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Issue 5 2016 - Freight Business Journal


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Time to get in the swim for Freight Service awards


The British International Freight Association - www.bifa.org - is seeking entries for its 28th annual Freight Service Awards competition. Sponsored by blue chip


companies, winning one of the 11 awards has become more coveted year-on-year. The deadline for entry registration is 23 September, with written submissions due by 7 October. The awards ceremony will place on


take Thursday 19


January 2017 and will be hosted by former competitive swimmer and television presenter, Sharron Davies with more than 500 BIFA members and their guests


expected. BIFA director general, Robert


Keen, said: “The awards represent the chance for the best in the industry to be recognised by their


peers, and every year


the standards improve. As we organise the awards for their 28th year we are looking forward to yet another successful competition with a large number of entrants. “Every year, aſter the awards


have taken place, I get members who say that they wish they had entered. So I would urge all members to think about their applications now, so they don’t have any regrets later.” www.bifa.org/awards


Brussels drops shipping line action


The European Commission has closed an investigation into 14 container shipping companies launched in November 2013 without finding any infringement of EU competition law. It


related to the use of


general rate increase (GRI) announcements in the liner


shipping sector. However, the shipping lines involved have agreed to change the way they make GRI revisions in future. Announcements will include the total price resulting from the increase and further elements to increase transparency for customers.


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Cosco ship is first Neopanamax


The Cosco Shipping Panama opened the enlarged Panama Canal on 26 June, introducing a new term in the shipping lexicon – Neopanamax. Originally named Andronikos,


the 9.472teu vessel was renamed in honour of the event and the almost 40,000 workers who made the expansion a reality.


Chief executive of Peel Ports,


Mark Whitworth, led a delegation at


the official opening. He


commented: “The opening of the expanded canal has the potential to open up new markets for global trade and has the potential to shiſt international trade routes, allowing ships to reach Asia from the US up to two weeks faster than going


News Roundup


Irish Ferries’ parent company Irish Continental Group has signed an agreement with Germany’s Flensburger shipyard to build a cruise ferry for €144 million. The vessel will have space for up to 165 trucks, as well as 300 cars and 1,885 passengers and crew – with dedicated space for freight drivers - and is scheduled for delivery in May 2018. The new ship is likely to go into service on routes served by the chartered ship MV Epsilon, which currently runs year round services on the Dublin-Holyhead route midweek, and Ireland- France at weekends.


UASC’s shareholding states voted to approve the proposed merger with Hapag-Lloyd on 29 June. Integration of the two companies is expected to begin once regulatory approvals are received, but both companies will continue to operate in their current alliances until the end of March 2017.


CMA CGM said on 30 May that it would make an all-cash voluntary offer for all outstanding shares of Neptune Orient Lines.


The expansion programme


included new locks, creating a second lane of traffic and doubling the cargo capacity of the waterway. The enlarged canal is expected


to revolutionise transatlantic trade and could bring about new service patterns, such as from Asia to Europe via the west and east coasts of North America.


through the Suez Canal. “The canal is of particular


interest to us as its lock gates were previously the same width as those at our existing Royal Seaforth Container Terminal. We have both faced the same challenge and each responded with major investment plans to accommodate newer generations of container ships.”


Former Port of London Authority chief executive (2004-14) Richard Everitt has been appointed chairman of Dover Harbour Board. He was also chairman of the UK Major Ports Group for four years, chief executive of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) between 2001 and 2004 and prior to this was an executive director at airports operator BAA. He is also currently chairman of aircraſt broker, Air Partners.


Former managing director of Andrew Weir Shipping, Arthur White, has died aged 84. He joined MacAndrews in Liverpoool in 1947 as an officer junior, rising to director in 1972. In later years he was chairman of Finanglia Ferries and in 1989 was appointed director of Andrew Weir. He was awarded an OBE for services to the industry in 1991.


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