UK forwarders blast the Port of Felixstowe

Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe has kick started its autonomous truck project featuring Westwell’s Q-Trucks.

“Environmental and sustainability issues are not new. Whilst the focus is often on carbon emissions, there are other wide-ranging generic issues.”

The MUMBAI MAERSK has set a new record for the deepest draft vessel to call at Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe. The 20,568 TEU capacity ship arrived on 11 November from Bremerhaven with a draft of 16.8m and sailed 24 hours later with a draft of 17.0m

The main approach channel and Berths 8&9 at Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe have been deepened to improve access for the world’s largest container ships

DFDS, which operates one of the most extensive freight and passenger ferry networks in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and eastern Mediterranean regions, is spending approximately €200M to buy Tarifa (Spain)-based FRS Iberia/ Maroc, a leading operator of ferry services across the Gibraltar Strait. FRS operates seven vessels on three services across the Gibraltar Strait, linking Algeciras and Tanger Med, Algeciras and Ceuta, and Tarifa
and Tanger Ville.

An industry survey on carbon emissions within the logistics sector conducted by the British International Freight Association (BIFA) indicates that it is not just legislation that is driving change, as client pressure and internal initiatives are also increasingly significant