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Issue 5 2021 - Freight Business Journal


///NEWS


A2B expands Anglo- Dutch operation


Dutch-based transport company A2B-online Container has added a fourth weekly sailing on its service between Hutchison Ports’ London Thamesport in Kent and Moerdijk in the Netherlands. The new sailing was


inaugurated by the A2B Comfort, one of six 508teu container ships


operated by A2B in the North Sea. A2B-online Container is a


multi-modal short-sea operator specialising in full load, part load and pallet consignments to and from the UK, Benelux and Germany via Moerdijk and operates a fleet of more than 2,000 45ſt pallet-wide containers.


Freya to double P&O Ferries Hull-Zeebrugge box space


A second lo lo container ship for P&O Ferries’ Zeebrugge-Hull route arrived on the Humber on 1 June. The integrated ferry and logistics business has added the 650teu MV Freya to its schedule in response to rapidly growing demand. Together with sister ship


Elisabeth, she will double capacity on the route and increase the number of sailings in each


direction every week to six. Managing director of P&O


Freight Ferries Services, Thorsten Runge, said: “Our customers will benefit from faster turnaround times, enabling them to exit the port as quickly as possible and continue their journeys on the excellent road links to the industrial hubs along the M62, M6 and M1 corridors.”


DHL Express is to set up a new intra-European airline based in Austria and will at the same time remodel its East Midlands- based airline, DHL Air UK, to focus on intercontinental services, with increased flights to the Americas and Asia. Under its Strategy 2025, it


will operate a fleet of B757 freighter aircraft transferred from DHL Air UK on its intra- European flight services, while DHL Air UK will expand its B767 operations and add new B777Fs to its fleet that will start operations in early 2022. DHL Air UK managing


director, Tom Mackle, said: “The UK has always been a


crucial gateway to the world. With an increasing demand in international time-definite deliveries, this is today more valid than ever. The expansion of our intercontinental Express fleet


in the UK by adding


new B777s, the most modern and efficient freight aircraft, underlines our engagement and our commitment to meet changing customer needs, to continuously deliver excellent services and to also improve our carbon emissions footprint.” DHL is in the process of


filing applications for the new intra-European airline with the Austrian authorities.


DHL Air UK to become express carrier’s long haul arm


Eleven-point plan to give British airfreight liſt-off


Airport property developer AIPUT and lobby group Logistics UK published an 11-point plan on how the Government should restore the fortunes of the airfreight industry in the wake of the Covid and Brexit shocks. The reports’ authors, AIPUT


(Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) fund manager, Nick Smith and director of policy at Logistics, UK Elizabeth de Jong, called for a renewed commitment by Government to the sector, saying that it would have a vital role in the country’s economic recovery. They also demanded the


highest quality transport and real estate infrastructure. The Government should also


accelerate negotiations on traffic rights to open up key markets and routes and for freeports to be used as a catalyst for investment,


jobs and skills growth, rather than diverting activity from elsewhere. In addition, they want


commitment to support research and development to help aviation decarbonise through sustainable aviation fuel and new technologies. Nick Smith said: “Air freight


contributes £7.2 billon to the UK economy and supports 151,000 jobs. There is a clear and pressing need for further recognition of the strategic importance of this sector, which plays such a pivotal role in facilitating trade, investment and job creation.” Elizabeth de Jong added: “We


must prioritise the steps needed to enhance the role of air freight in a post-Brexit world. Air freight is vital to our economy and we call on the government to work with the industry to realise its full potential as a cornerstone of global Britain.”


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