18
Issue 1 2013
A burning injustice: rail operators pay for blazing tunnel trucks
The Rail Freight Group is asking why through rail services – unlike truck- carrying shuttles – are having to pay a security surcharge for the Channel Tunnel, despite the fact that all the recent fire incidents have been caused by trucks, not trains. RFG says that the security
charge, as outlined in Eurotunnel’s Network
Statement for 2014,
comprises a charge for Security at Calais Frethun from €600 per train and a charge for ‘security services’ at Calais Frethun from Europorte Channel of around €150 per train. The tunnel was closed once
again on 29 November aſter a fire broke out on a lorry being carried on board a shuttle train, although there were no injuries and it was
reopened shortly aſterwards, unlike previous incidents which have shut the tunnel for long periods. RFG said that the latest incident
“highlighted once again the danger of carrying trucks on open wagons in a confined tunnel with air blowing past them at 80mph,” and pointing out that it was the fourth
fire in the Channel Tunnel since it opened, all of which were thought to be caused by road trucks being carried on open wagons. RFG pointed out that while the
risk of the tunnel being closed for weeks or months hurt rail freight and its customers badly, “trucks can always use ferries when the tunnel is closed.”
///NEWS NEWS ROUNDUP FORWARDING & LOGISTICS
Geodis UK is running four new direct services to Germany. They operate daily to Hanover in 48 hours and daily to Ense, near to Dortmund with similar transit times. There are also direct links to Hamburg and Bremen, operated in conjunction with Geodis’s northern German partner the Bursped Group. Geodis already has long-running daily services operated in partnership with Cargoline,. to Freiburg, Schweinfurt, Nuremburg and Stuttgart. Connections are also available with Cargoline overnight to Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovenia.
Advanced Supply Chain Management and Logistics for Cargo Owners
DB Schenker Logistics is now offering ‘Lead Logistics Provider’ or fourth party logistic” (4PL) services. It will carry out management and integration of various service providers, particularly freight carriers, on behalf of customers, include coordinating truck and rail transport as well as logistics services. Demand for such services is increasing across Europe. DB Schenker has been active in this market for the past 15 years with its Schenker Dedicated Services AB subsidiary in Sweden and a team of experts is now being established in Essen to further expand the operation.
Reduce your costs and improve your transport and supply chain efficiencies
Learn from the experts – Free to attend practical case studies and seminars
Multimodal welcomed more than 265 exhibitors and over 5500 visitors to the NEC in May 2012. Multimodal 2012 delivered more exhibitors, more visitors and significantly higher quality decision makers than ever before. This further established the event as the UK and Ireland’s leading transport, logistics and supply chain management exhibition.
Multimodal 2013 takes place at the NEC Birmingham on 23 to 25 April. Entering its 6th year, Multimodal is the premier meeting place where shippers gather annually to compare suppliers, SCM solutions and to network with their peers.
Leading names such as DSV, Canute Group, DB Schenker, Malcolm Group, MSC, CEVA, Mann Lines, Associated British Ports, Dachser, Howard Tenens, Woodland Group, Samskip, P&O Ferrymasters and Freightliner all exhibit at Multimodal.
Multimodal is designed to benefit all size of shipper. Whether you’re exporting or importing large quantities or simply moving small quantities around the UK on an infrequent basis, Multimodal will deliver results tailored to your specific transportation and logistical needs.
Register for Multimodal today and ensure you benefit from the most reliable and cost effective transportation options available. Quote Priority Code MMFBJ.
Take your first step to reducing your transport costs and optimising your supply chain network
Free to Attend Register Today
quote MMFBJ
Schenker Limited, the UK arm of the global services provider DB Schenker Logistics, has formally opened its 5,200sq m contract logistics centre near Tamworth in the Midlands. The Shared Logistics Centre is for multiple customers with similar requirements and, says UK contract logistics director, Jochen Johann, offers 12,000 pallet positions and the latest warehouse management system.
DHL Global Forwarding, Deutsche Post DHL’s air and ocean freight specialist, has introduced Flexitanks for non-hazardous bulk liquid shipments. An alternative to tank containers, IBC totes or drums, they hold up to 24,000 litres and fit into a standard 20-foot ocean container.
AEB has published the fourth of its white paper, ‘Putting Freight Costs in their Place’. It demonstrates the advantages of accurate freight cost reallocation and how to do it efficiently with real-life examples of how successful businesses manage the freight cost reallocation process. There are also case studies from the beverage, textile and electronics industries. All white papers can be downloaded free at:
www.aeb-international.co.uk/freight.
Norbert Dentressangle has opened a new, shared-user distribution platform in Seville, Spain. The 4,000 sq m facility replaces another facility in the same location and has 20 loading and unloading bays and the latest RF technology and warehouse management systems. It will operate as a cross-dock facility for the transport and distribution of part and full loads throughout the Iberian Peninsula and beyond.
Danny Clayton will join Jerry Gray as joint managing directors of Allport Cargo Services from 2 April. He has worked for the group for the past 30 years, developing the Supply Chain Management Division into what Allport says is the largest team of retail-dedicated supply chain professionals.
Rolls-Royce has awarded a five-year contract to logistics
specialist Wincanton to manage the storage and distribution of its generating sets destined for UK armed forces. It will store the Rolls- Royce generators at its shared user facility in Middleton, Greater Manchester, before packing and despatching them across the globe.
Lead sponsors include NEC Birmingham • 23-25 April 2013 Visit FBJ on stand 906
www.multimodal.org.uk/fbj
The Logistics Institute at Hull University Business School is offering logistics and supply chain managers a flexible three-module programme course to help them to get to grips with the subject. The first one day module is an introduction for those relatively new to the profession – or a refresher for old hands – followed by a two- day ‘tool box’ in effective logistics management and concluding with a two day supply chain development strategy module. The courses run concurrently over one week. The course can be taken as either three stand-alone elements or over a single complete week.
http://www2.hull.ac.uk/hubs/logistics.aspx
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36