NEWS\\\


Issue 4 2019 - Freight Business Journal


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04:05 on Tuesday to Saturday, arriving in iPort at 10:47. The return service departs at 15:32 arriving in Felixstowe at 23:25. Managing director of iPort Steve Freeman, said:


Rail,


“This new Felixstowe service highlights the growth iPort Rail is experiencing since welcoming its first commercial service late last year, and the increasing significance of our facility to national and international supply chains. Being part of Verdion’s iPort multimodal logistics hub means that 87% of


the UK


GB Railfreight has launched a new service between the port of Felixstowe and iPort Rail, the


new multimodal logistics park in Doncaster. It departs the port’s South Rail Terminal at


population is within a four- hour drive of our terminal, with easy access to the national motorway network and sea transport links as well as rail freight routes.”


OOCL speeds up Mid-east and India services


OOCL is introducing new fixed- day weekly Middle East/Indian Subcontinent/North Europe Services in June, offering more competitive and reliable services than existing transhipment options, it says, along with fast


transit times. The IP1 route serves Karachi,


Nhava Sheva, Hazira, Mundra, King Abdullah and, in the UK both Southampton and then London Gateway before returning to the Middle East


via King Abdullah, Djibouti and Karachi. The IP2 route serves Jebel Ali,


Karachi, Nhava Sheva, Mundra, Jeddah and Tangier and London Gateway before returning to Tangier, Jeddah and Jebel Ali.


Maersk and Hamburg Sud unveil new Latam routes


Maersk and Hamburg Sud have revised their West Coast Latin America – North Europe network, including the launch of a new CLX service connecting Chile, Peru, Panama and Colombia with North Europe and extended coverage of Colombia. The CLX service will provide


direct coverage between Chile (San


Antonio/San Vicente),


Peru (Callao) & (Santa Marta / Cartagena) Colombia and North


Europe including London Gateway.


eight 4,500teu ships offering 1,400 reefer plugs each. In addition, Hamburg Süd


will continue to have access to the existing Eurosal service (SAWC2), providing


coverage


for ports in Colombia and the Dominican Republic, while also maintaining a direct connection to/from the French port of Le Havre. The first northbound sailing


Government cancels Brexit- busting ferry contracts


The Government is to cancel the contracts for additional ferry services aſter Brexit with Brittany Ferries and DFDS, the Department for Transport said on 1 May. The government paid for £89m worth of additional capacity from the two operators to ease expected pressure on the port of Dover. However, it had already cancelled a £13.8m


contract with Seaborne Freight, backed by Arklow Shipping, for a proposed Ramsgate-Ostend service amid considerable controversy. Seaborne was dropped aſter it revealed that it had no ships or any experience of running a ferry service. The Government’s Brexit-


busting ferry plan ran into further trouble in late April aſter P&O


It will operate with


of the new SAWC1 service is scheduled to be on 10 June and the first southbound on 6 June. The Costa Rica Express


(CRX) service will continue to provide direct coverage to and from Costa Rica, Belize, Mexico, Panama and Northern Europe while the current Ecubex service which connects Ecuador with Northern Europe will now also call Colombia (Santa Marta) and Portsmouth in the UK.


Ferries revealed that it was suing the government over its £33m payout to Eurotunnel agreed last year. It follows the Government’s hurried settlement with the tunnel operator which was angry that it had not been included in the deal to provide additional cross-Channel capacity to help deal with congestion in the wake of Brexit. P&O said the payment to


Eurotunnel, saying it would distort competition in the market.


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