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Cattle shipments restart


Dover Harbour Board (DHB) has confirmed that it will in future handle shipments of live cattle instead of Ramsgate, following berthing trials and modifications to the sole ship used in the trade, the MV Joline. Vessel operator, Dutch- owned Barco de Vapor has been given permission to commence a service from the Port’s Eastern Docks ro-ro berths within specified weather limitations. The first service took place on 2 May. The cattle trade is controversial


and shipments from Ramsgate attracted frequent protests from animal rights protesters, some of whom were in evidence at Dover on the first day of sailings from there. However, DHB points out that it has little leeway in the matter, as the High Court has previously ruled that it must


facilitate the


trade. In a statement it said: “Dover Harbour Board is duty bound to facilitate this legal trade, something that the High Court has made clear to ports, and DHB in particular. Any change to the legality of this trade is


something only the politicians can address by changing the law.” It points out that the shorter


crossing time from Dover to Calais compared with Ramsgate should improve the welfare of the animals being transported to Continental farms and abattoirs. With the main ferry companies


refusing to handle cattle, the MV Joline is the sole link to the Continent for such shipments. The vessel, a converted Russian river ferry, has space for a maximum of seven trailers and even with the shorter crossing time from Dover, is expected to take three hours to reach Calais, compared with around 1½ hours for the regular ferry services. Animals will not be held in the


port prior to shipment; the trailers will be driven straight onto the ferries in order to make the journey as short and efficient as possible. Shipments will be supervised by the Government’s Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA).


DHL extends China rail options


DHL Global Forwarding has extended its Asia to Europe rail service to two routes – daily from Shanghai via the trans-Siberian route and a weekly departure from Chengdu via China’s West Corridor rail line. Door-to-door times can be up to 21 days quicker than ocean freight, says DHL. Most overland transport from


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Dover chief executive Bob Goldfield will stand down from 31 May aſter 11 years at the helm of the UK and Europe’s busiest ro ro port. Chief operating officer, Tim Waggott, will be appointed acting CEO. Goldfield has presided over what he described as


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an “exciting, demanding and challenging” period in the port’s history, including an at times controversial privatisation plan, currently on hold. He has also overseen a major expansion of the port’s operational area including enlargement of jetties for the new generation of P&O


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up of plans for a ‘Terminal 2’ extension in the Western Docks area of the port, which has also been put on ice but remains in the port’s master plan. Dover Harbour Board


chairman, George Jenkins said: “Bob


Goldfield has devoted


himself to this role, has delivered significant


change and led


the organisation into a more commercial, resilient and successful port operation”. Mr Goldfield will carry out


other duties for DHB in advance of his September departure. (Ro ro report page 32)


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