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Issue 1 2015 - Freight Business Journal


///FREIGHT BREAK When Newport led the world


She may have had a payload of only 200 tons, but that was enough to make the ‘Newport Ship’ the Emma Maersk of her day. Discovered miraculously preserved in the riverbed near Associated British Ports’ Port of Newport in 2002, the vessel is the most complete surviving example of a ship from the 15th Century, and proof that the South Wales port was handling some of the biggest ships afloat. Now ABP is backing the appeal to raise


awareness and funds for the care of the best preserved ship of its period ever found. The landmark project aims to house the architectural gem in a purpose-built museum for future generations to enjoy.


Phil Cox, chairman of The Friends of Newport


Ship,says an ambitious target of raising £100,000 has been set, adding: “ABP’s new connection to The Friends of Newport Ship is the first formal corporate sponsorship that we have achieved, and we hope that it will encourage other organisations to come forward.”


Have you got the stomach for it? Fully automatic


Well, it’s one way of tackling the driver shortage. Following its experiments with pilotless flying drones, DHL has published a new report on their land-based counterparts, Self-Driving Vehicles in Logistics. DHL considers that it is in a


prime position to innovate in this area. Self-driving forkliſt trucks and the like are nothing new in warehouses, but vehicles of the future might include yard, port and airport operations, assisted highway trucking and ‘convoying’ and last-mile delivery. The report covers best-


practice applications from different industries and concrete use cases of self-driving vehicles across the entire logistics value chain. Director of DHL trend research, Dr Markus Kückelhaus sees moving onto public roads as the next evolutionary step. With its history in deploying self- driving solutions in controlled environments like warehouses,


the logistics industry is in a prime position to further shape the future of self-driving vehicles, he believes. Contrary to what some people


might think, self-driving vehicles could actually improve road safety, as well as offer better fuel efficiency and emissions, the report argues. However, the report warns that autonomous technologies still have some way to go before reaching full maturity and regulations, public acceptance and issues of liability all have to be brought in line.


On public highways and


streets, self driving would in the near future really mean enhancements


to existing


driver-assistance functions but autonomous driving could be used at a later stage in specific situations such as on congested highways. Further into the future,


there could be fully


autonomous truck convoys on highways. Just so long no one hacks into


the computer and a hundred of the things don’t all turn up at your door at once.


If it was called coeur, foie et poumons de brebis hachée avec l’oignon et épices, foodies would be queuing up to eat small spoonfuls of it spread on little triangles of toast at five-star Michelin restaurants at £20 a pop. Whiles yours truly is very partial to a spot of haggis now and again (spreading it very thickly over brown bread is my preference) it has always had a bit of an image problem. Coming as it does from the land of the (alleged) deep- fried Mars Bar, perhaps it’s just guilt by association. Or squeamishness over things like stomachs and intestines, if they’re not ‘mechanically recoved’ by high-pressure


of in plant pots or out of windows by squeamish house guests – now has an all-year market throughout the UK. Nagel Langdons has signed


an agreement with Macsween of Edinburgh to expand an existing storage and


water jets and safely mashed up


ground south of the border, says food logistics specialist Nagel Langdons. The UK arm of


into an anonymous


MacBurger or whatever. Still, haggis is gaining


distribution service to include contract freezing, tempering and case picking. That will allow the 60-year old family owned business founded by James


and Jo Macsween’s the pan-European Nagel


Group says that what was once an occasional meal most commonly eaten on Burns Night – or at any rate dished up onto plates and then disposed


grandfather to concentrate on cooking up Scotland’s national dish from their purpose built production kitchen. By the way, has any reader


ever tried to deep-fry a Mars Bar? Does it actually work?


Bringing civilisation to the Brits


IAG Cargo is helping to bring one of the world’s least-understood cultures to a wider audience. The carrier’s Secure service for highly valuable or delicate goods has been charged with bringing nine irreplaceable artefacts from Australia’s indigenous communities to the British Museum in London for an exhibition.


Indigenous Australia runs from 23 April to 2


August and will include over 170 objects from art and everyday life that reflect the 250-plus different cultures of Australia and the Torres Strait. The museum’s director Neil MacGregor paid


tribute to IAG Cargo for helping to support the event.


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