Service Announcements: DB Schenker Rail UK, TAM Cargo and GAC

DB Schenker Rail UK increases services from London Gateway, TAM Cargo inaugurates terminal in Brazil and GAC sets up operations office Japan.    DB Schenker Rail UK has increased its services from London Gateway to run five days a week. The rail freight company will now operate intermodal services from London Gateway to Trafford Park on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and to its Wakefield terminal on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 
   London Gateway has the UK’s largest port rail freight terminal, with more than 30 percent of the port’s cargo being carried by rail, according to a statement from DB Schenker. The company also runs trains from the port to South Wales.

   TAM Cargo inaugurated its new cargo terminal at the Guarulhos Airport in Brazil. According to a statement from the company, the new terminal will be used exclusively for domestic cargo and has the capacity to handle more than 1,000 tons of cargo per day.
   The result of a $38 million-Brazilian real (U.S. $11.7 million) investment, the facility has a total area of 15,000 square meters, making it the largest terminal owned by LATAM Airlines Group in Brazil. It features 14 entry doors for incoming cargo, 12 exit doors, and 14 metal storage platforms with capacity of up to 37,800 kg per unit.

  Shipping and logistics provider GAC opened an operations office in Japan to “cater to a growing demand for ship agency and husbandry services in the light of a burgeoning energy sector.” GAC Japan will act as a General Agent to provide services at all ports and terminals through its local partners.
   Fredrik Nystrom, VP of GAC’s Asia Pacific group, said in a statement “increasing Japanese imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and thermal coalas, a result of its government’s revised energy policy plan, have boosted the country’s shipping sector and raised the demand for world-standard support services for the industry.
   “The Japanese government has made LNG the first ‘fuel of choice’ for power generation, and this is good news for ship agency service providers like GAC, as more LNG shipments arrive from conventional and new supply sources at the country’s major LNG import terminals,” added Nystrom. “With the rise in port activities comes a need for agency services, and this prompted us to open an operations office here.”