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Issue 6 2017 - Freight Business Journal


Column on the move with Geodis


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Bigger ships to boost Stena’s Harwich-Rotterdam route


Stena Line is to switch to larger ships on its Rotterdam (Europoort)/ Harwich


route. The current


Capucine and Severine which operate twice daily in each direction will be replaced by the larger MV Misada and MV Misina, when present charter contracts expire in January 2018, increasing overall freight capacity by about 20%. The change coincides with


the expected completion of a second berth in Europoort and its development as an important rail freight connection point to and from the UK. Stena Line North Sea trade


director, Annika Hult, said: “We have seen a strong growth in the transport market to the UK over the past several years and we are


currently trading at very high utilisation on this route. This has been further fuelled by freight volumes arriving to Europoort by train. The current rail connections between Poznan, Poland and Europoort, which changed ownership earlier this year, are


running very well. We believe that this combination of rail and RoRo transportation will only increase in the future.” She added: “The new vessels


will be chartered on a time-charter contract and will consequently be fully manned. Unfortunately,


this will impact our onboard staff. As a company, we want to avoid


as many from happening as


redundancies reasonably


possible and we will be looking at all available options including redeployment


within Stena Line.” FTA welcomes government aviation stance


The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has welcomed the Government’s newly-announced consultation on


aviation strategy, saying


that it shows that ministers recognise the importance of air cargo to the UK economy. One of the themes of the Department for Transport’s call for evidence from stakeholders is


global connections, which


has huge relevance for freight. FTA had been pressing the Government for a speedy


decision on a third runway in the south east and supports Heathrow’s expansion plan as the UK’s only truly global freight hub. FTA’s head of air cargo policy,


Alex Veitch, said: “In 2015, goods worth around £160 billion were shipped by air between the UK and non-EU countries. Air was the only mode where exports were greater than imports. This represented over 40% of the UK’s extra-EU trade by value and shows the importance of


aviation to our global trade.” He added that the report also


acknowledged the importance of Heathrow to the air freight market, and its potential for growth was an important argument for supporting the proposed expansion there. Mr Veitch said the UK


should be top of the league for international trade in all sectors - including air cargo - but was currently languishing mid-table. As the consultation document highlights, the UK is only 13th on


the Air Trade Facilitation Index (ATFI) and 22nd on the eFreight Friendliness Index (EFFI), both of which are compiled by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to measure the ease and efficiency of air freight processes across the world. FTA will review the


document in detail and discuss with members of its Air Freight Working Group before submitting a response to the Government.


to other vessels


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Freight forwarder Geodis’ Industrial Projects arm is managing out-of-gauge shipments


over


Europe for a major oil and gas project at the Lotos Refinery in Gdansk, Poland. Shipments of oversize columns for Kinetics Technology, part of the Maire Tecnimont Group include a 310-ton column which was transported by barge on the Ems River in Germany to Rotterdam for transhipment onto a coastal vessel to the refinery’s jetty in Gdansk. Further shipments by break-bulk vessels are now in progress, from Northern Italy and Spain.


TT Club to sponsor young forwarders


Insurer the TT Club is to


continue its sponsorship of FIATA’s Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year Award (YIFFYA), now in its 19th year. The competition provides


opportunities for all candidates, of which there were 17 this year, to demonstrate and develop their knowledge of the industry. The overall winner of the


International Award will have the opportunity to attend two one-week training sessions with the TT Club at one of its


regional headquarters in


London, New Jersey or Hong Kong. The four regional finalists, selected this year from


the 17 young professionals representing their respective national associations which embraced the challenge are:- Region: Africa/Middle Tinasche Chiwanza –


East


Zimbabwe (SFAAZ) Region:


Americas


Bradley Davis – Canada (CIFFA) Region:


Nian Wan – China (CIFA) Region: Europe


Asia/Pacific Nina


Brose – Germany (DSLV) The regional finalists


will travel to FIATA’s World Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 4-8 October to present their dissertations to the Steering Committee and be in contention for the overall International Award.


CMA signs reefer deal


CMA CGM has signed a vessel sharing agreement with


reefer


specialist Seatrade Group incorporating its own PAD and Seatrade’s Meridian operations. The service will link Northern Europe, including London with the US East Coast (New York and


Savannah) and a link between Peru and north-west Europe. The route will be operated by 13 geared ships of 2,200-2,500teu capacity, each with a minimum of 600 reefer slots. Launch of the service is scheduled for October 2017, subject to regulatory approval.


New and bigger cranes for Felixstowe


The Port of Felixstowe has ordered two new gantry cranes for its Berths 8 and 9 and work has started to heighten ten of the existing cranes on Trinity Terminal. The new cranes, ordered


from ZPMC in Shanghai and due to be delivered in February 2018, will bring the fleet at the port’s newest terminal to 12. They will have a 59.5 metre outreach from the quay, sufficient to allow them to


handle future generations of container vessels with containers stowed up to 24- wide across the deck. The maximum operating


height of 10 of the cranes on Trinity Terminal, also built by ZPMC, will be increased to 46.5 metres by December 2018. The greater height will allow them to work vessels with containers stowed up to 11 high on deck unrestricted conditions.


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