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| Wednesday, 19 December 2007 | |
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The Port of Ipswich is cashing in on an upsurge in Far East goods being shipped through the UK.
The UK’s container trade with the Far East has risen by 27 per cent in 2007 alone and many of Britain’s sea ports are too congested to cope with increased demand. Fast-moving ABP moved in to help take the strain and has recently been handling container exports on behalf of the China Shipping Group (China Shipping). Feeder services have been running from the port’s West Bank Terminal to Zeebrugge, Antwerp and Rotterdam, carrying 250 TEUs per voyage, with nine crossings made to date. Bryan Boreham, manager of China Shipping’s Equipment Control Department, explains: “The volume of the UK’s container trade with the Far East has risen by 27 per cent. This, combined with the increased size of modern deep-sea container vessels, means that boxes are entering the country faster than they can be returned to their point of origin. “We considered a number of options to help us face this challenge, but it was the Port of Ipswich that provided us with the ideal solution of a combined storage and handling operation. This offers an important safety valve, and enables us to return containers to circulation as quickly as possible.” Alastair MacFarlane, port manager for ABP’s East Anglian ports, added: “Just one of the strengths of the port – the largest of ABP‘s 11 short-sea ports – is our flexibility and ability to process many different cargoes and trades. We are able to load a container ship fully in less than a day, minimising turnaround times, and providing the most efficient service possible to our customers.” Last year, the Port of Ipswich handled over 3.5 million tonnes of cargo, including dry bulks, forest products, liquid bulks and general cargo, as well as containers. |
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