A Year - or so - in Multimodal Freight
a dedicated ferry terminal in the Eastern Docks and transform the town waterfront.
February 2017
Clecat, the European forwarders’ grouping hits out against proposals by nine European transport ministers that would ‘encourage’ operators to allow drivers to return to their home base at weekends. It says that the pro- posals would reduce the competitiveness of European transport and would frustrate am- bitions to reduce carbon emissions. The min- isters however argue that the plans would fight ‘social dumping’ in the industry by harmonising legislation and strengthening legislation on driving and rest periods. They also plan to increase controls on light com- mercial vehicles and strengthen reporting of cabotage operations in the EU.
Stena Line signs a long-term partnership to raise and promote volunteering and charita- ble giving for the Mercy Ships charity. Mercy Ships operates the largest civilian hospi-
tal-ship in the world to deliver free, world- class health care services to the world’s poorest people along with helping to create health facilities in the developing world.
Logistics operator DSV says it is expand- ing its warehouse and offices at the port of Immingham. The centre, which is being in- creased to a 100,000 sq ft logistics facility, will be fully operational at the end of May.
Stena earmarks four new ro-pax ferries an- nounced last year for delivery in 2019 and 2020 for two of its Belfast routes. The ves- sels are currently being built at the AVIC Shipyard in China and, with a capacity of 3,000 lane metres and will be the largest ferries ever to operate between Belfast and Great Britain.
Forwarder Rhenus Logistics starts building its new headquarters and warehouse at Port Salford, on the Manchester Ship Canal, ex- pected to be fully operational by late 2017.
DFDS takes delivery of the first of two new ro ro freight vessels for its Rotterdam-Im- mingham route. They will increase capacity by 20% compared with the tonnage they re- place.
The World Trade Organisation’s Trade Facil- itation Agreement comes into force on 22 February after it was ratified by two-thirds of its members. The agreement aims to speed up movement, release and clearance of goods across borders, and, when fully implemented, could reduce the cost of inter- national transactions. It also aims to cut the time needed to import and export goods by up to two days.
The Port of Tilbury says it will shortly start pre-planning community consultation on its proposals to build a new Tilbury2 terminal. It will be built on a 152 acre site which was part of the former Tilbury Power Station and will include a new pontoon and deep water jetty, ro ro terminal and bulk cargo facility.
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