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Cefetra’s MV Peak Dublin was the first ship to call at Dover’s new cargo terminal with a cargo of export grain in October. The new multi-purpose cargo terminal facility is a major part of the port’s £250


million Dover Western


Docks Revival development. Recently appointed cargo


terminal manager Nik Scott-Gray said: “Cefetra’s arrival delivers a real sign of confidence in Dover and the new opportunities we have to offer customers across a range of markets. I am delighted to welcome Cefetra to Dover and look forward to developing


a successful partnership in the months and years ahead.” Cefetra chief executive,


Andrew Mackay, added: ”Our new Kent office opened in August and we are confident that this will be the first vessel of many that we will load in Dover as we open up new markets for the produce of the farmers of Kent.” Meanwhile, heavy haulier


Collett & Sons has moved two 335-tonne transformers destined for nearby Sellindge power station


from Dover’s cruise


terminal, on behalf of Daher Projects.


Issue 7 2019 - Freight Business Journal


News Roundup Forwarding & Logistics


Wincanton is considering a bid for multimodal transport and logistics operator Eddie Stobart. However, Stobart’s largest shareholder DBAY Advisors is also considering buying the whole company. It follows a troubled time for Eddie Stobart. Chief executive Alex Laffey stood down in the summer following an accounting error that overstated profits by £2 million, leading to a collapse in its share price.


Immingham-based container haulier Humber Ports Logistics is to open a new Hull depot. It follows new contract agreements and increases in volume from existing customers. The company now operates a fleet of 100 vehicles in operation and over 150 container chassis.


Once safely secured to the


79.5m long trailer, at 10pm Collett made the 30 mile trip from the


Port of Dover arriving six and a half hours later at the Sellindge Substation site in Ashford, Kent.


Young forwarder winners announced


Winner of this year’s Young International Freight Forwarder of the Year (YIFFY) Award is Evgeniya Khokhlova, who represents


the Russian


association (FAR) and is a specialist in project logistics for SVH-Freight. The announcement was


made at the FIATA World Congress, which


took place


this year in Cape Town, South Africa. Each year, four regional


finalists are selected from multiple entrants across the world. The other finalists were Africa/ Middle East - Enos Chapara, of Bollore Transport and Logistics Zimbabwe; Americas


- Rachael van


Harmelen from DSV Panalpina, Canada; and Asia Pacific Mr Phillip Burgess, South


As before, the awards were Island


manager, Burnard International, New Zealand.


sponsored by insurers the TT Club, whose senior loss prevention executive and chairman of the award steering


committee, Mike Yarood commented: “I would like to congratulate all four finalists for their polished presentations and especially, of course our winner. The current global trade environment is particularly challenging and the forwarder’s role in adapting to the regulatory, political and economic pressures on themselves and their customers is consequently more crucial than ever. In these circumstances the training and professional advancement of our young professionals must be paramount.” Next


year’s award will


be presented at the FIATA Congress in Busan, South Korea on 19-24 October.


Consolidator Unsworth has appointed Richard Hogg as its new managing director. He will oversee the relaunch of Unsworth’s digital rate platform Cargocost, together with a suite of digital tools. A chartered shipbroker, he has worked alongside his brother Charles, with particular focus on finance, technology and human resources.


Former managing director of Dachser Air and Sea Logistics’ Asia Pacific region Edoardo Podestá has become chief operations officer. He replaces Jochen Müller who has agreed not to extend his contract when it expires in 2020, but will stop working for Dachser with immediate effect. Podestá joined Dachser in 2003 as part of the management team for the Züst Ambrosetti Far East joint venture aſter Dachser had taken full control.


Swiss-based forwarder Militzer & Münch Group has signed a joint venture with Serbian logistics company Invictus System Transport and Logistics to expanding its network in the Balkans. The partners say they aim to become a leading forwarder in the country within the next two years. The JV will initially focus on road transport but will add airfreight and sea freight, warehousing, intermodal traffic and project transport. Managing director of the joint venture is Filip Simovic, previously head of transport operations at Invictus.


Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has opened its first own air and sea freight branch in France, at Villepinte, close to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The network in France will be expanded further with the opening of additional branches, it added. Hellmann will continue to cooperate with its French partner Heppner to develop land transport between Germany and France as well as in the joint management of a logistics location near Paris.


Port of Dunkerque has inaugurated a secure access corridor for heavy goods vehicles waiting to check in at the terminal. It has also introduced a drone-monitored Perimeter Fence Surveillance System and is the first system in Europe licensed to fly drones over private sites out of direct sight of the operator, by day and by night. Other work carried out by the


port in anticipation of Brexit are a third passport control booth


for the French Border Police, extended parking areas and setting up counters to enable customs officers to carry out tax refund formalities and process declarations. For import flows into France,


premises have been allocated for customs authorities, a hangar has been fitted out to control heavy goods vehicles and quays have been redeveloped and traffic management and signalling


Tilbury shows its hand with new pontoon


A floating pontoon destined for


terminal development at the Essex port has been launched at the Ravestein yard in Deest, Holland. When finishing works are completed as expected in


the new Tilbury2 ro ro


October, it will be towed by tug along with the linkspan bridge, ready for installation at the new terminal before the end of the year. Tilbury commercial


director Peter Ward said that completion


systems installed to sort trucks and create a parking area for those subject to checks. A truck parking area has also


been created as an extension to the facilities of the Veterinary and Phytosanitary Inspection Service (SIVEP). Ferry


operator DFDS has


supplemented the customs information system with a computer application that informs each driver of the status of their


of Tilbury’s new terminal “is on track for Spring 2020” and would


cargo, during the crossing. Similar facilities and systems


are also due to be tested at of Calais and Eurotunnel. Selected heavy goods vehicles will be given an opportunity to test both the smart border allowing them to fill in their customs declarations on departing from Dover, thereby facilitating the processing of customs procedures upon their arrival in France, as well as the new traffic control system at Dunkerque.


be the largest unaccompanied ro- ro terminal in the UK.


A new team of experts is offering global, end-to-end logistics and supply chain solutions in industries including wind, power, oil and gas, and mining, amongst others. Based in London, 4D Supply Chain Consulting is headed by managing director Tim Killen has over years’ experience in end-to-end logistics and supply chain solutions, including senior roles at Deugro Group, ALE, and Alstom Power. Operations director, Paolo Barbieri, has over 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas market, with senior roles at Shell, ENI, and Deugro group.


Logistics company Allport Cargo Services has launched a single-use plastic policy as part of its ‘Doing well by doing good’ Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) strategy. The company, part of logistics group EV Cargo, aims to reduce its use of avoidable single-use plastics and replace them with viable and sustainable alternatives, with a view to complete elimination. Other initiatives include removing over 51,000 single-use plastic seals used by its fleet and replacing them with a digital solution and replacing brown plastic packing tape with a paper-based option.


Ceva Logistics has appointed Niels van Namen as global head of healthcare business development. His previous positions include business development director healthcare for DSV and VP healthcare Europe for UPS’ Healthcare and Life Science Sector.


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