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learned from the events of


2018, it is to make sure that new IT systems are fully tested and bedded down before putting them into service. Southampton did have some issues with a new system back in 2010, but fortunately these only lasted for 1-2 months. An upgrade introduced in 2015 was tested to the Nth degree.


year as part of a rationalisation of European calls – in no way related to the quality of service in Southampton, Lambers stresses – that business was partially replaced by a new Hyundai service, while the new ONE alliance of Japanese-owned lines also came fully on stream aſt er a slow start in April. DP World shouldn’t be


For the future, it will be


important to “knock early on the doors of the shipping lines when we see a build-up of empties”, Lambers adds. “With the bigger ships, any delay has a much bigger impact than in the past, when you consider that we now do 8,000-box exchanges. It’s nothing we can’t manage, but if there are delays, you need to get the terminal ready as far as you can beforehand, almost prioritising exports over imports.” DP World Southampton’s


portfolio of shipping lines has strengthened recently. While the 2M alliance did drop calls late last


directly aff ected by Brexit, as the vast majority of its boxes come from outside the EU. It is however just possible that Brexit might encourage the growth of feeder services to other ports in the UK, particularly the East Coast. Southampton has been traditionally strong in feeders to the west cost of the UK and Ireland, less so to the East Coast as the continental hubs such as Rotterdam are so well entrenched. Time will tell whether that situation will change. DP World is also keen to


promote rail traffi c in and out of Southampton, and Lambers is encouraged by


developments


such as the new DB rail service from Solent Stevedores’ terminal to Doncaster iPort. The current upgrading of the Solent Stevedores terminal – which will allow eight trains a day to run instead of six – and the lengthening of Redbridge sidings will all help rail to take a bigger share of the market, especially if the driver shortage makes road more expensive or diffi cult. With the reduction in fuel prices


The nerve-centre of DSV in the south


The south remains a key region for forwarder DSV which has a number of locations in the Southampton area. Southampton is a major


area for container imports and exports and has seen large growth for the DSV over the past 18 months, predominantly at the Eastleigh facility. The location provides air and sea logistics worldwide with 3000sq m of warehousing and storage for up to 4,500 pallets. Services include container devanning, loading and palletisation and it off ers easy access to all major roads and the airport. DSV has seen growth in all


areas of the Eastleigh operation, recently employing additional staff in the air and export departments.


The company also operates


out of four additional facilities within the Southampton area. North Badesley, Chandlers Ford and Hedge End off er additional storage of around 17000 pallet spaces. Fareham meanwhile is a key


hub for transport to and from the Channel Islands, for which DSV operates daily departures and can provide storage solutions


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recently, rail did lose some market share but it could soon recover. Meanwhile, DP World


is carrying out some reconfi guration of its site in Southampton, including moving Port Health and Border Force to a new facility combined with its own terminal offi ces, which will allow more space to be turned over to block-stacking of containers, by about 2020.


The reconfi guration will in turn allow more effi cient operation of straddle carriers and overall, “will allow our customers to continue to grow here.” ABP’s move to create more storage


container sites has


helped free up space and, for the time being at least, there is room to grow in Southampton, Lambers believes. There is not yet any need to consider


options such as ‘satellite’ areas inland, he says, although ABP’s future plans for development on the other side of Southampton Water are of course of interest. There is plenty of berth capacity, to the extent that DP World could take on more services, including new short sea-shuttles. DP World’s


recent acquisition of


short sea line Unifeeder could create future opportunities,


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although Lambers stresses that he is very happy with the services currently provided by Xpress and BG Freight who run services to Ireland and the West Coast. There is also room to increase


the transhipment trade at Southampton, which currently accounts for around 10% of the traffi c, on routes such as Montreal to Asia.


Positioning for the future


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