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Issue 4 2015 - Freight Business Journal


London Gateway Logistics Centre to open in May


DP World’s London Gateway Logistics Centre will be ready to move into in May, implementation


director


Graeme Clarke told an audience at the Multimodal show in Birmingham on Tuesday 28 April. The multi-purpose specialist


cargo handling centre will be available 24 hours a day, 364 days a year and will be available to clients on a pay as you go basis. It will be operated by specialist company Import Services, described by its client


services director, Mike Thomas as “a niche port-based logistics company, adept at high-volume order processing” that had invested heavily in systems. The Logistics Centre will have


space for 15,000 pallet positions in an 180,000sq ſt building which, as well as logistics operations, will also be able to cross-dock container traffic. It will be fully bonded. The Logistics Centre is not


the only ongoing development at London Gateway, said Clarke. A joint venture with specialist


property developer Prologis will deliver a 316,000sq ſt speculative development, due for completion in September. Another site is under


development in the west of the London Gateway site and there will also be a ‘Campus’ development, aimed at companies needing access to modern logistics buildings under flexible terms. Construction of the five buildings is substantially underway, says Clarke, who added that three of the buildings were under offer.


Food giant to be first Port Salford tenant


General Mills UK & Ireland – best known for brands such as Old El Paso, Green Giant, Betty Crocker and Nature Valley - is to be the first tenant of Peel Ports’ new Port Salford distribution hub on the Manchester Ship Canal. The 280,000sq ſt site on the Manchester Ship canal - which will be run by food and drink logistics expert Culina Group - will act as a central hub for General Mills’ ambient brands


supply


arriving by short sea from Europe. General Mills UK & Ireland chain


director, Dave


Howorth said Port Salford would improve his company’s supply chain and give the opportunities to move freight by rail. Howorth said the move - set


for April 2016 - would allow more efficient multi-supplier consolidated deliveries to large retail customers and the


facility would also have built-for- purpose “close to demand” co- packing capabilities, Culina chief executive,


Thomas Van Mourik, added: “Port Salford is a fantastic strategic development for Culina Group and the strength of the proposition is underscored by the fact that such an important customer is fully committed to the project, even at this very early stage.”


Peel’s 200 million mile march


Peel Ports has launched a Cargo200 initiative to get the freight industry to cut 200 million miles out of the UK supply chain by 2020, as it gears up for the opening of the new Liverpool2 container terminal in December. The owner and operator of the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal also wants to recruit 200 cargo owners, importers and exporters to support its campaign. At a launch seminar at the


Multimodal show on 30 April, group commercial director Patrick Walters said that with


Liverpool2’s ability to handle much larger container ships than was hitherto possible, Peel had identified


cargo owners


that could benefit from the new port’s redrawing of the UK logistics map. Already, a number of leading


companies had signed up to Cargo200, who had said: “If you bring the ships, we’ll bring the cargo,” explained Walters. The initial list includes retailer B&M, JCB and food producer General Mills (which is also the launch tenant for Peel Ports’ Port Salford scheme on the Manchester Ship


Canal.) In an interview with FBJ,


Walters said: “We are trying to put together a critical mass of cargo owners, get everyone to recognised the opportunity and steer shipowners away from thinking that Liverpool2 is a risk.” The region is comparatively with


flush large warehouse


developments along the M62 corridor and elsewhere, said Peel’s development director Matthew


Fitton, and


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Freight forwarding forum – it’s official


The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) officially launched its Freight Forwarding Forum at the Multimodal show on 30 April. The new organisation aims to raise the profile and professionalism of the industry, as well as the all-important task of engaging younger people in an oſten misunderstood and neglected industry. As reported in the last issue of


Freight Business Journal, CILT – the main professional body for individuals involved in transport and logistics – wants to breathe new life into its activities for the forwarding sector, which had become somewhat moribund. Speaking at the event, CILT executive


chief Steve Agg


said: “It’s great that a group of individuals care enough about this industry to do something about it. Our forwarding forum did go to sleep for a while and it’s great to see it revived.” The forum would be vital in


the contest that all companies were involved in to attract the top talent, though he added that the international supply chain was arguably one of the most appealing aspects of the logistics industry He later told Freight Business


Journal that if forwarders wanted specific qualifications geared to the industry, the CILT would be happy to consider them. He also stressed that there was no conflict between the CILT forum, which was a


professional organisation for individual development, and the British International Freight Association, which is a trade body. Agg added: “I have recently talked to BIFA director general Robert Keen, and he was very supportive.” He pointed out also that CILT already works with a number of other trade associations bodies including the Institute of Couriers, the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association. l CILT chief executive Steve Agg is to retire at the end of December, aſter nearly ten years in the post. The process to choose a successor is underway and the Institute is hoping to announce an appointment by the autumn.


Patent to give airship firm liſt-off


US-based Worldwide Aeros Corporation has been granted a patent for its flight system for a constant volume variable buoyancy air vehicle, with onboard


control-of-static-


heaviness (COSH) management. The company describes it as “game-changing


advancement


in the field of aviation. COSH technology overcomes a historical limitation of airships regarding their need for external ballast, and now permits the aircraſt type to engage in missions including long-range, heavy-liſt cargo transport.” Aero chief executive and


COSH inventor, Igor Pasternak, explained: “Large capacity


airships have long been a dream for cargo logistics flexibility, but impracticable, because if you off-loaded 100 tons your helium filled aircraſt will float away if not first loaded with 100 tons of ballast at your pre-determined destination.” This is why


airships have never become major cargo carriers, he said. The patent will permit Aeros


and its partners to develop true


vertical take-off and


landing airships that do not need external ballast or ground infrastructure.


Southampton motors on Peel


itself had large sites of its own available.


Associated British Ports is investing over £12m in its vehicle handling facilities in Southampton to create more than 5,700 new vehicle storage spaces. These include a five


storey facility in the Eastern Docks capable of handling 3,200 vehicles and a dedicated inspection area. Work is due to start in May and be completed in March 2016.


In the Western Docks, more than £3m is being invested in creating a 12-acre open air car handling facility with 2,500 spaces for import cars.


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