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A new K Line ro ro service from Japan will bring the largest vessels of their kind to Teesport. From September, the new route will use new 7,500-unit ships – 200 metres long and weighing over 75,000 tonnes - to transport cargoes from the port of Tokuyama-Kudamatsu. Teesport’s owners, PD Ports saying publicly what


are not


cargoes the new service will be carrying, but


it is probably


not unconnected with the new Hitachi train assembly plant at nearby Newton Aycliffe, which is building a fleet of new inter city trains for the UK national rail system. Frans Calje, managing director and portcentric


of unitised


logistics at PD Ports, commented: “This additional service further strengthens PD Ports’ position as a leading player in the UK ports sector and highlights


its


flexibility and adaptability within a changing market.” K-Line added: “The port’s excellent infrastructure and its


proximity to important North East markets makes it the perfect choice for our business.’’ Not to be outdone, the Port of


Tyne handled the world’s largest car carrier, the Höegh Target, on her maiden voyage on 25 August. She sailed from China via


Japan and Europe before arriving on the Tyne. She is the first post- panamax size ship in the Höegh fleet and will be joined by five others in over the next couple of years. The port’s chief executive,


Andrew Moffat, said: “We have invested significantly in recent years to ensure that the river and the port infrastructure can


accommodate the majority of the world’s largest ships today. This has meant major construction work and dredging, and we need to invest even further as the world’s ships continue to get bigger. By doing so we can continue to support the region’s businesses who need to get their goods to market quickly and efficiently. “This new scale of car carriers support Nissan


will in their


exports world-wide and other customers such as VW Audi in imports of cars, all of which keeps global trade moving cost effectively to the benefit of business and the consumer.”


Issue 6 2015 - Freight Business Journal


World’s biggest ro ros to call in Teesport Partners flag away first Scotland train


DB Schenker Rail UK and PD Ports officially launched their daily Teesport to lowland Scotland train on 3 August. The service operates from Middlesbrough to Mossend and Grangemouth in Scotland. The service will offer a full train


with 40 containers to and from Scotland each day (Monday to Friday) with intermodal operator ECS European Containers committed to a fixed number of 45 foot high cube containers to support this service. Scottish- based Malcolm Logistics provides a wagon set for the Mossend to Grangemouth leg of the route. DB Schenker Rail UK and PD Ports worked together to deliver


the service, which is thought to be the first time that a rail freight company has partnered directly with a port to serve the intermodal sector. DB Schenker Rail UK account


manager and project leader for the


service, Dino Vecchione,


said: “This partnership, which we believe to be unique in the market place...demonstrates what can be achieved when a rail operator, box operator and port operator work together to achieve the same goal. This maiden voyage saw the first of a regular, daily round trip service by rail, which will also help to ease congestion and lower CO2 emissions by providing a cost effective and robust alternative to


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road transport.” Chief operating officer at


ECS, Arthur Koutstaal, added: “ECS European Containers is committed to developing its European Rail corridors, and 38% of our volume is already moved by rail. We are supporting this multimodal initiative as we see it as an extension of our fast and secure European Connections. PD Ports has taken the right steps to create this corridor.” For PD Ports, business


development director, Geoff Lippitt, said: “We are delighted to see the commencement of the first daily train service connecting Teesport to Scotland, further enhancing our position as the Northern Gateway for containerised goods destined for the north of the UK. This new service truly demonstrates how this


type of collaboration can


prove highly effective and deliver real benefits for shipping lines and intermodal customers from both a commercial and environmental perspective.”


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