCTV monitoring

Location
Silesian Logistics Centre is located at an intersection of the main roads for road and rail transport at Gliwice Port railway station No. 51 06975-7, which enables unit trains, as well as railway wagons groups or single railway wagons to be handled. It also corresponds with European Baltic – Adriatic Rail Freight Corridor 5 ( RFC 5 ).

Evolutionary model of logistics centre initiation
Silesian Logistics Centre is an example of an evolutionary model for the initiation of a logistics centre. Such centres arise as a result of many years of industrial and economic development, which stimulates demand for services generally referred to as logistics in a given region. The rapid industrial development of Upper Silesia at the end of the 18th century was the reason for the construction of the Kłodnica Canal and the inland port in Gliwice. The port and canal linking Upper Silesia to the Odra River was commissioned in 1806. After numerous years of exploitation, which went hand in hand with the very rapid economic development of the region, the construction of a new waterway connecting Silesia with the waterways of Europe became necessary. In 1940, a new canal, the Gliwice Canal, and a modern inland port, the current headquarters of the Silesian Logistics Centre, were built. During the communist years, the importance of shipping declined significantly, but after the regime change and the introduction of a market economy, demand for logistics services began to grow rapidly. On the basis of the port, a joint-stock company, Silesian Duty Free Zone was established in 1989, followed by its transformation into Silesian Logistic Centre in 2002. In order to meet the demands of the market, SCL began to look for new areas of activity beyond strictly port services.

The Gliwice region has changed its nationality over time, so it is difficult to speak of any planned economic development policy. The concept of the formation of the centre therefore arose in a more natural and evolutionary way.

The Italian model of logistics centre initiation
Silesian Logistics Centre is reference example of the Italian investment implementation model. The emergence and development of the Italian centres and the SCL are characterised by several common features, which are summarised in the following paragraphs:

4.1. The logistics centres under construction had the financial and planning support of the Italian governments and the legislative assistance of the Italian Parliament. This criterion alone distinguishes the Italian logistics centres from the Silesian Logistics Centre.

4.2. The construction of the centres in Italy was initiated by the public sector: local and regional governments – city halls and regional boards – and chambers of commerce and trade. The situation was similar in the case of SCL, where the start of the entity was the contribution in kind of land and port infrastructure by the City of Gliwice with a simultaneous increase in share capital.

4.3. The typical form of ownership of Italian logistics centres is a joint-stock company, in which the public sector holds more than 50% of the shares. The company allows public sector institutions and private companies to co-invest.

4.4. Italian logistics centres own much of the infrastructure:

container terminals, warehouses, office buildings, etc., which they rent out to users. The same applies to SCL, where, apart from one small warehouse, the entire infrastructure is owned by the company.

4.5 Italian centres sometimes, although this is not the rule, carry out logistics activities, i.e. they are a full-fledged player in the service market as a logistics operator. This is the feature that characterises best the Silesian Logistics Centre. The range of activities of the centres, not only Italian ones, can be divided into 3 basic functions:

1. Logistics functions:


 * transport,
 * storage,
 * transhipment between different modes of transport,
 * stock management and order processing,
 * value-added services (VAS): picking, repackaging, labelling, palletising, packaging, etc.

2. Support functions:


 * forwarding,
 * customs handling,
 * systematic marketing of reusable transport packaging,
 * rental of containers, pallets and other transport packaging,
 * information and IT services,
 * promotion and marketing.

3. Additional functions:


 * rental of office premises,
 * catering services,
 * banking services,
 * accounting and bookkeeping services,
 * telecommunications services,
 * parking services,
 * provision of utilities.

Silesian Logistics Centre or companies operating in the area provide the above functions.