Service Announcements: DB Schenker Rail UK, CMA CGM, Woodland Media and Swissport

DB Schenker Rail UK wins coal contract from Drax Power Station, CMA CGM opens intermodal corridor from Port of Libreville, Woodland Media moves to larger warehouse facility, and Swissport Brussels receives CEIV pharmaceutical certification.    DB Schenker Rail UK has been awarded an expanded contract to deliver coal to Drax Power Station, effective April 1. The three-year deal will cover the company’s supply routes in Immingham and Kellingley, with the possibility of additional North East supplementary routes.
   The rail provider has delivered up to 45 percent of Drax’s coal since 2011 and under the new contract it will deliver the “vast majority” of coal to the power station, DBS said in a statement.
   In addition to the new contract, DB Schenker Rail UK has a contract to supply up to 80 percent of Drax’s biomass requirement.

   Ocean carrier CMA CGM has opened a new intermodal corridor from the Port of Libreville to inland destinations in Gabon, Congo.
   The company will now provide coverage to Franceville, Lambarene, Mouila, Bitam, Moanda, Mitzic and Makokou by rail and road.

   Woodland Media, part of the Woodland Group that provides specialist logistics services to the print and publishing sector, has moved to a larger warehouse facility in Kearny, New Jersey. 
   Located minutes from Newark Liberty International Airport, the 22,500-square-foot warehouse features an in-house Certified Cargo Screening Facility is expected to handle at least six million kilos of airfreight exports in 2015.
   According to a statement from the niche logistics provider, Woodland exports more books from the U.S. than any other freight forwarder.

   Swissport Cargo Brussels successfully completed the IATA “Center of Excellence for Independent Validators” (CEIV) validation process for Pharmaceutical Logistics. The ground and cargo handling service provider’s Bussels arm is among the first to complete the program, according to a statement from Swissport International Ltd.
   IATA established the Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) on Pharmaceutical Logistics in 2014, cooperating with pharmaceutical companies, regulators and industry stakeholders. The CEIV certification “aims at helping airlines, handlers and forwarders improve their share of the $60 billion a year pharmaceutical logistics market. The program, which includes implementation planning, on-site assessment, training and validation, marks a new standard in the pharmaceutical logistics industry and raises the benchmark for compliance with industry regulation,” said Swissport.