A new Ghent-based shipping company called I-Motion, will start operations with container services connecting Ghent with ABP Hull and London Thamesport
These two regular shuttle services will start from 28th May, calling three times/week at each UK port, using the vessels BF CARTAGENA and MARUS.
I-Motion Shipping is a joint venture of several Ghent-based businesses, most notably Stukwerkers Group NV and the M Source Group, which owns Masterbulk. The companies are engaged in trucking, intermodal and terminal operations at their own Interface Terminal in the Ghent Kleuzendock.
Its Managing Director Filip Slock said that this new lo-lo alternative offered a way round driver shortages and traffic congestion. “We are supporting our intermodal customers by ensuring they’re primarily located to suitable markets. Interface Terminal Ghent offers a unique and streamlined service to ensure cargo flows efficiently.”
The line expects to move 60,000 containers in its first full year, half over Hull and half over Thamesport.
ABP Humber Ports Director, Simon Bird, said: “In 2017 ABP took the decision to invest £50M in our container terminals in the Humber, which influenced I-Motion’s decision to come to Hull Container Terminal. This new business arrives on the back of the new additional sailings between Amsterdam and Hull that was announced earlier in the year [by Samskip].”
Container business on the Humber is booming with an increase of 23% in the last year. In April The Port of Hull welcomed two Liebherr STS cranes worth an aggregate £10.5M, enabling it to double capacity to around 400,000 TEU.
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