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Palletways plans to start rolling out an estimated time of arrival (ETA) service across its European operations by the end of this year, UK managing director Dave Walmsley told FBJ. New techology now being tested in


the UK, will give


receivers two-hour windows of expected arrival times for their pallets and is due to go live in this country within the next few weeks, he said. The new ETA system has


been “built ready for Europe” and would be progressively rollwed out across the other


countries that Palletways operates in he said, mostly likely starting with Italy and


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Palletways to offer ETAs in Europe by end of year


Spain. By offering customers more


precise estimates of when their goods will


arrive, Palletways


hopes to gain an advantage over its


competitors in the


fiercely competitive pallet delivery market. Customers will get an exmail or text message advising when pallets will arrive and the feature is expected to be particularly attractive to domestic receivers, who hitherto have had no choice but to wait at home all day until deliveries arrived. Similar systems are already


Scots port sees double


Peel Ports says its Greenock Ocean Terminal near Glasgow expects to double its business in the next fi ve years thanks to the opening of Liverpool2. Greenock, which exports goods


including Scotch whisky and Scottish food stuff s – is projected to handle 200,000teu a year by 2021, compared with 100,000teu currently. Port director, Peel Ports’ Clydeport, Andrew Hemphill,


sea connections much closer


to Scotland and we are now in a unique position thanks to our Irish Sea Hubs. Mega ocean container ships can now call directly into Liverpool, which acts as a feeder hub to us in Greenock, Ireland and Manchester, allowing closer import and export routes to market. “It is a more commercially viable,


sustainable way to move goods around by sea. Our connections will take traffi c off of Britain’s


I expect shipping lines will see our Irish Sea Hub as an attractive alternative to the status quo.” Clydeport recently recruited


Gillian Johnson as sales manager in January 2017, bringing with her 25 years’ industry experience. Also the current chair of the Glasgow Freight Club, she plans to challenge historic assumptions and encourage customers to take a good look at their existing supply chains to uncover time and cost savings. Future plans include extending


the quayside by 150 metres to support larger vessels; the three existing cranes can liſt up to 40 tonnes and outreach across 13 containers. The port also has 25,000sq mof


modern multi-user warehousing and up to 80 reefer points. Many of the Port’s customers


explains: “The opening of Liverpool2 has transformed the playing fi eld for us, bringing deep-


already busy motorways and off er a cheaper more environmentally friendly method of transportation.


use the facility to store imported and exported commodities as well as goods that have been unstuff ed, in


preparation distribution. for onward


in use in the express parcels industry. Dave Walmsley said that the


system was flexible and would allow customers to be notified if unexpected events or schedule slippage meant that ETAs could not be met. He added: ““There are benefits


for everyone at each step of the pallet delivery process. For our network members, the ETA system makes the process more efficient because customers no longer need to phone or email their depots with queries about delivery times


and dates. For customers, the capability to track goods and notify their consumers about time slots and consignment contents significantly improves their customer service. For consumers, it brings certainty, helping them to plan their day


around the time slots available and enjoy a more


flexible


service. “We expect to be able to


attract new members and customers to work with the Palletways network because of our ETA system.”


Refurb for P&O Ferries ships


P&O Ferries is sending four ships from its Irish Sea fl eet to the Cammell Laird yard in Birkenhead over the next two months for £1.2 million of re-fi t work. The two Liverpool-Dublin ships -


the 17,500 ton sister vessels Norbay and Norbank - go to the Merseyside yard for 16 days of work each from 28 March. The Neptune Aegli has been brought in as cover for the duration of their absence. Next month, P&O Ferries’ two


ships on the Larne-Cairnryan route - the 21,000 ton European Highlander and is sister vessel


the European Causeway - will sail to Birkenhead for 18 days of re-fi t work apiece. While they are away the European Seaway, which P&O Ferries usually deploys as an accompanied freight-only vessel carrying up to 200 passengers on the English Channel, will travel to


Better view from UPS


Parcels and logistics giant UPS has made a number of improvements to its –FlexGlobal View management and visibility tool for air, ocean and surface freight shipments. They include a new ocean


container dashboard , giving information which can be sorted by carrier, port of loading and unloading, shipper or receiver. There are also detailed shipping


alerts by email to customers regarding specific supply chain events associated with shipments and/or customs entries. These now include more shipment-specific details that were previously only available by logging into the system and searching for information. As a result, customers know instantly via email alert about changes in their supply chain and are able to react


the Northern Corridor to cover for them. The programme - which


comprises hull repairs, blast and paint jobs and steel deck renewals - will be completed by early June. This will be the fi rst time the ships have been re-fi tted since 2015.


quickly. Other dashboards and reports


have also been reorganized making it easier for customers to find what they are looking for. President of UPS Freight


Forwarding, Cindy Miller, said: “No one likes supply chain surprises, which is why Flex Global View offers a level of visibility, reporting and alerts that keep customers informed and in better control of their supply chain.”


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