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Issue 5 2020 - Freight Business Journal


professionalism when moving


goods around the EU? Just because there have been little or no customs requirements when trading with the EU for the last 25 years or so, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t matter.” He adds: “One wouldn’t ship


a container of sulphuric acid and not say what it was – at least, I’d like to think not. There are financial and legal consequences from doing so.” As for non-hazardous goods,


while there are no reasons in law or regulation to accurately declare and it has become accepted practice by many to give descriptions such as ‘parts’


or similar, it is highly desirable that the forwarder carrying the goods should know what they are. This is particularly true of fragile, high value, theſt- attractive, foodstuffs (or have to be treated as foodstuffs). Goods of that nature that are not so declared could be uninsured under general CMR cover, which insures goods under a limited liability, Denton warns. He adds: “If we don’t know


what we are transporting, we cannot


take the necessary


precautions. We cannot ensure the haulier takes rest breaks in secure parking facilities. We cannot advise our customers that their goods have a value


Rosslare set for transformation


Iarnród Éireann (Irish Railways - IE) is to apply for planning permission for a major transformation of its port of Rosslare in southern Ireland. Rosslare Europort will see


over €30 million invested over the next five years including a reconfiguration of the port along with new facilities and infrastructure. One berth will be extended and a second double linkspan will be built to accommodate larger vessels. IE also promises a substantial


increase in trailer, container, trade car, bulk and general cargo storage at the port and a full digitisation programme. The development will be


completed in phases over five years, allowing the port to continue to maintain full operations during construction. Rosslare Europort is Ireland’s


closest port to the UK and mainland Europe with regular services to the UK, France and Spain. Other developments include


construction of the New N25 Rosslare Europort Access Road by TII and Wexford Co Council, development of the Rosslare Europort Business Park by the Dutch company XELLZ targeting the future offshore wind market and construction of facilities to meet all customs and Brexit requirements for state agencies at the port. Rosslare will be the only port outside Dublin with a Border Inspection Post. XELLZ said it has acquired


100,000sq m of land to add to its existing 200,000sq m and had also progressed plans to create a Free Zone at Rosslare Europort and the Europort Business Park. It would give companies who


locate there would operate and install offshore wind farms and the zone would help ease the flow of goods and keep projects moving. Through its offshore services


subsidiary 24shore SBS (Supply Base Services) and XELLZ Ireland, XELLZ will establish an offshore wind supply base.


The Port of Tyne welcomed the return of the DFDS ferry service from Amsterdam (Ijmuiden) on 16 July. The route had been suspended since the start of the UK lockdown in March. The route will operate daily, though with a reduced


passenger capacity to ensure social distancing. Measures will also be in place


at check-in including social distancing measures, screens for Port and Border Force employees, hand sanitiser stations and increased cleaning of the terminal.


New concept could slash port land costs


exceeding CMR liability. And we cannot ensure that the packaging for your cornflakes wouldn’t get loaded adjacent to a Class 6.1 toxic chemical.” Ital Logistics has designed


soſtware to include commodity categories and, where any type of product could be considered high value, the customer gets an automated additional note regarding insurance and the haulier is also instructed accordingly. The same applies to fragile goods that should not be stacked, for example. And where goods need to be treated as foodstuffs, both haulier and warehouse are automatically notified.


However, warns Denton: “If


we don’t know what we are transporting, then we cannot take the relevant precautions.” While some people might fail to


declare goods properly because they, misguidedly, believe that it can help disguise theſt-attractive goods, Denton suspects that it has simply become habitual since the ending of customs formalities. But he warns that following Brexit and the re-imposition of customs clearances for goods moving between the UK and EU from 1 January 2021, requiring shippers to provide full descriptions of goods and full documentation, for which they would be well advised to start preparing now.


///NEWS


News Roundup Forwarding & Logistics


The British International Freight Association has signed an agreement with Drewry to help bring the maritime research consultancy’s confidential freight rate benchmarking service to its members. It follows the signing in June by European forwarder’s group umbrella CLECAT of an agreement to raise awareness the Club amongst its membership.


Xpediator chief executive Stephen Blyth is to step down from his position, due to health issues, but will continue as a director and non- executive deputy chairman. A new permanent chief executive will be appointed. Meanwhile, chief financial officer Robert Ross and chief operating officer Logistics Romania Danor Ionescu will jointly cover the position.


Turkish-owned Ekol Logistics in Poland has signed a new six-year contract with UK-based outdoor clothing firm and Regatta. The two companies have been cooperating since January 2018 with Ekol operating a 10,000sq m, 10,000 pallet warehouse offering value- added services, returns and e-commerce shipments . There is also potential to expand the range of countries covered to beyond the EU, for example Russia or Israel.


German forwarder Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has appointed Geodis as its land transport partner for France, ending its long-standing cooperation with Heppner. The two companies already cooperate in the UK. Last year, Hellmann opened its own sea- and airfreight branch near Paris. Heppner has meanwhile joined forces with Gebrüder Weiss, having also terminated its partnerships with Hellmann in Poland and the UK. It has however agreed to continue its collaboration with Hellmann in land transport between France and North Germany.


Angela MacDonald has been appointed as deputy chief executive and second permanent secretary at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The post has been vacant since Jim Harra took over as first permanent secretary and chief executive in October 2019. MacDonald is currently director general for customer services group at HMRC – a role she has held since 2017.


Agility Spain has moved into a new 11,000sq m warehouse and office at ZAL Port (Prat) in the Port of Barcelona. Features of the warehouse include free height of 11 meters in the storage area and a deck roof. The facility was built by CILSA, the company that manages the port’s Logistics Zone, and is part of more than 270,000sq m of projects under development.


Austrian forwarder Gebrüder Weiss is opening its first national subsidiaries in Australia and New Zealand with Air & Sea locations in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland. Regional manager for East Asia and Oceania Michael Zankel said the new locations would focus primarily on import business from Asian, American, and European markets including vehicles and automotive parts, machines and electronic products, and goods from the food and chemical industries. Earlier in June, Gebrüder Weiss opened a new office in Seoul, South Korea.


DP World has


completed assembly of the world’s first container High Bay Store system (HBS) at Jebel Ali Port which stacks containers up to eleven high. BoxBay is a joint venture between the port operator and German industrial engineering specialist SMS Group. Real life test operations are


due to start before September and the technology reduces terminal footprint by up to 70% while allowing any container to


be accessed individually without moving any other.


P&O Ferrymasters is joining forces with Nordic freight forwarder Scan Global Logistics to improve service between the Benelux region and Sweden. The two partners will offer daily truck departures for full truckload, less than truckload and groupage.


DSV plans to invest 2 billion Danish Kroner (£242m) in a new logistics centre at Horsens in Jutland which it says will be Europe’s largest with a single leaseholder. It will be built next to the forwarder’s existing facility and will allow for future growth as well as consolidation of its warehouse and cross-docking terminals, creating a 700,000sq m area.


A virtual tour of DP World London Gateway port via Zoom attracted a record attendance BIFA’s Young Forwarder Network attracted since its launch in March 2019. The behind-the-scenes tour attracted 71 online attendees, allowing them to witness the port’s state-of-the-art technology and all aspects of landside and shipside activity.


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