1. providing comfort
ABG velger måkeskrik foran veistøv

2. Providing comfort

3. Companies and locations
ABG Varme AS
ABG Bygg AS
ABG Sweden AB
ABG Russia Ltd.
SIA ABG Baltic

4. Products
Briquettes Firewood
1 900 TEU
2 700 TEU
Pallet material Imp. material
and labanks 400 TEU
300 TEU

5. Volumes
Summary of volumes in TEU
Product Volume Unit Eq. TEU
Firewood 1 500 000 Bags 1 900
Briquettes 3 500 000 Packs 2 700
Treated material 8 000 m3 400
Pallet material and Labanks 6 000 m3 300
Total 5 300

6. Customers

7. Logistics

8. Road freight (30 %)
Advantages
• Low prices
• Door - door without re-stuffing
• Short lead-time (2-3 days door-door)
• Flexible to remote destinations
• Less risk of damaging pallets (no re-stuffing)
Disadvantages
• Exposed to political issues
• Vulnerable if Norwegian fish farms shut down
• Limited capacity
• Unpredictable ETA
• Vulnerable to road conditions in winter-time

9. Sea freight (70 %)
Advantages
• Bigger capacity
• Floating “warehouse”
• Predictable ETA
• Delivery to customer by local transport
• Not exposed to “political” risk
Disadvantages
• Longer lead-time
• Risk of damaging pallets (re-stuffing)
• Expensive to remote destinations
• Difficult to change direction
• Ice in Gulf of Riga and Gulf of Finland

10. The best of two worlds
Sea freight
• Bigger capacity
• Floating “warehouse”
• Predictable ETA
• Delivery to customer by local transport
• Not exposed to “political” risk
Road freight
• Low prices
• Door - door without re-stuffing
• Short lead-time
• Flexible to remote destinations
• Less risk of damaging goods (no re-stuffing)

11. Wish list for sea freight
• Door-door deliveries, incl. pre-carriage
• Direct line(s) from Russia and Baltics to Norway = shorter lead time
• Cost effective solutions to destinations on the west coast
• Longer free time in Norwegian ports

12. ABG anbefaler måkeskrik foran veistøv