NEWS\\\ News Roundup
German container shipping line Hapag Lloyd has developed new soſtware to help reduce incorrect declarations discovered before transportation, which topped 2,600 cases last year. The line’s dangerous goods experts investigated over 162,000 suspicious cases which were recorded by new ‘watchdog’ soſtware which continuously examines cargo data for anything suspicious It has a database of more than 6,000 keywords that is constantly being added to and refined.
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Containerships is promising a number of service enhancements in its latest sailing schedule including improved frequency from Helsinki to the UK, more capacity from Riga to the UK and new direct services connecting Teesport with Aarhus. There is also better frequency and lead time from the southern UK to the Baltics, Finland and Russia. Containerships also said it would withdraw its winter surcharge to and from Russian ports early – from 15 April.
Hansa Heavy Liſt has appointed chief commercial officer and one of its three group managing directors, Joerg Roehl to manage its business in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. He has been with the company since its foundation in 2011, and is now based in Singapore, the company’s headquarters for APAC.
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has opened its third Vehicle Processing Center (VPC) in China, in the Dongjiang free trade zone of Tianjin. The port is the second largest vehicle import and export port and an important gateway to Beijing and Northern China.
Bradford-based Advanced Supply Chain has launched a Container Logistics service, which it is forecasting will handle 40 loads per week. It will use Advanced Supply Chain’s existing fleet of vehicles.
Alistair Eagles will be appointed chief executive of Clipper Group’s Irish Sea unaccompanied freight ro ro line, Seatruck Ferries from 7 May. At the same time, Ole Frie will step down from his position as Seatruck chairman and Kristian Morch will become the new board chairman. Alistair Eagles was part of the original team that founded Seatruck in 1996. He has been commercial director and since 2009 managing director Irish Sea for Seatruck.
Portland, US container terminal operator ICTSI Oregon has reacted with dismay to Hapag-Lloyd’s decision to cease its direct MPS service. Coupled with Hanjin’s recent announcement to leave Portland and discontinue its Asia service, Hapag-Lloyd’s departure will adversely affect regional businesses, it said. However, it added that it would f seek new direct container service to Asia and Europe. But for the terminal to be successful, it said the ILWU union must signal to potential container shipping lines that its almost three-year campaign of work stoppages and slowdowns has come to an end.
Container shipping line CMA CGM Group signed a 30-year concession agreement to operate Kingston Container Terminal with the Port Authority of Jamaica on 7 April. The terminal will increase its annual capacity to 3.6m teu a year and will be equipped with 14 gantry cranes, making it one of the top five Caribbean ports. It also expects to benefit from the widened Panama Canal, due to open in 2016.
Shipping line CMA CGM has launched its first mobile application giving real time data collecting on container position and upcoming vessel departures and other services. Future functions will include an “Eco calculator” giving clients the exact carbon footprint their container produces. The application is available on the App Store and Google Play in English, French, Spanish, German and Chinese. In February, CMA CGM announced its investment in container geolocation company Traxens. Seniorvice president, group IT systems, Elie Zeenny, said: “The Launching of this mobile application is only the beginning of a vast technological innovation program by CMA CGM.”
Issue 3 2015 - Freight Business Journal
In the twelve months since it commenced operations, Cronus Logistics has become one of the fastest growing door-to-door logistics and shipping companies on the Irish Sea with a multi-million pound turnover and a rapidly expanding client base. “It’s been a truly remarkable year”, says managing director Nicola
Walker. “Aſter just 12 months of trading, our sales growth demonstrates that we offer an effective and sustainable transport solution across the Irish Sea. With a small team of employees, it is testament to their dedication and hard work alongside the operational support of our port partners that we have been able to breathe new life into this Ireland-UK route.” Operating through The Bristol Port Company and Warrenpoint
Harbour Authority, Cronus has a dedicated logistics service across the Irish Sea to connect Ireland with southern and central parts of the UK.
Cronus Logistics celebrates successful first year
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The company operates two 4,000-ton general cargo ships on four weekly crossings, predominantly for 45ſt curtain-sided containers but with additional capacity for containers and reefer boxes as well as out of gauge cargoes. “Our objective throughout has been to provide a unique logistics
alternative for the Irish market. With volatile fuel costs, ever-increasing toll charges, stringent emissions regulations and the inevitable road congestion, this new service has proven itself in delivering a reliable and cost effective alternative to this established trade route,” says Walker. “Our first full year of operation has been beyond expectation and is a
major step forward in Irish Sea logistics and service levels. “The next 12 months will be even more important to Cronus Logistics as well as our partners who have made this past year so memorable..”
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