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Issue 6 2015 - Freight Business Journal


Blue sky thinking in Liverpool


Chair of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee, Louise Ellman MP visited the Port of Liverpool on 7 August to inspect progress at the £100m biomass terminal project. She met with senior representatives from Peel Ports and Drax Group on a tour of the new biomass terminal which will soon support the EU’s largest decarbonisation project at Drax Power Station. The first phase of the new terminal will


open in October when four trains a day begin carrying wood pellets, shipped into Liverpool from North America, to Drax in Yorkshire. Up to ten train loads of pellets will travel to the power station every day in custom-made biomass rail wagons once the terminal is fully completed in 2016.


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Speakers lined up for Cool Logistics


Food and agriculture supply chain analyst at Rabobank, Paul Bosch, and Steve Wiggins from the UK- based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) will be among the speakers at the seventh Cool Logistics Global Conference in Bruges, on 29 September – 1 October. Mr Bosch will provide a unique


perspective on the global food economy, covering a range of issues such as weather patterns, demographic shiſts and trade barriers. As one of the authors of a recent


ODI report on the rising cost of a healthy diet,


Steve Wiggins


has reviewed the increasing discrepancy between fresh produce and processed food prices in key emerging markets, including Brazil, Mexico, Korea and China. The report suggests a tax on


‘less healthy foods’ in combination with subsidies for fruit and vegetables implying that this may halt the effects of the looming world obesity crisis. “These are vital


factors for helping global food production


as well as the combined transport and logistics sector to revisit and improve the deployment of capacity and technology along the perishable supply chain,” says Cool Logistics managing director, Alex von Stempel. Other speakers lined up include


Chayenne Wiskerke, managing director of JWK Wiskerke Onions, Netherland’s premier onion exporter and Alexis Michel, group logistics and reefer senior vice president of CMA CGM. http://coollogisticsresources.


com/global/


FIATA announces Young Forwarder finalists


DHL Road taps into single Asian market


DHL Global Forwarding has rolled out an integrated road freight network linking five key Asian cities - Singapore, Penang, Bangkok, Hanoi and Shenzhen. Delivered under DHL AsiaConnect’s Less-than- Truckload (LTL) banner, it offers daily departures and a consistent level of service. DHL AsiaConnect was launched in 2011 connecting Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand and now links to the existing Vietnam-China connection.


Typical transit times include


one day from Singapore to Penang or five days from Shenzhen to Bangkok. The latter compares with 13 days by sea and is only one day slower than by air while costing significantly less, says DHL. The road freight network


features GPS-equipped trucks for safety and tracking and are armed with anti-hijacking tools. They are constantly in touch with DHL’s Command Center, should the need arise.


DHL is introducing the service


at a time when China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative is taking shape and expected to strengthen cross- border economic ties in markets between Europe and Asia. The land-based Silk Road Economic Belt aims to enhance trade links across the markets between Europe and Asia. At the same time, the ASEAN


Economic Community single market is due to be established by the end of this year.


Unsworth honoured for training efforts


Unsworth Global Logistics (UGL) has won the runner-up prize in the Federation of Small Businesses award for Training and Development in London.


The certificate was presented to Directors Charles and Richard Hogg of UGL by sponsors SOS Digital Communications in recognition of the work the


company has done in developing and continually investing in unique training and development opportunities from which employees at all levels can benefit.


Four regional finalists have been selected for the Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award, FIATA’s training and development award, sponsored by insurers, the TT Club. They are: Mrs Jennifer Taylor,


England, Europe region; Mrs Daniella Smal, Zambia, Africa/ Middle East; Mr Kaya Karakaya, Canada, Americas; and Mr Madi Kassebekov, Kazakhstan, Asia/


Pacific. The entries this year were


of a particularly high standard and displayed a wide range of dissertation topics. The work of the entrants admirably demonstrated the complexity of processes carried out within the global supply chain and the logistics skills required to serve it. The diverse subjects covered by the dissertations of this year’s entrants included


the transport of Liquid Argon, Copper Cathodes, High Fashion Garments and Air Separation Plant. The regional finalists were


due to travel to this year’s FIATA’s World Conference in Taipei, Taiwan on 8-13 September to present their dissertations to the judging panel, from which the International Award winner will be selected and presented with the award during the conference.


FedEx shows its hand in TNT takeover


FedEx has made an offer for takeover target TNT Express of €8.00 per ordinary share, which the


latter’s board has


recommended to shareholders. The two companies add that TNT’s Central Works Council and the European Works Council are both positive about the move. PostNL, which currently holds 14.7% of TNT Express shares, says it will also tender its shares under


the offer. Earlier, the European


Commission said on 31 July that it had started a Phase II review of FedEx’s intended public offer to buy TNT Express. It says that this is the next step in its analysis before coming to a decision. The transaction is also being reviewed by other antitrust agencies, including the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) in China


and Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE) in Brazil. Subject to the necessary approvals, closing of the offer is anticipated in the first half of 2016.


TNT Express also revealed


that chief executive Tex Gunning would quit if the launch is successful and will be replaced by FedEx’s regional president for Europe, David Binks.


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