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JBS brings meat imports into Britain to DP World London Gateway

JBS, the world's largest supplier of beef and chicken, will moved all South American meat imports through DP World London Gateway.

The change has been made possible by the arrival of new services, linking the terminal with South American ports such as Santos (Brazil), Montevideo (Uruguay) and Buenos Aires (Argentina), a DP World statement said.

The company ships meat from South America, Australia and the United States to Europe.

DP World's ports commercial manager Tabare Dominguez said: "We will be working with them to ensure they reap the maximum benefits from using the UK's newest deepwater port and logistics hub."

Said JBS Global UK commercial director David Squires added: "With better transport links and port infrastructure, we want to see improved lead times from arrival of the vessel to delivery to customer."

Swire named shipowner of the year for innovative customer service

SWIRE SHIPPING, the liner trade division of the China Navigation Company (CNCo), has been presented with the "Ship Owner/Operator Award 2014" award at the annual Seatrade Asia awards ceremony in Singapore.

This award, won by Swire for the second consecutive year, was judged on the basis of innovative customer service delivery, network service development and commitment to the environment.

"Swire Shipping was very pleased to receive this award which further recognises our commitment to being a leading provider of sustainable shipping solutions and our customers' partner of choice," said a company press release.

The China Navigation Company (CNCo) is the wholly owned, deep-sea shipowning and operating arm of the Swire group. CNCo was founded in 1872 in Shanghai and started its operations trading on the Yangtze.

Since then the company has expanded globally while its primary operational focus remains in the Asia-Pacific region. The company operates a global network of multi-purpose liner services for the transportation of containerised, breakbulk, heavylift and project cargoes in addition to providing drybulk and bulk logistics services.

Swire Shipping is the liner shipping division of CNCo, the wholly owned deep-sea shipping arm of the Swire group. The company operates multiple liner trades, servicing its core trading area of New Zealand, Australia, Asia and the South Pacific and extending to Europe and North America.

Swire Shipping's versatile fleet of multipurpose ships is capable of carrying a wide range of general, unitised cargoes (including heavy and bulky project lifts), break-bulk parcels (steel, forest products), bulk parcels, as well as containerised cargoes (general and refrigerated).