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Multimodal 2017 Daily Issue 3 - Freight Business Journal Dachser goes on growing


Logistics service provider, Dachser net sales in the UK roseby almost 12% in 2016 to £66.1 million. The company’s single most important business sector, European road export services, has jumped 15% and now accounts for just under 45 % of Dachser’s UK revenues. Dachser’s UK managing director, Nick Lowe, said: “We


recognise that exporters need to rest assured that their customers’ orders are delivered on time and in-full without exception. This is true regardless of where the goods are heading, whether in the UK, Europe or further afield. It’s our mission to ensure that companies can rely on us to fulfil these expectations on an on-going basis,


building up their own confidence and creating a solid platform from which to develop further growth in their export sales.’ With Brexit now clearly on


the horizon, there are more and more yet unanswered questions regarding the shape of UK/ European supply chains in the future. However Nick Lowe is


upbeat about the prospects for UK exporters and the degree to which they will be able to compete with their EU peers. “It’s true that there many


open questions about such matters as Customs clearance and the application of product standards,” he says, “but for us it’s a question of keeping close


to our customers and listening to their evolving needs as things become clearer, re-engineering our services to whatever extent is necessary. Our AEO accreditation is a good and reliable basis for further development of our Customs clearance services for EU consignments, something which could well become very important to consider as the EU/ UK negotiations progress. We also offer a full contract logistics service, both in the UK and within Europe, should customers decide to build up local and/or European warehoused stock holdings to serve their different markets in the future.” Dachser’s network comprises


over 400 locations in a total of 37 countries: 24 of those countries


are the responsibility of Dachser’s own country organisations and branch offices, and the remaining 13 countries are served by strategic partners. Contract logistics and value


added services are seen as a major strategic growth area, and over the past few years it has seen several new business wins especially in the retail sector including Excise Bond warehousing and UK and Ireland distribution. The development accelerated soon aſter the opening of Dachser’s new Northampton logistics centre in 2014, and a nearby second warehouse had to be secured towards the end of 2015 in order to provide the necessary additional capacity for both racked and block-stack products.


Fastest POSSible from Spain


CMA CGM short-sea subsidiary OPDR says its new POSS service between the inland port of Seville and Tilbury, via Setubal in Portugal is the fastest link Southern Spain and the UK. Taking just four days, the service to Seville also provides connections by rail and truck to Madrid and the rest of Spain. The new service follows the


setting up of a joint company between OPDR and maritime


services company Boluda in the Port of Seville. Together with the established


SECI service, which connects the Canary Islands with the Spanish mainland, OPDR now offers five Seville calls per week. Three ships are deployed


in the new POSS service and will mainly carry refrigerated goods. All vessels carry pallet- wide equipment.


New boss for IAG Cargo


Current British Airways managing director at Gatwick, Lynne Embleton, is to become chief executive of IAG Cargo. She will also join the IAG management committee, reporting directly to chief executive Willie Walsh. Lynne Embleton will


replace Drew Crawley, who becomes chief executive of IAG Group loyalty programme, Avios. She has over 25 years of


experience across the group, heading up strategy at British Airways, before moving on Gatwick and previously sat on the IAG Cargo board as a non- executive director for over four years. Willie Walsh said that her;


“extensive experience across group strategy as well as on the IAG Cargo board will be invaluable in the continued growth of our cargo business.”


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