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Connemara comes to Portsmouth


Portsmouth International Port welcomed Brittany Ferries’ Connemara for the fi rst time on 17 November, with an exchange of plaques between harbour master Ben McInnes and captain, François Le Breton. Connemara is


the vanguard of a wave of Brittany Ferries


vessels over the next four years. Powered by liquefi ed natural gas, she will serve the Portsmouth to Caen route. She will then be followed by three brand new ‘E-Flexer’ class ships to serve UK to Spain routes: Galicia in late 2020, Salamanca in 2022, and Santoña in 2023.


Delta goes door-to- door with Roadie


Delta Cargo has partnered with Atlanta-based same-day delivery service, Roadie, to launch what it says is the fi rst door to door service for a US passenger airline. DASH Door-to-Door off ers 24/7 pick-up and delivery, from businesses or homes, to over 55 cities in the US and with plans for expansion to dozens more cities before the end of the year. However, there are no plans to


extend the service beyond the US for the time being. With more than 150,000


verifi ed drivers nationwide, Roadie claims the largest local same-day delivery footprint in the nation and reaches 89% of all US households but plans to


expand its same-day footprint coast-to-coast. It is aimed at time-critical


shipments in industries including medical,


manufacturing,


automotive and industrial parts. Customers get a dynamic price quote, with a single booking for fl ights with pick-up/delivery, as well as end-to-end tracking and real-time status. Maximum weight is 100lbs and


maximum dimension 90 inches. TSA Known Shipper status is required to ship packages over 16oz and a streamlined registration is available directly on deltacargo.com. The service comes with a limited money back service guarantee.


Stena Estrid, the fi rst of its three new ferries destined for the Irish Sea, has successfully completed her sea trials in China’s Yellow Sea. The ferry operator said that following three days of extensive testing, the new vessel performed excellently across a wide range of stringent test criteria and is now on schedule to start operating on the Dublin


Issue 8 2019 - Freight Business Journal Successful sea trials for Stena Estrid later


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to Holyhead route in early 2020. Stena


offi cially took


ownership of the vessel at a ceremony at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China. Stena Estrid is the fi rst of fi ve new Stena Line next generation ro- pax vessels that are being built at the AVIC Weihai Shipyard in China, three of which will be introduced on the company’s Irish Sea routes from Dublin to Holyhead and Belfast to Liverpool.


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ABP locks in South Wales growth


Associated British Ports (ABP) has begun a £7.8 million project to replace and refurbish lock gates at Cardiff and Swansea. At Cardiff


the outer lock


gates are being replaced and the old outer one will then be refurbished and installed into the middle position as the existing middle gates are at the end of their life. In Swansea, the inner lock gates


will both be replaced with new gates. Work will be completed at both ports in December 2019. The engineering programme has been designed to allow ships to enter and leave the ports while the work is going on. The Severn estuary has the second highest tidal range in the world and port lock gates area are a vital piece of infrastructure, so it is essential that they remain watertight.


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