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NEWS


Delamode: we’re still very much in business in Romania


FBJ would like to point out that Keswick Enterprises has acquired only Delamode’s Romanian Contract Logistics division and Delamode’s joint venture with DHL (DHL Delamode) - but not the remainder of Delamode’s activities in Romania. (UK firm becomes force in Romania, FBJ 3, 2011, page 6).


Delamode chief executive


officer, Shaun Godfrey, said: “There is an implication that Delamode has sold its entire Romanian business to Keswick, but the core business of


Delamode – supply chain management, freight forwarding, consolidations, domestic distribution, customs clearance, warehousing and fashion activity - remains with Delamode Romania, a business established since 1994 employing over 120 people. We are keen to ensure our customers and suppliers understand this.”


The Delamode Group said that the sale of the two businesses would allow it to invest


in a


number of other ventures within Romania, as well as developing its core business offering. Delamode Romania provides a comprehensive range of supply chain services.


Sale of the Romanian contract logistics division would allow the founder shareholders of Delamode to focus on developing the core business activity in all countries operated and in particular fashion and general freight distribution and freight forwarding. Delamode has its own operations in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldavia, Hungary, Lithuania and the UK.


Also, in response to growing demands for sea and air freight services the company has signed a NVOCC joint venture with CWT Globelink,


offering enhanced worldwide, door to door, sea and


Forwarder may face US court


Former freight forwarder Christopher Tappin,


accused of


trying to sell banned goods to Iran, has lost a case against extradition to the US but says he will appeal in the High Court. Campaigners had been calling for a moratorium on the transfer of suspects pending completion of a Government review on the legislation in September, but Home Secretary Theresa May has argued that any change in the law would have no bearing on the case. The


former director of


Orpington-based Brooklands Freight Services faces charges in a Texas court of selling batteries for Iranian surface-to-air missiles in


December 2005, with a jail term of up to 35 years if convicted. Tappin also argued that he was the victim of entrapment by US customs officers. He said he arranged a shipment of batteries from the US to the Netherlands with no knowledge they were destined for re-export for use in Iranian missiles. A US company appointed to handle US import formalities, suggested by a business contact, turned out to be a front for US customs agents. Tappin’s lawyer Karen Todner, said he would vigilantly defend the extradition appeal and that she hoped that the High Court would intervene.


air freight cargo forwarding services.


In the UK, meanwhile, Delamode has opened a new 45,000sq ft dedicated fashion warehouse less than a kilometre from its existing logistics site in Essex. The move has been prompted by Delamode’s takeover of the UK Faxion high street fashion business from DHL about 18 months ago, said Shaun Godfrey. He explained: “This will be a new fashion-dedicated site with capacity for 200,000 hanging garments plus flat pack storage and pick and pack. It marks our push back into the high street fashion business representing the Faxion


brand and compliments the existing retail inbound and distribution


services we have


performed for some of the big retail chains for many years.” Senior management and other


staff – around 25 in total - have been or are in the process of being


consolidation


recruited and Delamode has also upgraded its fashion IT system, offering full on line visibility, tracking and POD retrieval. Godfrey added that there had also been a resurgence of garment production in East European countries such as Romania, Bulgaria, Belarus and Moldova which Delamode is looking to capitalise on. Many UK retailers are experiencing shortages of manufacturing capacity in the Far East and finding restrictions on smaller order quantities and long and expensive lead times. The nearer off-shore manufacturing locations offer a just-in-time product, smaller order quantities (especially suitable for repeats) and avoid retailers having to hold stock. Delamode plans to set up a similar cross-dock warehouse


in Romania


fashion for


consolidation and for distribution to the local retail market.


Hamburg Sud rationalises Med


Hamburg Süd is to rationalise its North Europe-Eastern Mediterranean service and will enter into a cooperation with Sea Go, Maersk Line’s new short-sea subsidiary in response to poor trading conditions. It will withdraw its Northern Route Service to Turkey from early August while its Southern Route Levante Service (NESM) will include key ports from the Northern Route Service. The new, weekly NESM service will, as before, deploy 2,500 to 2,700teu vessels operating on a rotation: Felixstowe, Antwerp and Hamburg to Tangiers, Alexandria, Limassol, Beirut, Latakia , Mersin, Izmir, Alexandria, Salerno and Felixstowe.


There will also be dedicated connections to Tunisia, Algeria and Western Med ports from Tangiers. Two further weekly strings - Felixstowe and NW Europe to Piraeus, Istanbul Ambarli, Izmit Korfezi, Gemlik, Izmir, Valencia, Felixstowe and Felixstowe, NW Europe, Haifa, Ashdod and Felixstowe will also be offered in cooperation with Sea Go Line - Hamburg Sud’s first partnership with the new Maersk’s short-sea line. A Hamburg Sud spokesman said the partnership was convenient, “as service levels and port coverage match.”


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The UK government has named logistics as one of the sectors to be examined in the next phase of its Growth Review to restore the economy’s health. Working with trade bodies including the FTA, RHA, Rail Freight Group, CILT and SMMT, it will cover rail, road, shipping and air freight, it will look at opportunities and barriers to growth as the sector evolves in response to the increasing complexity and globalisation of supply chains.


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ROUND-UP: SHIPPING


CSAV and MSC are to jointly operate their services between India and Europe from August . The IMEX service will deploy seven 6500teu vessels calling at Nhava Sheva, Pipavav, Mundra,


Salalah, Jeddah, Gioia Tauro, Valencia, Bremerhaven, Antwerp, Felixstowe and return.


Maersk Line is no longer accepting cargo for the Iranian ports of Bandar Abbas, Bandar Khomeini and Asaluyeh, in the face of tightening US and EU sanctions. Meanwhile, CMA CGM has launched a new section on its website on security regulations and customs procedures, particularly those related to national and international sanctions. It aims to help customers easily find the main regulations governing shipments to and from Ivory Coast, Libya and Iran. It has also set up an Iran Compliance Desk to ensure that cargo carried to and from Iran complies with the regulations.


Iran’s state shipping line IRISL has vowed to challenge EU sanctions through the European Court of Justice, saying that there is no evidence that it has been involved in illegal arms trade. In May, several IRISL vessels were seized in foreign ports and the EU sanctions also indirectly led to UK agent Johnson Stevens being put into administration. IRISL also said Iran would also set up its own P&I (protection and indemnity) fund to counter sanctions that have restricted the country’s access to insurance.


Maersk Line’s AE6 Asia-Europe service is now calling in Felixstowe, the port’s third new service in less than a month. AE6 brings the number of Far East weekly services at the Suffolk port to 13, five of which are operated by Maersk Line. Far East calls for AE6 are Ningbo, Shanghai, Nansha, Yantian and Tanjung Palepas.


Maersk Line has introduced a call at Malta Freeport on its Scanmed service between North Europe/Scandinavia, Greece and Turkey.


The Government has approved plans for the Humber Sea Terminal near Immingham, paving the way for the £100m Able UK project to develop the south bank of the Humber as a logistics park geared to the needs of the wind power industry. The project includes a logistics hub, sea terminals, warehousing, a business park and hotel on 1,500 acres at East Halton.


Peel Ports Mersey has unveiled its Master Plan, outlining its 20-year vision for growth and future developments. Following a launch at Liverpool’s Maritime Centre on 7 June, Peel Ports Mersey will begin a 13- week public consultation, closing on 5 September. The draft Master Plan details Peel Ports Mersey’s growth strategy and predicted volume forecasts up to 2030, which would see a 70% growth in tonnage. Key elements include land strategy, transportation and socio economic and environmental considerations.


Dublin Port is seeking expressions of to take over the running of the port of Dundalk, following the amalgamation of the two companies in July. The outsourced operation will include stevedoring, warehousing,upkeep of the port estate and security.


Trade through Belfast Harbour, Northern Ireland’s largest port has grown for the first time in three years, up 5.4% to 16.4m tonnes. The agri-food sector was the principal driver but freight vehicle traffic also increased by 2% to 313,000 vehicles.


Samskip has expanded its service from Rotterdam to Portugal and northern Spain. Sailing frequency goes up from once a week to two departures to Lisbon and vice versa, four to Leixões and two to Vigo. Connections are available to and from the UK via Rotterdam.


Shortsea container line Tschudi Logistics has increased capacity with larger vessels of 700/750teu on its North Sea and Baltic Sea services. They link Immingham with the Oslo Fjord region weekly.


Ian Sharper has been appointed finance director at The Bristol Port Company, taking over from Richard Harvey who is retiring after 19 years with the company.


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