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Issue 4 2014 - Freight Business Journal


New deal helps Humber firm win business from the South


Humberside-based Neill & Brown Global Logistics has signed an exclusive agreement with northern Germany’s Nellen & Quack The Green Line for the UK and Ireland. The agreement consolidates


traffic from Gronau-based The Green Line, bringing it through the Humber and diverting it from other ports including Felixstowe and


significantly


increasing the amount of Germany-bound UK traffic through Hull, says Neill & Brown. The


two independent


companies have had a working relationship since early 2012 but the agreement will streamline the Germany/UK service. Neill & Brown’s managing director, Colin Moody described


it as


“a reflection of the excellent relationship that has developed


between the two well- established companies.” Neill & Brown’s director of


logistics Carl Andrew said that The Green Line chose to work solely with Neill & Brown on its UK business due to a combination of the good levels of service and the strategic central UK location of the Humber Ports and the M62 corridor. He added: “We have dedicated vehicles and drivers working for The Green Line which means that we provide a solid and expert service.


Since the exclusivity


agreement, shipments we receive from Germany have increased significantly in comparison to 2013, with March seeing a 600% increase and April 500%.” Products being shipped on trailers between the two


countries on the daily service include textiles, chemicals, non- hazardous and general goods, either as full loads or groupage. The Green Line’s managing


director, Uwe Brehm, commented: “Traffic to and from the UK has been our strongest for many decades. We are very proud of the partnership with Neill & Brown. I am convinced that our customers in the whole of


northern Germany will


benefit from their reliable and knowledgeable service.” Neill & Brown recently added new international partners


in


Greece, Holland, Turkey and Japan. It now offers 200,000 sq ſt of warehouse space and employs 107 staff, mainly at its Livingstone Road headquarters. It has also started developing a new £2.5m facility at Marfleet


Sheffield launches Logistics Hub group


Sheffield City Region launched its new Logistics Hub UK group on 29 April at the Multimodal show at the NEC. It is a partnership of private-sector


companies and


the public sector to promote the region’s capabilities in logistics, distribution


and warehousing


sector in Doncaster and the Sheffield region. The initiative is sponsored by


Verdion, Gazeley, Peel Land and Property, Harworth Estates. Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield,


Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership, Business Doncaster, Doncaster Chamber of Commerce and Doncaster College. The group’s new website -www.


logisticshubuk.com- showcases the availability of sites, workforce demographics


in the Sheffield


City Region, while promoting the area’s connectivity and multi- modal capabilities. Steve Gill, chair of the Logistics Hub UK and managing director


of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, describes it as “the shop window for anyone who is in the logistics industry or looking for sites for


distribution operations. It


makes businesses aware of the competitive advantages of the region as the place to invest. Our mission is to establish Doncaster and the Sheffield City Region as the North of England’s leading multi-modal logistics hub, and to create a vibrant, successful logistics sector.”


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NEWS ROUNDUP RAIL & ROAD


AV Dawson is investing £6m in a rail-served steel distribution centre at Middlesbrough to cater for growth in the North-east’s automotive sector. Dawson’s new automotive shed will be its biggest yet at nearly 300m long and 36m wide and will be capable of providing storage for up to 32,000 tonnes of steel coils. It will have an innovative air handling dehumidification system with heat and power provided from renewable sources. There will be a direct rail connection from nearby Middlesbrough Goods Yard. The shed is expected to be ready by September this year.


Managing director Colin Moody, left, with Carl Andrew, director of logistics at Neill & Brown’s Livingstone Road headquarters.


Environmental Technologies Park


with assistance from


the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership’s Growing the Humber fund.


Welsh freight report


published


The Welsh Government’s Freight Task and Finish Group has published its report on the future of the sector; Edwina Hart, Minister for Economy, Science and Transport at Welsh Government, said that she will accept its recommendations. These include developing


intermodal freight networks, improving key trunk routes such as the A55 Expressway to Holyhead and the ‘import road’ linking the Holyhead port area with the A55. The Welsh Government should also take into account the potential for intermodal freight networks when developing land use plans and the potential for freight before disposing of port land. The Welsh Government


added that it would support reintroduction of lo lo container services at Holyhead- discontinued in the 1980s when Sealink axed its Holyhead Ireland link – although it recognises that Liverpool now has a dominant share of this traffic. The


Rail Freight Group


welcomed the publication of the report on 13 May, pointing out that many of the 24 recommendations support increasing use of rail, and multi-modal transport, and will help to inform the Welsh Government’s National Transport Plan for Wales, due for publication in March 2015.


DHL Freight has expanded its Eurapid service with 11 new terminals joining the network at the beginning of May. There are new stations at Coalville in the UK (in addition to the existing UK station in London), Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Switzerland and two new stations in Germany – Worms and Renningen. The day-definite service for less-than-truckload shipments up to 2.5 tons is now available at 41 terminals and covers 75% of all business addresses in Europe. Nine more stations, including Manchester, are due to join the network by the end of the year.


Freightliner says it will launch new daily services from London Gateway following the recent announcements by Hapag Lloyd and Hamburg Sud to start regular calls calls at the new port from May 2014. Services will run to Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow.


Allport Cargo Services is offering a multimodal trailer-train service between Turkey and the UK, via Germany. Working with its partners Ulusoy, it has fixed day departures and can carry reefers, hanging garments and double-deck units between Istanbul and Cologne from where a fleet of dedicated lorries move trailers or containers to and from the UK in under 12 hours.


The European Commission has launched a consultation on combined transport and possible amendment of the current directive 92/106. It will last until 15 August.


Quality Freight UK has invested almost £300,000 in a new Fuchs MHL 360E crane at its Ellesmere Port rail head. The terminal, which was reopened in 2011 in conjunction with Peel Ports, currently handles more than 200,000 tonnes a year.


An IRU delegation briefed over 30 Chinese Customs officials and experts from 12 regions of the country on the practical aspects of implementing the TIR System in their country in mid-May. It follows official notifications from the Chinese government that it would soon join the TIR Convention.


The Freight Transport Association has published the 19th annual edition of its European Road Transport Guide with essential information for UK-based road transport operators covering 58 countries in the EU and beyond.


INTERNATIONAL TRADE & CUSTOMS


The EU and China signed a mutual recognition agreement at the Joint Customs Cooperation Committee on 16 May, extending the the concept of Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs) to that trade. Both sides committed to recognising each other’s certified safe traders, allowing them to benefit from faster controls and reduced administration for customs clearance, while allowing customs to focus resources on real risk areas.


Bahrain has become the 74th country to implement the ATA Carnet system that allows for the temporary duty and tax-free export or import goods for up to a year.


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