May 2016

Minister sees Liverpool’s new port

Transport Minister, Andrew Jones visited the Port of Liverpool on 16 May to view the latest developments at Liverpool2 as the terminal approaches its opening. The minister received a tour of the site during a visit to the city to discuss prospective improvements to the major A5036 corridor. Warren Marshall, Group planning director of Peel Ports, Liverpool’s owner said: “The government has shown a strong interest in Liverpool2 throughout the development, ... [+]

Data sharing will cut freight thefts, says TAPA chairman

Chairman of the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA), Thorsten Neumann, has called for increased sharing of data by law enforcement agencies as cargo crimes in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region reached a three-year high in the first quarter of 2016. He said that the industry already received ... [+]

Woodland buys Cambridgeshire courier

The logistics arm of Essex-based forwarder Woodland has acquired Peterborough-based Courier Elite. Woodland said its new addition would strengthen its presence in Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and the Midlands.   [+]

ABP takes over Hull box terminal

ABP has invested £15m in new equipment equipment at Hull Container Terminal, which it took over from PD Ports on 1 May, along with 39 staff. The terminal will continue to service shortsea operator Samskip. The 30-acre operation handles more than 9,000 containers per month and discharges vessels from Rotterdam, Tilbury ... [+]

The Filthy Thames

Artist Michelle Reader has put together a whole collection of sculptures made from just a small sample of the plastic rubbish collected on the River Thames. A Bellyful of Plastic is intended to highlight the vast numbers of fish living there have plastic in their gut, including three quarters of the ... [+]

New port for Turkey

DP World officially opened Turkey’s newest port at Yarimca, Izmit Bay for business on 14 May. The ceremony was attended by President Erdoğan by teleconference in the presence of senior government officials and executives of DP World. One of the biggest in the country, the new terminal can handle up ... [+]

FedEx-TNT decision imminent

FedEx and TNT Express said that 88.4% of the total number of shares had been tendered by the deadline on 13 May. FedEx said it would announce no later than 19 May whether it would declare its offer for TNT unconditional. [+]

Metals firm recommits to Tilbury

EMR, one of the world’s largest metal recycling companies has signed a new 25 year lease with the port of Tilbury and will be upgrading its facilities and investing around £3m in improved ship loading equipment. The site acts as an export hub for the company’s depots around London and ... [+]

Container weighing rules will be ‘zero tolerance’

Don’t believe rumours about ‘tolerance’ in the new SOLAS rules on verified gross mass for containers, speakers told a seminar at the recent Multimodal conference. Containers which are already at sea on 1 July and need transhipment are the only deepsea boxes that will not be subject to the rules, said ... [+]

Six lines to form new shipping alliance

Yet another shipping alliance is born MOL, NYK, K Line, Hanjin, Hapag-Lloyd and Yang Ming are to create a new alliance covering all east-west trades including Asia-Europe/Mediterranean, the Transatlantic, Asia-North America and Asia-Middle East, and have signed a binding agreement. ‘THE Alliance’ is scheduled to begin operation in April 2017 subject to ... [+]

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