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Issue 1 2019 - Freight Business Journal


CMA CGM bids farewell to MacAndrews


CMA CGM is to unite its Containerships and MacAndrews short sea services as Containerships: from 1 April. It said the new strategy would increase its regional coverage and unlock synergy. Integration of local agency networks will also allow for the creation of a tailored intra-regional service, said the group. Acquired by the CMA CGM Group in 2018, Containerships


operates ships, trucks, trains


and barges in the Baltic, Russia, Northern Europe, North Africa and Turkey. MacAndrews, which joined


the CMA CGM Group in 2002 and which merged with OPDR in 2018, also offers rail, road and maritime transport services, specialising in intra-European routes - mainly connecting north and central Europe with the Iberian Peninsula, the Canary Islands and Morocco.


Meanwhile, CMA CGM, Cosco


Shipping, Evergreen and OOCL formally launched the third - ‘Day 3’ - version of their Ocean Alliance Product, described as the world’s largest operational agreement between shipping companies. From April this year the


alliance, first unveiled in Spring 2017, will deploy around 330 container ships - 111 of which will be operated by CMA CGM - 38 services and• an estimated carrying capacity of around 3.8 million teu. It will include a strengthened


Liverpool a permanent fixture for 2M Alliance


The 2M shipping alliance – Maersk Line and MSC is to make permanent the temporary Liverpool call on its transpacific TA4 service introduced after last summer’s disruption in Felixstowe. The port rotation will be Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Liverpool, Newark, Savannah, Port Everglades and North Charleston and the route will be operated by 5,500teu vessels. Peel Ports chief executive,


Mark Whitworth said: “The tide is clearly turning in


Liverpool’s favour as shipping lines and their customers


Manchester’s Esprit finds space solution close at hand


Esprit Warehousing & Docks has opened more warehousing at Trafford Park, Manchester. No.1 Trafford Park provides an


additional 62,000sq ſt of capacity for ambient food grade and non- food grade products, bulk or palletised. Managing director Graham


Dixon says that there had been strong demand for


space Esprit’s nearby Trafford Docks at site, which opened in 2015


and has been full for the last 18 months. However, he adds: viable


“Economically sites,


large enough for commercial warehousing in and around Manchester are scarce. It took us several months to find this site which has been completely refurbished to an exceptionally high standard.”


He says that the location of the


new warehouse, only a minute from the existing site and two minutes from the motorway means that existing customers can expand “without feeling their goods are in two different locations”. Esprit Warehousing & Docks,


part of the Esprit Trading Group, is meanwhile calling on more businesses to consider using the Ship Canal. Dixon says: “Since reopening Trafford Docks in 2015 we’ve seen some large project cargo from Europe and beyond using our berth for unloading and onward transport. A lot more


can be done though, this is an amazing asset for Manchester and the UK, allowing us to take thousands of trucks and vans off the roads by moving freight on the canal - yet uptake is disappointingly slow. “Businesses and leaders


still default to road transport when planning. Waste, building materials and many other goods, oſten including parcels, tend not to be time sensitive, are bulky and therefore ideal candidates for canal freight. Ships are probably more reliable than trucks. In four years,


I’ve never had a vessel delayed due to congestion.”


see the evidence for how our location can benefit the whole


offer between Asia and Europe with the addition of a 7th service, two transatlantic services linking North Europe to the East Coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico and the largest service on the Transpacific trade routes.


with 19 On 24 January,


Containerships carried out its first liquefied natural gas refueling on its Containerships Nord vessel in Rotterdam. The 1,400teu ship joined the CMA CGM Group’s fleet on 12 December and


an order for four LNG-powered vessels due to be delivered over the next few months.


supply chain. The south-east has congested ports, an acute haulier shortage and major concerns about the impact of Brexit on continental trade. The logistics business is naturally risk-averse, especially in these unprecedented times, but it’s clear that the rewards are there for those prepared to take bold moves.” Retailer B&M has increased


its cargo into Liverpool by 30% following delays in southern ports and, after completing a successful trial the company will now ship 80% of its stock via the port. After completing a successful


trial the company will now ship 80% of its stock via Liverpool.


Maersk feeder moves from Immingham to Hull


Maersk Line is to move its BG Freight-operated Humberside/ Rotterdam feeder service from ABP Immingham to ABP Hull. It says it will improve accessibility for local shippers and offer


convenient connections with deep sea services. The service will call at


Rotterdam on Tuesday- Wednesday with a Saturday arrival and departure in Hull.


Automotive industry freight firms Gefco and Berge have signed an agreement to create Spain’s leading finished-vehicle logistics provider. Berge Gefco will offer more than 3 million sq m of space for storing up to 120,000 vehicles, along with 700 trucks, 100 rail wagons and 40,000sq m of workshop space. The new company, owned 50-50 by the two partners, has received full regulatory approval to unite forces and became operational from 2 January.


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Palletforce chief executive Michael Conroy is to head the Express segment at EV Cargo, the logistics business created by consolidating six UK logistics firms by private equity investor EmergeVest in November 2018. Clyde Buntrock from Allport Cargo Services will oversee Global Forwarding while Adjuno chief executive Craig Sears-Black will take charge of the Technology segment. Heath Zarin will also become chief executive of the Logistics division, within which CM Downton, Jigsaw and NFT will operate.


Mark Hellmann has assumed the position of chief executive officer for the global partner network of Hellmann Worldwide Logistics. He succeeds Michael Claus, who has successfully built and expanded the network over the past 30 years and will retire at the end of the year.


CEVA is to acquire 100% of CMA CGM Log, the shipping line’s freight management service for $105 million, subject to regulatory approvals and due diligence. It forms part of a new strategic partnership between the two companies in which CMA CGM will itself take a stake of up to a third in the logistics company. CMA CGM Log expects to generate revenues of US$ 630 million and has 1,200 employees in 32 countries plus cooperation agreements in 26 additional countries, particularly in India, China, Australia and the US. The integration of CMA CGM Log into CEVA Freight Management Business line is expected to significantly reinforce CEVA’s footprint in ocean freight management with 170,000 additional controlled TEUs.


Europa Road has signed a new partnership with Nuremberg transport and logistics firm, Amm Spedition. It brings Europa’s total number of daily routes between the UK and Germany to nine, along with existing routes to Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Cologne, Rothlein, Hannover and Hamburg, plus a daily connection to the central CargoLine hub.


Teesside shipping and logistics company AV Dawson has secured a three year extension to support British Steel rolling operations at its Special Profiles facility in Skinningrove and at its Teesside Beam Mill in Lackenby. The Middlesbrough-based business has operated on-site logistics on the sites for over five years. The new deal, which has come on the back of significant safety investments, secures the jobs of over 70 employees and creates a further 12 new roles. The team carry out jobs including de-scaling machinery, on site logistics support, managing the recycling and waste solutions and deep cleaning during shut-downs.


FedEx has rebranded its FedEx Trade Networks forwarding arm as FedEx Logistics. It will continue to operate from its global headquarters in Memphis, offering services including air and ocean cargo, trade brokerage and facilitation, supply chain services and cross border e-commerce and fulfilment.


Gwynedd Shipping has recruited Matthew Farrall as its new general manager at its Deeside depot. A first class honours degree in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the University of Huddersfield, he has worked for Hellman Worldwide , Palletforce, Hoyer and Clipper Logistics. He will take charge of the growth and management of Gwynedd’s pallet network, warehousing and general haulage operations across the UK, reporting to managing director, Andrew Kinsella.


News Roundup Forwarding & Logistics


Haulage and warehouse firm Kinaxia Logistics has acquired Gateshead company, Fresh Freight Group, its eleventh recent purchase. Founded by Eamon Quigley, Fresh Freight started by delivering flowers from Holland to the UK and has become one of the leading independent fresh produce hauliers in the North East.


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