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Issue 8 2018 - Freight Business Journal


Allport and Palletforce join EV Cargo grouping


Equity investor EmergeVest has brought six freight and logistics companies, including Allport Cargo Services and the Palletforce network into EV Cargo, described as the largest privately-owned logistics business in the UK with revenues totalling £850 million. Other companies in the group are supply chain soſtware specialist Adjuno, and logistics firms CM Downton, Jigsaw and NFT. Founded in 2013, EmergeVest


believes that EV Cargo will create new synergies and opportunities for the combined business and its stakeholders. It says that the six companies are acknowledged experts in their respective fields with deep logistics heritage,


strong recognition and market goodwill. Each brand will retain its own identity. EV Cargo


has operating four segments: main Express, Global Forwarding, Logistics and


US digi-forwarder comes to Europe


US based digital forwarder ExFreight Zeta has extended its services to Europe, including the UK. It is offering door-to- door and door-to-port services from the Eurozone


to over


150 countries with instant pricing and booking on FCL


and LCL ocean and air freight. It is focusing on Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Germany, UK, Italy and Spain. Chief operating officer says


ExFreight’s booking model “promises to bring clarity to pricing in a historically


Technology. The company says it will adopt a “cargo-centric” approach, focussing on customer needs across the entire supply chain by bringing together the best people, processes,


secretive contracted rate environment”, adding: “We feel that the Euro zone market has reached a maturity level where


connectivity to our


platform and efficiencies in rating and booking are needed. The current capacity crunch has forced shippers to look elsewhere and with limited staffing due to a tight labour market, getting an alternative freight rate can be frustrating.


technology and networks. A key benefit will be new


opportunities for employees with enhanced career development paths across the group. The EV Cargo executive


board will be led by EmergeVest founder Heath Zarin (pictured) as chief executive officer, supported by chief strategy officer Simon Pearson, general counsel Mark Davis and the chief executives of the four main operating segments. Heath Zarin, said: “We are


excited to announce the creation of EV Cargo, bringing together our UK logistics and technology platform into a unified £850 million corporate structure. EV Cargo will continue our existing strategy of delivering mission- critical supply chain services powered by people, technology, innovation and sustainability.”


Our service solves those problems and also opens up the ability for shippers to be more proactive and efficient with their own sales.” ExFreight’s current


maximum dimensions per piece are 317x240x162 cm or 1,814kg for airfreight; 317x226x225cm/1814kg for LCL ocean freight; plus 20ft, 40ft and 40ft high-cube FCL containers.


Freelance network acquires freight marketplace


regions and territories,” Freelancer.com


Freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace Freelancer.com has acquired Channel 40, which connects freight owners with transport operators, and relaunched it as Freightlancer. Channel 40 was started in


2016 by mining executive Tom Cavanagh, who is also chief executive of EMS Group, one of


Australia’s largest underground mining and tunnelling service providers. It primarily services


the construction, mining, tunnelling, rail and oil and gas


industries, with over


6,000 freight operators in its marketplace. In the last 12 months, Channel 40 shipped over


$4.5 million-worth


Maersk maintains haulage schedules


despite port problems


Maersk says it has been able to deliver 89% reliability for inland haulage, despite the recent congestion in the UK’s major container ports. Its success was due to its flexible network, careful planning and advice to customers, said customer service director


at Maersk UK and Ireland, Rose Coulson. UK container ports experienced


severe congestion in September and October aſter problems with a new IT system in Felixstowe. The problems then spilled over into other major box hubs such as


of


freight within Asia Pacific, as well as to the US and Europe. Freightlancer is described


as “a global marketplace for freight, shipping and transportation from complex enterprise haulage to consumer metro deliveries, powered by the world’s largest human labour ‘cloud’ of freelancers in 247 countries,


Southampton. Coulson also urged customers to


rethink their transport operations, saying: “Normally, more than 70% of the haulage we do takes place in the morning, so wherever possible, we would advise customers to consider aſternoon loadings and therefore avoid rush hours. To facilitate this, we have ensured that our booking day lasts longer. In addition, they can continuously check haulage availability, which is updated in the system at least once a day.”


News Roundup


The electronic Air Waybill (e-AWB) will become the default contract of carriage for all air cargo shipments on enabled trade lanes from 1 January 20189, says IATA. It is encouraging all air cargo industry stakeholders to switch to e-AWB at the earliest opportunity unless a paper air waybill is required due to international treaties, national law, or as bilaterally agreed between the parties.


///NEWS Air


Jet Airways has launched its new service between Manchester to Mumbai. Although announced in May as a four-times-a-week service, the Indian carrier increased its frequency to five-times-a-week before the start. It is operated by an A330-200 aircraſt.


Virgin Atlantic Cargo has added a second daily Boeing 787-9 service between London and Johannesburg. The carrier is continuing to see strong demand for capacity to and from South Africa following revenue and tonnage gains on the route in 2017.


British Airways operated its inaugural flight between London and Durban King Shaka International Airport on 30 October. The route will be maintained by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.


Turkish Cargo has started freighter flights to Bangalore, the Silicon Valley of India from its Istanbul hub. The route is operated by Airbus 330-200Fs. The region also exports pharmaceuticals, perishable fruits and vegetables, electronics, engineering and textiles. It has also added 777F freight flights to Vietnam’s biggest city Ho Chi Minh. It has served the capital Hanoi, since 2015.


Turkish Cargo has gained Envirotainer pharma cold chain Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) accreditation for 15 new stations - Helsinki Taipei, Vienna, Kuwait, Maastricht, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid, Cairo, Roma, Dusseldorf, Budapest and San Francisco.


China Post has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Luſthansa Cargo, initially for weekly capacity on a Boeing 777 freighter on the Shanghai-Frankfurt route. The two partners aim to cater for rapidly growing e-commerce business.


chief


executive Matt Barrie said: “Freightlancer is powered by the world’s largest human labour cloud of over 30 million freelancers, our rapidly growing Enterprise division and our global payments business Escrow.com.” He described Channel 40


and the launch of Freightlancer. com as the first vertical for Freelancer.com, specialising in end-to-end solutions within a single sector.


Delta Cargo is introducing the new CSafe RAP container to its cold- chain pharma program. It says the new equipment is ideal for cargo requiring strict temperature regulations to protect its contents from operational and weather challenges around the world. It uses innovative heating and compressor-driven cooling technology, along with superior insulation, to maintain constant temperatures at ambient temperatures ranging from -30°C to +54°C, the broadest in the industry. It accommodates up to four standard US pallets or five standard Euro pallets, and the container has a battery run time of over 120 hours.


Charter firm Air Partner says its freight gross profit was up 36.4% for the six months ended 31 July 2018, following on from a record 2017. As well as business from the oil and gas and charity sector, demand from automotive and aerospace remains strong, both for charter and on-board courier. During 2018 Air Partner appointed a new freight charter sales broker and sales manager, moved its Cologne office to larger premises, opened a Los Angeles office and expanded in Fort Lauderdale and Turkey.


CMA and Ceva outline new partnership


CEVA Logistics and CMA CGM say they will broaden their strategic partnership and sign a new relationship agreement. It follows the shipping line’s decision to take a stake of up to a third in the logistics company and the rejection of a rival offer from competitor DSV. The partners said the agreement would allow CEVA Logistics to


accelerate its transformation by bringing CMA CGM’s operational expertise and its experience in corporate transformations to help CEVA achieve its recovery plan faster and more efficiently. CMA CGM will transfer its freight


management activities to CEVA Logistics and support investment in CEVA Logistics’ digital and IT transformation.


CMA CGM chief executive


Rodolphe Saadé, declared: “We are convinced of CEVA Logistics’ potential. This industrial cooperation will make it possible to accelerate its required transformation and to make it a more profitable and efficient leader in logistics. It reconfirms CMA CGM as the reference shareholder as well as its long-term partner”.


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