NEWS\\\


Issue 3 2019 - Freight Business Journal


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Teesport gains link to islands and Iceland


Dutch shipping line Cargow has introduced a new twice- weekly service linking Teesport with the Shetland Islands, Iceland and the west coast of Norway. With capacity for both containers and project cargo, the serice will operate between Rotterdam, Teesport, the Shetland and Faroe Islands, Reydarfjordur on Iceland’s east coast, Rotterdam and west coast Norway.


Scots port chief heads south to Dover


The Port of Dover has appointed current Montrose Port Authority chief executive Nik Scott-Gray as general manager of its Port of Dover Cargo arm. He is due to take up his new post in July. Mr Scott-Gray has held the role


at the north-east Scottish port since May 2015, having overseen the financial performance and driven the strategic direction of a business handling a broad variety of vessels and cargoes. Prior to his time at


Montrose, he worked across all aspects of operations on a portfolio of seven ports for Forth Ports . Port of Dover chief commercial


officer, Barbara Buczek, said: “This is a very exciting year for the long- term future of our cargo business. Since the arrival of Geest in early 2018, we have already seen a 38.6% increase in ship import tonnage and an 8% increase in ship calls. Our customers have great expectations about their future at Dover. “


Teesport’s owners PD Ports


said it would provide a new link for key sectors


in the


Tees Valley including project, offshore, wind, oil and gas. Cargow chief executive


Stefan Stefansson, said: “We have chosen Teesport because


of its location,


accessibility and connectivity for onward transport, as well as its high service level. We are pleased that Teesport is being added to our network and have confidence in PD Ports because the company is well experienced in handling both containers and project cargoes.”


Chinese to run


Southampton-Finland- Russia link


COSCO is to introduce a new weekly service between Southampton, Russia and Finland. It follows the Chinese- owned shipping line’s confirmation in February that DP World Southampton will be a permanent call on its feeder service. The rotation of the new service


includes St Petersburg, Kotka and Rotterdam with the first vessel scheduled to call in Southampton


on 27 March. DP World head of commercial


UK Ports, James Leeson, said: “Traditionally it is the ports on the east coast of the UK that serve Russia and the Baltics. This service will provide importers and exporters with an alternative.” While businesses still do not


know exactly what the customs arrangements will aſter the UK leaves the EU, Leeson adds that DP World already has the customs


clearance


DSV is offering a new daily multimodal rail–road full load service between the UK and Spain using the VIIA (French Railways) ‘lorry-rail’ operation between Calais and Le Boulou on the French / Spanish border. DSV will collect the trailer from


the train and deliver directly to the customer in Spain. The service will initially between the South and Midlands in the UK to Barcelona post codes 08,17,25 and 43. This service is in addition to DSV’s existing standard driver


accompanied and double manned express driver accompanied services. Senior director Denise Clarke


said: “We have trialled the route over the past few weeks and it is evident that rail will make a positive


impact on the environment as at the same time we can offer our customer a better price.” Meanwhile, VIIA said it had


introduced a new service between Mâcon in east-central France and Calais.


systems


facilities and infrastructure in place adding: “Container feeder services from Southampton and London Gateway give business an alternative to ro-ro ports; 90% of cargo that comes through our UK terminals is customs cleared within an hour.” Unifeeder, recently acquired


by DP World, started a new direct service between Gdynia, Poland and DP World London Gateway at the end of February. This brings the number of short sea and feeder services at DP World’s UK terminals to seven weekly sailings.


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