THE Europe-South Africa SAECS service offered by Maersk, its unit Safmarine, together with MOL and Deutsche Afrika Linien (DAL), will speed northbound reefer cargo by adding an eighth ship while slowing an additional five days on the southern leg.
The 4,822-TEU Maersk Garonne, currently proceeding from the Far East to South Africa will join the service at Port Elizabeth on June 27, reports Alphaliner. The service calls at Rotterdam, Tilbury, Bremerhaven, Las Palmas, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Cape Town, Las Palmas and back to Rotterdam.
Once fully underway, the service will deploy five ships from Maersk and Safmarine, two ships from MOL and one from DAL.
LONDON Gateway is about to confirm that the SAECS consortium, which operates services between Europe and southern Africa, will start calling in November.This will be the first confirmed liner service for the new port, which will officially open in the fourth quarter.SAECS consists...
As I have said before NO NEW WORK for London Gateway just robbing from other ports. Cheap poor trained labour = low charges for containers.
Well said !! As a Unite representative working in Southampton we have been asking gateway for a very long time now to offer union recognition which to this point they have shown no interest in doing thus showing that all they represent is a port that wants cheap labour to be their focal point! We pride ourselves on performance born out of quality training and aftercare of it's people , this will not be the case in Gateway as all they are interested in is how cheaply they can get a job done not the people doing that job ! Think on potential customers!
Evergreen quits Thamesport for Felixstowe
UK – SOUTH AFRICA – London Gateway, the UK’s newest deep sea container port which is still under construction on the north bank of the River Thames, has announced that the Southern Africa Europe Container Service consortium (SAECS) has signed up as the first ocean carrier which will use the facilities when freight movements commence in Q4 this year. SAECS is a long established cooperation which, despite a change in membership over time, still consists of Deutsche Afrika-Linien (DAL), Maersk (together with subsidiarySafmarine) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) working in cooperation.
Although the individual lines prefix the services with their own identification the basic port rotation is currently Bremerhaven, Tilbury, Rotterdam, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Durban and therefore presumably the lines will switch from the Tilbury call to DP World’s new UK flagship port. London Gateway issued a statement confirming the move, saying:
"London Gateway welcomes the SAECS service decision to choose London Gateway port from November 2013."
Well said !! As a Unite representative working in Southampton we have been asking gateway for a very long time now to offer union recognition which to this point they have shown no interest in doing thus showing that all they represent is a port that wants cheap labour to be their focal point! We pride ourselves on performance born out of quality training and aftercare of it's people , this will not be the case in Gateway as all they are interested in is how cheaply they can get a job done not the people doing that job ! Think on potential customers!
ReplyDeleteWhat are the wages at DP..?
ReplyDeleteEveryone is banging on about low wages but what are they.?
Why hasn`t the Union said what they are or is it just lost revenue for them.?
I heard it was £25000 starting wage every license you get you get an extra £1500.?
Please enlighten us Union or give it a rest.....
yes 25000 start up to 28000,they have offered them 2 grand to do 3 shifts and up to 8 per cent of there wages as a bonus,there asking for gcse grade bs ,thing is us older dockers didn't do gcses ,im a tilbury docker and a few mates have gone the but on lower wages ,which is not good for the rest of us ,they are now poaching our work which also is not good
DeleteLike I said it's about the people not just the money but protection of terms and conditions built up in ports all over the UK by workers and unions working together with employers for many years! I am just a working man who happens to be a rep for a team of men but I know my work place is better with union recognition than without!
ReplyDeleteI applied for a Gateway job and got this job description ;
ReplyDeleteKey objectives include:
To carry out container, cargo handling and associated clerical duties, in a safe, efficient and timely manner.
Key responsibilities will include:
Subject to training and individual capabilities, employees will be expected to drive all plant machinery and vehicles on the terminal, to move containers accurately within the confines of the Port as required.
Conduct pre and post operational safety checks on equipment. Report defects to control
Form part of a team involved in container lashing operations on board ships.
As directed by the Shipside Superintendent, arrange under crane all the materials required for handling of out of gauge containers.
Carry out the fitting and removal of twist locks to and from containers, from a safe position on the lashing platform.
Work as a ‘checker’ with a handheld device.
Assist with gate checking and help desk duties.
Assist with the load and discharge of containers from trains at the railhead.
As part of a team, assist with the mooring and un-mooring of vessels at the berth.
Ensure that the operations are conducted in a timely and effective manner as per expected standards such that the crane operations are neither delayed nor impacted negatively.
Operate radio communications.
Supplement a team involved in cargo handling operations for the presentation of cargo for UKBA, Port Health, etc. plus other cargo handling duties, to meet the requirements of customers, to include the use of fork lift trucks and other cargo handling equipment.
Assist the crane operator in container handling as required.
Contribute to the continuous improvement process and to the meeting of business objectives.
Attend team meetings as required.
Perform a timely and effective handover.
To be an ambassador for the company at all times internally and externally.
Take responsibility for safety and discipline in work area and report accidents and ‘near misses’ in accordance with defined safety procedures.
The above outlined responsibilities are not exhaustive and you may be required to carry out other tasks that are appropriate to your role in addition to these.
Experience:
Employees do not require any formal experience in the shipping or port industry, but must have the aptitude to learn, and be an enthusiastic, positive member of the team.
They would not advise me on the phone as to what the wages were but looking above the idea of £1.500 per licence is a dream and if that had £25 K as a basic you would be killed in the rush. The hours of work were also very sporadic as in if a ship was in port you worked it until complete. The extra hours you may have worked ( overtime ) will then be used as a bank when the next ship comes in. That was enough for me !!!! That is going back to the casual days of the 30s 40s & 50s.
As i said what is the WAGE there..?..Tell us .?..Or stop moaning...Plenty of Polish etc to do the work then you can sit at home and watch your 50" plasma and get your dole money or go to work stop whinging like a girl and get on with it..FFS...
ReplyDeleteSo London Gateway lands it's first shipping line at the expense of Tilbury,not really a surprise considering the location of both ports but this just goes to prove that there is no extra work out there and all London Gateway is going to do is take from other ports. I hope this doesn't have a major effect on jobs at Tilbury like many other ports in the U.K which are going to face exactly the same thing. While the work is being stolen instead of being created do we really need London Gateway.
ReplyDeleteIt's there deal with it....
ReplyDeleteWell lets hope you don't find yourself in the same position as the workers at Tilbury who now have to wait and see how this move will effect them. Although with an attitude like yours I don't suppose you would really care.
ReplyDeleteWe have got free market and free competition in this country, right? Shall we ban all foreign investment and leave all British companies uncompetitive in EU market?
ReplyDeleteLondon Gateway is future prove port. With high automation levels and hopefully without unions blocking development (look at Southampton where global SC pooling and Prime route scheduling was rejected by Unite) they will provide much better service to customers than current UK ports.
Yes right let's look at Southampton. ...just been given the best productivity in Europe regarding moves against time in port figures! ! We don't fear gateway we fear for it's workers!
ReplyDeleteWhats the wages at DP a direct question to a Union Rep.?...Enough of your dribble and spouting on about this and that tell us what the wage is then let Joe Public decide what they want to do..
ReplyDelete25000 start 28 when fully qualifided ,plus 8 percent bonus and 2 grand to work flexi shifts when ship turns up its not good for us tilbury dockers ,
DeleteAverage house price for a 3/4 bed house in this area is £300 to £400 grand. £28 - £32 K a year on a flexi pattern with no idea as to when you can have time off. What sort of workers are they going to attract at this place.
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