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Peel Ports plans UK’s largest solar roof for Liverpool

Peel Ports Group and its partner E.ON are to install the UK’s largest roof-mounted solar energy system at the Port of Liverpool, alongside a future project to repower existing wind turbines on the banks of the River Mersey with fewer, larger turbines. The scheme will help the port operator meet its goal of net-zero emissions by 2040 and is the first stage of a 25-year agreement between the two companies that ... [+]

Tim Hook to look after ABP assets

Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Tim Hook as lead asset manager, joining its property team at Southampton from RSS Global. He will be is responsible for identifying new business opportunities through managing and building relationships with new and existing ABP customers and for property ... [+]

ABP to sell North-west ports to Fox Group

ABP is to sell its ports at Fleetwood and Silloth to Fox Jackson Ports, a new division of construction services, logistics and property company, Fox Group, subject to regulatory approvals. Fox Group says the deal will support the movement of more of its aggregates by sea. ... [+]

New look for Ibesco route

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has revised its IBESCO Baltic feeder service to improve port coverage in Denmark and Sweden. The updated weekly service operates Leixoes - Lisbon - London Gateway - Rotterdam - Gothenburg - Aarhus - Copenhagen - Helsingborg - Antwerp – Rotterdam There ... [+]

MSC unveils Durban Cold store

MSC has opened a 15,000sq m cold storage facility in Durban. Part of the line’s Medlog logistics division, it has a capacity of 8,000 to 10,000 pallets and can handle goods such as imported chicken or exports, primarily citrus. [+]

APM to open Onne CFS

APM Terminals’ West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) at the port of Onne in eastern Nigeria has commissioned a new container freight station (CFS). It will serve as a one-stop-shop to consolidate exports WACT was one of the first greenfield terminals to be built in Nigeria under ... [+]

Ceva to set up electric auto hub in Dunkerque

The Port of Dunkirk and Ceva Logistics – now part of CMA CGM - have signed a contract to develop a 9.5-hectare new finished vehicle sea import and export hub in the eastern part of the harbour. The site will include vehicle reception and storage areas ... [+]

Ocean members reveal five-year plan

The members of the Ocean Alliance - CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping, Evergreen and OOCL – have revealed details of a new ‘Day 8’ service, following the extension of their agreement for at least five additional years, from 2027 to 2032. The new service pattern aims to ... [+]

Harwich-Hook ships return after 18-day pitstop

Stena Line has relaunched the Stena Britannica and Stena Hollandica on its Harwich-Hook of Holland route after a refit programme that took just 18 days for each ferry, by a 36-strong team. The operator says that a new type of paint on the vessels’ underwater hulls ... [+]

Freeport East welcomes port funding report

Freeport East says a new report from the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult) will help accelerate upgrades to UK port infrastructure to support commercial-scale floating offshore wind. The report focuses on port infrastructure issues and proposes ways to increase Government funding. Offshore wind is critical to ... [+]