Author: Unipac Shipping UK
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Underground warehousing plan at Heathrow approved
Plans for a pioneering (1.9 million sq ft) underground warehouse near Heathrow Airport were approved early this month. This ambitious project will potentially serve as a blueprint for other underground warehousing and logistics developments in high-value urban land areas. Hounslow Borough Council’s planning committee approved the proposals submitted by the landowner, Formal Investments, to create…
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Expanded Panama Canal
26th June marks one year anniversary since the expanded Panama Canal began commercial operation. More than 1000 Neo-Panamax ships have undertaken the journey since then. The project has opened up a new shipping lane for larger vessels. Increasing the size of the vessels able to pass through, from a max length of 294 metres and…
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The effect of Qatar Crisis on shipping
On 5th June 2017 UAE, Saudia Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain announced that they were restraining diplomatic ties with Qatar over allegations that it is sponsoring terrorism. In addition to that, various bans have been imposed on land, sea and air travel as well as movement of goods into and out of Qatar. Immediate bans were…
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Noise fines at Brussels Airport
After the departure of the Chinese full freighter carrier Yangtze River Express in February, Air Cargo Global has now also decided to leave Brussels Airport as a result of the legal insecurity and the financial risks caused by the decision of the Brussels Capital Region to drop the tolerance margin of the noise fines. Air…
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Monitoring system for the road carriage of sensitive goods in Poland
A new Polish law regarding the road transport monitoring announced in the Polish Journal of Laws on 3rd April 2017 has now come in to effect. The new law is aimed at the transport of sensitive goods that involve a high risk of tax evasion and will need to be reported to the Polish authorities.…
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Congestion in China
Chinese ports are currently experiencing a serious congestion brought on by a number of factors. Bad weather such as fog and problems related to the establishment of new shipping alliances will soon pass. However in order to overcome other issues, implementation of some strategic planning will be required. On the surface it looks like Chinese…
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Firms fearful of a Brexit cliff edge
Post-Brexit challenges awaiting logistics and freight companies were discussed in much detail during an annual “Keep Britain Trading” conference organised by FTA this month. The participants of the conference raised many concerns regarding the way that shipping industry will work post Brexit. British Port Asscosiation (BPA) chief executive Richard Ballantyne said the number one concern…
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MOL Triumph – worlds’s largest containership
MOL’s newest vessel, the first of a fleet of six 20,000 TEU-class containerships for the company was named MOL Triumph in a ceremony at SHI in South Korea on March 15th, 2017. At 400 metres long and 58.8 metres wide, MOL Triumph is currently the world’s largest containership. It weighs 192,672 tonnes. With a capacity…
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Transporting a life size sculpture of Capability Brown
In the summer of 2016 Unipac Shipping UK took on a project of transporting a life size sculpture of Capability Brown from China to France. Laury Dizengremel, the highly-regarded international sculptor, was commissioned to carry out the work, based on the portrait by Richard Cosway. The statue was made in Laury’s studio in China…
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How do you move an oil platform from China to UK?
China’s largest semi-submersible ship “Xinguanghua” carrying a floating platform for oil production, storage and unloading, set sail from Shengsi County in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Saturday, 25th February towards North Sea Oil Field in the UK. The platform, also known as “Hope No.6” is the first of its kind built by China. It’s cylindrical…