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Issue 5 2020 - Freight Business Journal


Ipswich-based Thames Sailing Barge Victor, based outside ABP’s Ipswich offi ce at the Old Custom House went for a shakedown sail on the River Orwell in July. Not normally something to remark on - in a normal year, she would make over 100 trips from the Waterfront – but the vessel has not sailed since March due to the Covid crisis. In a normal year, Victor and her fellow fl eet members would carry more than 13,600 passengers from Ipswich. But with lockdown now easing,


///FREIGHT BREAK A victory against the virus


Skipper ‘Wes’ Dave Westwood is delighted to be back under sail and is looking forward to getting back to normal, with cream teas


and evening cruises in the coming months, of course with social distancing measures in place. Tickets can be booked via the


Ipswich Tourist Information Centre - www.ipswich.gov.uk/touristinfo


Davies Turner party is off – for now


Davies Turner has postponed its 150th anniversary staff birthday party, due to be held on 20 June, until next year. However, the UK’s largest independent freight forwarding company


(which is still in the same family ownership as it was in 1870) believes that the innovative thinking that has seen it survive many ups and downs over the last 150 years will see it through


the Corona crisis. The company still has the


photos of its 60th anniversary celebration, which was held just before the Western economies crashed in 1929.


also promised their support, along with retailers including H&M Group, GAP, Ralph Lauren and Puma. EV Cargo Global Forwarding


EV Cargo Global Forwarding has signed the Arctic Shipping Corporate Pledge to avoid intentionally routing vessels or sending goods through the region as part of a potential new global trans-shipment route. The Pledge, co-founded


in 2019 by Nike and Ocean Conservancy, is a response to an increasing use of shipping


along the Russian and Canadian Arctic coasts, made possible by a rapid decline in sea ice and the use of ice-breaker vessels. Major shipping companies


such as Mediterranean Shipping Company, CMA CGM, Evergreen, Hapag-Lloyd & Hudson Shipping Lines as well as global freight forwarders such as Kuehne + Nagel have


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