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Issue 1 2019 - Freight Business Journal


Rhenus acquires Leicestershire’s CML


Rhenus Logistics’ arm, Rhenus Warehouse Solutions Europe has acquired Leicestershire- based 3PL provider Core Management Logistics. CML specialises in warehousing,


pre-retail, freight forwarding and distribution services for the UK market. Founded in 1990, CML


currently occupies more than 45,000sq m of warehousing


New report details UK’s squandered truck-hours


A new report commissioned by the UK Major Ports Group says that trucks are needlessly losing over 50,000 truck hours a day to traffic bottlenecks on the country’s roads and railways. It argues that focussing


investment on just 2.4% of the road network and only seven out of 1,000 main rail junctions would cut total delays and plough an extra £14.2bn into the economy, The Group is calling for Government action as Brexit


looms The


report, developed


by research company MDS Transmodal, found that a total of £14.2bn billion could be unlocked over


60 years


by taking a ‘freight-first’ approach by giving freight a higher priority in UK transport planning and funding, identifying


key capacity


constraints and building in the benefits of trade through freight on a consistent basis in project appraisals.


News Roundup


GB Railfreight has launched a new service between London Gateway and Newell & Wright’s terminal in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The 37-wagon train will run five times a week in each direction, on behalf of shipping line MSC.


Road & Rail


Eddie Stobart Logistics has made permanent its new rail service from the port of Tilbury to Daventry, originally launched as a fourth month trial in September. The new service, which has a forecast capacity of 200 containers a week shortly be expanded to run daily Monday to Friday, and there are also plans to add a weekly link to Widnes, Cheshire. The service leaves Tilbury at 09.00 and reaches Daventry at 15.00, allowing customers to get fresh produce into regional distribution centres or stores on the same day.


The Rhenus Group has acquired freight forwarding company, SBL Importverkehrslogistik, based at Ratingen-based near Dusseldorf. As well as import and export logistics services it offers solutions for the steel sector, along with project and heavy transport business.


November saw a record for Le Shuttle Freight with 151,107 trucks transported, 8% higher than November 2017. It is the third best month aſter October 2018 and March 2017, both of which include an additional day. Since 1 January 2018, more than 1.5 million trucks have crossed the Channel with Le Shuttle Freight.


GB Railfreight has launched an intermodal service between ABP’s Birch Coppice terminal, near Birmingham and Felixstowe – its fiſth new intermodal service in the past 18 months and the second into the Midlands terminal. The 33-wagon train will initially run five days a week.


space at three facilities, on


Lutterworth’s Magna Park. The company is geared towards the requirements of the UK e-commerce sector and is also the UK’s only provider of Green GOH, a garment-on-hanger solution for the transportation


Palletforce Appoints World Rally Star


Palletforce has appointed a top world rally driver as one of its international brand ambassador for 2019 as part of the plan to grow its global brand and services. Palletforce, part of the EV Cargo group, has partnered with Northern Ireland rally star Kris Meeke in his quest to challenge for the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) title. With the world-wide reach


of the wider EV Cargo group allowing Palletforce to extend its international services to members, the support for 39-year-old Meeke will see its brand displayed on his racesuit and cap and promoted to fans in over 120 countries. This year Meeke has


swapped teams and will join the Toyota Gazoo Racing World Rally Team for the first time – providing him with his best shot ever at the world rally title. The rally star is one of


the fastest in the world and will be pushing hard to take rally wins and challenge for


style and full-commitment approach has gained him a strong world-wide fan-base and that popularity will help promote the Palletforce brand during


2019. The WRC is broadcast to 850 million TV


front of the world’s media. The opening round of the


series is the iconic Rallye Monte Carlo, where Meeke is likely to face dry roads, wet roads, snow and ice – all within the same competitive stage. It


championship honours. His new Toyota team is reigning world manufacturer champions and Meeke has already been testing the Toyota Yaris WRC car on gravel and Tarmac ahead of the championship’s opening round at Rallye Monte Carlo this week. Meeke’s flamboyant driving


viewers with every stage shown live – there are also 4 million avid fans who attend the 14-event series across the globe. The WRC got off to a flying


start after its official launch at the Autosport International Show last weekend where Meeke got to show off his 2019-specification Yaris WRC in


///NEWS


of hanging garments in containers. Andreas Plikat, managing


director of Rhenus Warehousing


Solutions


Europe, commented: “We view the acquisition of Core Management Logistics as an investment in our expansion strategy in Great Britain.” Rhenus


Warehousing


Solutions Europe also operates logistics centres in Germany, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands and Poland.


kicks off from Gap in the French Alps on Thursday night with competitors aiming for the finish line in Monaco on Sunday afternoon. Dave Holland, Palletforce


sales and marketing director, said: “Our partnership with Kris will see the Palletforce brand gain exposure on a global stage, with


the WRC’s impressive


reach into 120 countries. It will also be aligned with a number of global technology and consumer giants such as Microsoft, Panasonic and Toyota. That’s important as we grow our international brand and world-wide business moving forward.” Kris Meeke said: “I’m


really looking forward to this partnership with Palletforce and to become their international brand ambassador for 2019. I have a great opportunity with Toyota, the Yaris looked awesome throughout 2018 and I take confidence from the fact the car seems competitive on all surfaces and that the team took the Manufacturers’ title. I simply want to enjoy my driving again, if I can recapture that feeling, then there’s no reason why I can’t still achieve my personal targets.”


DSV opens Peterborough site


DSV has opened a 300,000sq ft foot facility at Peterborough Gateway Development. Services offered include e-commerce fulfilment, product customisation, kitting and customs bonded compliance, for the automotive, consumer product, fashion, healthcare, high-tech markets. It went into operation in October, in time to provide extra seasonal capacity for the forwarder. In


2013, DSV opened a 108,000 square foot


warehouse in Thrapston, near Kettering followed, in 2015, by a new 400,000 square foot development in Raunds in the same region. Regional Director of DSV


Solutions UK, Derek Gibson, explained: “Our decision to continue investing in the area shows our commitment to the local economy and confidence in the strength and competency of its people. Our rapid growth offers further scope to service existing customers and welcome new business.”


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