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The CKYHE shipping alliance - COSCON, “K”Line, Yang Ming, Hanjin and Evergreen Line - is reorganizing its Asia-Europe service but will remain faithful to the port of Felixstowe. It will be the sole UK call for four of the North Europe services, which will be operated by fleets of ten or 11 ships of 13,000 or 14,000teu.
MSC is introducing a new Australia Express link to Northern Europe. A fleet of 12 4,800teu vessels will operate between Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore, Chennai, Colombo, King Abdullah Port (Saudi Arabia) to Gioia Tauro and Valencia, with weekly connections to and from the UK and Ireland. MSC has also restructured its ISE service from the Indian Subcontinent to North Europe, to improve transit times. It calls at Colombo, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Salalah and, in the UK, Felixstowe.
Following a hearing in London on 5 February, MyFerryLink has won permission to take its fight against the Competition and Markets Authority’s ban on Eurotunnel Group operating ferry services to the appeal Court. MyFerryLink will try to overturn the earlier decision of the Competition Appeal Tribunal on 9 January. A hearing was likely to take place in London before 13 March. In January, Groupe Eurotunnel announced that it would put the operation up for sale.
Brittany Ferries is to charter a ferry from DFDS to boost capacity and frequency on its Portsmouth to Le Havre and Portsmouth to Bilbao routes. Currently named the Sirena Seaways – she will be renamed once she enters service with Brittany Ferries – the vessel has space for 84 trucks, as well as 160 cars. She is fitted with exhaust scrubbers to comply with the new emission control area.
Construction is complete on a new distribution terminal for builders’ merchants Travis Perkins at Associated British Ports Cardiff. Representing a £5m investment from ABP, the seven acre site will supply over 100 Travis Perkins’ outlets across South Wales.
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Transport and logistics insurer, the TT Club, has appointed Justin Reynolds as regional claims director, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based in London, he has over 20 years’ dispute resolution experience. Prior to joining the TT Club, he was a partner at international law firm Holman Fenwick Willan.
US-owned forwarder BDP International has received TRACE certification for its commitment to transparency in international commercial transactions and pre-vetting it for multinational companies seeking ethical business partners.
International logistics service provider Logwin is now sole owner of Logwin Air + Ocean Chile, having acquired all the shares of the previous minority shareholders. Previous minority shareholder, Eduardo Vergara, will stay with the company as managing director. Services include intercontinental air and FCL and LCL sea transport (FCL/LCL) from and to Europe and Asia, transport and logistics services in South America and complex intercontinental project logistics.
SDV has opened its new building in Dubai. It is located in the free zone of Dubai International Airport and will serve customers in the aerospace, luxury, cosmetics and telecommunications industry.
Trade and supply chain management solution company AEB (International) is offering a free webinar programme to help participants to improve their operational and regulatory efficiency. The programme includes three webinars on Transport and Freight Management on 10 March and 9 June, from 10am to 11am For further details see:
www.aeb.com/uk/media/online-demo- schedule.php
Newhaven Port Authority (NPP) has applied for planning permission to create a new berth and associated development area by expanding its existing East Quay area. In its application, NPP says it is “desperately short of quayside.” A significant length of the East Quay cannot be used as it has to be clear to allow ferries to access the ferry berth; the southern end of the East Quay will be dedicated to mooring of wind farm crew transfer vessels. This leaves NPP with essentially only one short berth area to handle all other cargo and marine traffic.
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Sea Newhaven unveils expansion scheme It adds that the existing East Quay is also very
old and was not built to take heavier weights of cargo. It cannot be dredged any deeper due to the old infrastructure and so limits the size of vessels handled. The North Quay is not an option for expansion either as the previous owners leased it on 999 year terms, effectively sterilising it from any NPP plans. In addition, it is extremely limited in depth and width. If the port is to attract new business and create
jobs it will need to build new quayside and the chosen area is, it says, “the most obvious choice;
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essentially refurbishing an existing derelict area of the port.” But the plans have sparked opposition by
local surfers, who say that the scheme will affect one of the best beaches for waves in the area. Nearly 1,600 people have signed a petition calling for the surf break to be recognised and protected. In December 2008 Newhaven Town Council applied to East Sussex County Council to register the beach as a village green. This was overturned by the Supreme Court in late February.
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