MULTIMODAL REVIEW\\\


DP World’s new London Gateway will have a shipping line by the fourth quarter of the year, it will handle a variety of vessel sizes and it will help shippers reduce


their carbon footprint, chief executive officer, Simon Moore told Freight Business Journal in an interview at the Multimodal event. A firm contract has been


signed with an as yet un-named shipping operator, he said. At the time of speaking, the


port was taking delivery of the final two of the five cranes it


Sky’s the limit for Multimodal 2014


Following a record-breaking attendance of over 6,000 visitors to this year’s show, the Freight Business Journal team will be producing next year’s official guide for the Multimodal show, the UK’s premier event for the industry. The show’s organisers are also


promising a dedicated Air Cargo Pavilion at next year’s event in 2014. It will provide “a long overdue shop- window for airlines, airports and GSAs to promote themselves to British and Irish shippers and 3PLs”. Attendance this year was 18%


up on 2012, said the organisers. Cargo owners, manufacturers, and retailers visited over 230 stands and took part in seminars and workshops held in conjunction


with the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) and the Freight Transport Association (FTA) as the event celebrated its sixth year. Over 40 expert speakers covered subjects ranging from portcentric solutions, to declaration of container weights, financing the supply chain, and modal shiſt. Next year will see additional sessions, also backed by the FTA and CILT, as well as an air freight stream to complement the new pavilion. Multimodal director Robert


Jervis added: “Multimodal was a huge success, and bookings for 2014 were also exceptionally brisk, with many companies re-booking space for next year, as well as


several new exhibitors signing up.” Shippers attending Multimodal 2012 included Balfour Beatty, Cadbury, Ford, Homebase, Kelloggs, Lidl, Tesco, Coca-Cola, Shop Direct, Marks & Spencer, Matalan, Nestle, Paperchase, Tarmac, Tate and Lyle, and United Biscuits. Coyne Airways is the first


exhibitor to commit to next year’s new air freight pavilion,


CEO


Larry Coyne predicted it would be “a great opportunity for the air freight community to meet and to showcase services.” Multimodal 2014, will take


place on 29 April to 1 May in halls six, seven, and eight at the Birmingham NEC.


PD Ports sings the logical song


needs to open the first phase of its operation. With London enjoying state-of-


the-art port facilities for the first time in a generation, shippers will save around £60-100 a box compared with the alternatives, he says, and the new terminal will be more weather-resilient, he adds. “With the internet leading to a massive change in the way consumers buy goods, we need to re-engineer the UK’s supply chain,” he said. London Gateway has


also


signed some deals for the adjacent logistics park and the first warehouse will open in early 2014, Moore added. In fact, the common user facility – which opens in Spring 2014 – is already oversubscribed, he says and plans for a second are under discussion. This could be a temperature-controlled facility, DP World’s cargo supply chain commercial director Peter Ward


Issue 4 2013


17 We’ll be ready, says London Gateway chief


told a later seminar. DB Schenker has already


pledged to operate services to selected inland terminals from London Gateway from opening and the port is committed to moving 40% of inland boxes by train. There could even be some short distance shuttle services to the London area, Moore said. DB Schenker Rail’s managing


director for logistics, Dr Carsten Hinne, told FBJ that he wanted to set up operations at London Gateway in order to be able to “get in at the ground floor” at the new port. Train paths at Felixstowe are very constrained, he added – not so much the terminal, which is being expanded, but the branch line from Felixstowe to Ipswich which is single track in places. Hinne admitted that


capacity could not be added as time went on. DB Schenker is modifying 72 60ſt container wagons for freight services to and from London Gateway to reduce their deck height to one metre and allow high- cube boxes to be carried. Hinne though is much in favour of gauge-enhancement across the UK rail network. DB Schenker itself has seen a 25% upliſt in traffic since the gauge-cleared route from Southampton to the North was created. On its intermodal intra-


there 170 x 130 FBJ Advert May 2013:Layout 1 13/05/2013 13:57 Page 1


were rail capacity constraints on the route from London Gateway too, but there was no reason why


European routes, DB Schenker has just stepped up its Italy/UK rail service to six days a week. An increase in frequency from twice-weekly to daily on the Poland London route via the High Speed 1 route is also still in the plan, although the state of the economy means that the hoped for 2015 date may have to be put back slightly.


GROUP


It takes more than a port to make a sea change.


n We ship to the heart of the UK via Manchester Ship Canal n We add value at every step of the supply chain - from ship to door


n We’re creating innovative logistics hubs to better connect major markets in the North of the UK and Ireland


n We’re developing Liverpool2 which will transform the furure of UK container logistics


Taylors of Harrogate. The launch includes the ‘Project P’ campaign, which will champion the cause of portcentric logistics and help explain the benefits to business and the wider community, or ‘making logistics logical’ as PD Ports puts it. Other port centric clients, said


business development manager, John Gibson, include Portuguese trader and food importer Uniton, Formica – which has a North- east manufacturing base – and Huntsman Chemicals. “In total, we have got about 3.5 to


4 million square feet of port centric logistics and it has generated


around £200 million of inward investment for Tees,” says Gibson. “That’s a big number for any region but especially for this one.” The Portcentric Logistics concept works well


for many


cargoes, Gibson continues, “but we’re not afraid to tell clients when it doesn’t.” Factors that can favour it can be having a DC in or close to the port. It also works well for containerised cargoes that need reconfiguring before being transported onwards from the port either because they are too heavy for road or, paradoxically if they are very light and need reloading into higher-cube road vehicles.


PD Ports has now invested £18 million in new handling equipment and terminal operating system for the container terminal at Teesport, taking capacity to 550,000teu a year. There are long-term plans for a further box terminal,


originally drawn up


at the height of the economic boom. In many respects, PD Ports is relieved that it didn’t go ahead with building the scheme, says Gibson, not least because the pattern of container shipping is fast changing, with quite sizeable vessels being cascaded off other routes onto feeder and short-sea operations.


Peel Ports. More than ports.


Tel: +44 (0)151 949 6110 Email: liverpool@peelports.co.uk www.peelports.co.uk


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  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40