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FREIGHT BUSINESS JOURNAL ISSUE 5 2012
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Ireland page 24: Cool bosst for Aer Lingus p.26/ Exporters burn as Eurozone dithers p.27
Indian Sub-continent page 35: Over 150 ports – but still there is congestion p.36
Manchester unveils major airport cargo plan
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has submitted an outline planning application for a £100m World Logistics Hub to the south of the airport’s Enterprise Zone. It will create 1.2- to 1.4-million sq ſt of new logistics space – more than tripling the current on- airport cargo area - and will contain medium- and small-sized logistics units ranging from approximately 7,500 to 200,000sq ſt. Units will include a large proportion of office space – a pattern favoured by logistics operators – and would also feature large yard areas. The first major cargo development
to be mooted at a UK airport for some time, World Logistics Hub will provide a full range of air-to-road transfer,
assembly and processing activities for freight forwarders and other logistics
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Tilbury breaks Britain’s duck in Motorways of the Sea funding
The Port of Tilbury has become the first in the UK to win a grant under the European Commission’s Motorways of the Sea (MotS) scheme. A joint bid with Spain’s Port of Bilbao announced on 14 August for the €32m (£25.2m) IBUK Intermodal Corridor project will include container terminal redevelopment including new cranes, straddle carriers, a new bespoke IT system and surfacing work. In Bilbao the funding
will be used for an inland rail terminal 120km from the port and investment in new IT systems. The two ports will develop joint systems to transfer of information between the two ports and other interested parties. The scheme is expected to transfer over
225m road kilometres to sea over 15-years. The EU funding is €8m (£5.75m) of which Tilbury will get €4.3m (£3.36m) in grant
funding. The project must be completed by the end 2014 to qualify for the full funding, under MotS programme rules. Tilbury has been working with short
sea shipping specialists MacAndrews to develop routes between Spain and the UK and has nominated Tilbury as a hub port having added Polish, Swedish
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