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Issue 5 2012


Car hub gears up for New Zealand export boom


Logistics provider Pentalver has partnered with global vehicle logistics specialist Autohub and international inspection company JEVIC,


Increasingly stringent emissions to launch the UK’s first


pre-clearance facility for second- hand car exports to New Zealand, which has the toughest biosecurity standards in the world. Every vehicle shipped through


the Autohub will be meticulously cleaned of contamination and then inspected in order to meet stringent NZ Government standards. A structural inspection is


also completed on each vehicle on behalf of the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), including inspection of the underside and all energy management areas. This saves time and cost on arrival in New Zealand and assures the exporter and importer of the vehicle’s condition.


regulations for new and used vehicles entering New Zealand are likely to boost the market for second-hand vehicles from the UK, as current domestic market vehicles in Japan are not produced to the necessary emissions standards. Moreover, more than 50% of new vehicles currently registered in Japan are hybrid vehicles, which do not suit the general NZ profile, with a further 20% being micro cars which are also unsuitable. The UK is the only other country that de-fleets enough compliant, right hand drive vehicles suitable for the NZ market. The new joint venture at


Pentalver’s Felixstowe depot will also cater for other export markets, including RWI (Road Worthiness Inspections) for some East African countries. It offers exporters a simple ‘drop off’ one stop facility


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Public and private stakeholders met on 5 July to discuss plans to speed up Egypt’s entry to the TIR Convention “in the very near future”, reported the International Road Transport Union (IRU). All parties agreed that Egypt should join the major UN trade and road transport facilitation and security instruments, such as the Harmonisation and TIR conventions as soon as possible, especially in view of the recent launch of regular ro ro services from Turkey to Egyptian ports. A high-level delegation from Afghanistan, from the public and


with the vehicle delivered to port, inspected and exported in the shortest possible time and with the least inconvenience. Autohub managing director,


John Davies, comments: “This is a rare example of a growing export market, with specialised companies like Pentalver, Autohub and JEVIC creating innovative


solutions to ensure they are able to react to changing markets and market conditions. Over the last year we have seen a sharp increase in UK exports of second-hand cars to New Zealand. The facility has the capacity to process over 30,000 cars per year, which means we are geared up to handle significant growth. ”


Yusen sets up auto terminal


Yusen Logistics has opened a specialist automotive operation at its Tamworth facility. The 81,000sq ſt site by the M42 has been developed in response to requests from first and second tier suppliers for decanting, cross-docking, stock-holding and sequencing operations in readiness for just-in-time feeding to Midlands assembly operations. Regional general manager,


Ian Holland, comments: “The automotive business is dependent upon maintaining flows at all times, speeding components and sub-assemblies through lengthy


this new operation is all about


robustness and removal of risk from the automotive supply chain. This is particularly relevant now, with the upliſt in manufacturing volumes that we are currently seeing.” Services on offer at Tamworth include storage.


inventory


international supply chains, whilst minimising inventory and cost. We are offering our customers a facility at which stock can be held locally to the manufacturing plant, enabling the automotive


manufacturers to minimise any stock held at plant. “In recent times, we have seen


automotive supply chains tested to the limit, particularly in the light of last year’s natural disasters, and


management, decanting, sequencing, labelling, cross docking, inbound and outbound transport, EDI interfaces with suppliers and manufacturers, sub assembly, kitting, inspection and rework. Yusen already has a specialist


automotive operation at nearby Burnaston in the Derby area.


Regular washing keeps Luſthansa green and clean


Lufthansa Cargo plans to be a ‘role model’ for the international air cargo industry when it comes to improving that sector’s environmental performance. Speaking at a recent company


Environment Press Day briefing in Frankfurt, Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht, the German carrier’s executive board member operations, outlined a series of green measures. They included: improving


the overall efficiency of air cargo operations to reduce unused capacity; innovations in aircraft design and engine technology;


introduction of biofuels; the deployment


of lighter weight


containers to help reduce aircraft fuel usage; and the development of an ‘innovative’ engine washing method to reduce emissions from that source. For


example, Rupprecht said


more than half the LD3 containers used in the Lufthansa Cargo network were now lightweight versions, with their average weight being 13 kilos less than containers made from traditional materials. The environmental benefits from such substitution, he said, included


annual fuel savings of 2,160 tonnes and a CO2 reduction of 6,800 tonnes a year,


“equal to 50 flights from


Frankfurt to Sharjah”. Rupprecht went on to claim


that even larger fuel and emissions savings could be achieved by Lufthansa through the application of an “innovative” aircraft engine washing method called Cyclean. “Regular use of Cyclean Engine Wash, which involves hot water (70 degrees C) being injected at a pressure of 100 Bar directly into the engine’s ‘heart’, reduces CO2 emissions by as much as 75%,” he


said. “The


environmental


benefits include fuel savings of approximately 4,850 tonnes per year and an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 15,280 tonnes, equal to 112 flights from Frankfurt to Sharjah.” Summing up Luſthansa Cargo’s


approach to environmental issues, Bettina Jansen, the carrier’s head of environmental management, stated: “We see it as our responsibility to minimise our environmental impact – and we take it seriously. As a result, we will become a role model.”


private sector, also attended a three-day practical TIR workshop in Geneva in July, to finalise remaining actions needed to restart TIR operations to and from the country in the near future. And on 17 July, the IRU signed a a Memorandum of Understanding with the Iranian TIR guaranteeing association, the Iran Chamber of Commerce Industries and Mines (ICCIM) and the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) on cooperation and the use of modern TIR-IT risk-management technologies. They also discussed the possibility of opening dedicated TIR-EPD Green Lanes at border- crossing points in Iran and neighbouring countries.


Transport prices in Europe increased by 7.2% in the second quarter of 2012 compared to the previous three months, said the latest edition of the Transport Market Monitor (TMM), published by Transporeon and Capgemini Consulting on 22 August. Global lead of Logistics within Capgemini and one of the authors of the report, Ramon Veldhuijzen, said: “Regardless of European recession and a decline in the diesel price, transport prices increased again. Carriers will face difficulties explaining this to transport managers who are getting tighter budgets. Therefore collaboration between carriers and transport managers becomes more and more important to find saving opportunities in different ways.” www.transportmarketmonitor.com


DSV Road has joined the Green Freight Europe initiative to promote cooperation between transport companies and their customers and help drive down CO2 emissions. The programme is focused on building and maintaining a platform to collect, compute and report emissions from road transport in Europe. It includes IKEA, DOW, Schneider Electric and Akzo Nobel as well as transport suppliers.


P&O Ferrymasters has achieved British Retail Consortium (BRC) accreditation for transport of packed, temperature controlled food products following an audit by the business assurance arm of Det Norske Veritas. The company operates a dedicated reefer fleet with up to 24-tonne payload capability, moving 25,000 loads per year.


Feltham truck driver Jasvinder Arora has been sentenced to eight months in prison for drivers’ hours falsification on journeys to and from the port of Felixstowe. Arora, who traded as Ocean Xpress Logistics, was involved in general haulage in and out of the port. He created false records of the hours he had spent behind the wheel in an attempt to show that he had taken enough rest. Following an investigation by Government road safety agency VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency), he pleaded guilty to 79 offences of creating false driving hours records at Ipswich Crown Court on 9 August.


On 22 May, a delegation from the Unite trade union met with


shadow transport secretary Maria Eagle to discuss concerns that a small number of independent Felixstowe-based container hauliers were systematically abusing the Working Time Directive. (FBJ 4 2012)


DB Schenker is to take over the running of the million International Railfreight Park in Telford. The site was operated by JG Russell, which quit its 15-year lease in December aſter losing money on the scheme. Telford International Railfreight Park was opened in June 2009 and can handle up to four trains a day.


DB Schenker Rail UK has appointed David Cross as customer service manager for its Logistics segment. His role is to further improve DB Schenker Rail’s performance and help make further inroads in increasing the market share of rail in the retail and intermodal sectors.


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