January 2020

Lack of lashing led to Causeway accident, says inspector

The chief inspector of marine accidents said that forecast weather conditions had not been considered and cargo was not lashed properly in a report into the accident to European Causeway on 18 December 2018. Freight vehicles shifted inside the vehicles deck of the ro-ro passenger ferry en route from Larne to Cairnryan. The inspector has also written to the senior management of short sea ferry companies around the UK to ... [+]

Up and down year for port of Dublin

Dublin Port’s unitised volumes (ro-ro and lo-lo containers combined) grew3.6% to 1.5 million units in 2019 and has increased by 41.3% over the six years since the economic recovery began in 2013, it said. But the continued strength in unitised growth in 2019 was offset by a large one-off decline in ... [+]

Hyundai boosts THE Alliance

THE Alliance - Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express, and Yang Ming - has revealed details of its expanded network of ocean container services following the addition of Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) from 1 April. It includes a new pendulum service replacing the existing Asia-Europe FE5 and Transpacific PS7 services. It will ... [+]

DSV ticks all the boxes for the Red Cross

Freight forwarder DSV has provided a new warehouse for the Danish Red Cross to help it to respond quickly to disasters anywhere in the world. The new facilities are in the first part of the Hedeland distribution centre which will have a total capacity of 150,000sq m. With the more flexible ... [+]

It’s a slam-dunk for BIFA award-winners

Basketball star and broadcaster Ade Adepitan revealed the winners of the British International Freight Association’s Freight Service Awards 2019 on 16 January. The winners of the eight General, Modal, and Specialist categories in the Awards, which has established a benchmark of quality for the British freight forwarding industry for more than ... [+]

New chiefs for Tees port users group

AV Dawson managing director Gary Dawson and Redcar Bulk Terminal managing director Garry O’Malley are the new chair and vice chair, respectively, at the Tees and Hartlepool Port Users Association (THPUA). Dawson takes over the reins from former chair, Stuart Brookes, whom he has supported as vice chair for the last ... [+]

New IT horizon for DG International

Specialist freight forwarder DG International is launching Horizon, a cloud-based, single-platform digitisation, visibility and integration platform. It can be tailored to different business objectives and, rather than being an ‘out-of-the-box’ solution, the platform offers complete visibility over the supply chain enabling customers to request quotes, book shipments and manage freight ... [+]

Collett bullish in Bradford

Heavy transport Company Collett & Sons has bought 76,000sq ft of warehousing and office space at a new Bradford site. This new 2.32 acre location is less than two miles from Junction 26 of the M62 and three miles south of Bradford city centre and allows Collett to further expand their ... [+]

Airport site ready for take-off

Aberdeen Standard Investments’ AIPUT fund (Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust) has gained planning permission for its Black Arrow speculative-build warehouse development at Blackthorne Point industrial estate in Poyle, near Heathrow’s Terminal 5. The high-spec, 27,760sq ft warehouse will be on a vacant brownfield site.  Black Arrow will be a flexible industrial ... [+]

Super-cranes for a super-port

Two new super-post-Panamax cranes are on their way to Stockholm’s new Norvik Port .They began their journey from Shanghai on 10 January and will arrive for installation at the end of March. Norvik will be able to handle the largest vessels operating in the Baltic Sea and the cranes can ... [+]

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