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Brexit could be an opportunity for the UK to revisit the idea of freeports, according to a report authored by Richmond, Yorkshire MP, Rishi Sunak and published by think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies.
The report – co-authored by researchers Isaac Delestre and Philip Naylor - argues that free ports would provide a rapid response to Brexit, increasing manufacturing output, reinvigorating the North, and promoting trade. They could create more ...
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ABP chief executive James Cooper has triggered a local storm after he suggested that the controversial Dibden Bay container port expansion plan could be revitalised.
The scheme to develop the opposite side of Southampton Water to the existing port for commercial use was thrown out by the government 12 years ago ...
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ABP has appointed current Hull and Goole manager Mark Frith as port manager for Grimsby and Immingham. He has managed the ports of Hull and Goole since 2014 following a career in global logistics and operations with DHL, after which he relocated from Canada to join ABP. ABP has already ...
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ABP has ordered two Terex Gottwald harbour cranes to replace older equipment in Southampton (similar to the type illustrated). They will primarily be used to unload palletised fruit traffic and will have a maximum lifting capacity of 63t. They will also be able to handle general cargo and containers in ...
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ABP’s Green Port Hull development at Alexandra Dock has handled its first commercial ships. Stema Shipping’s MV Bulknes and MV Beltnes delivered almost 400,000 tonnes of crushed stone from Norway which will be used to surface the windmill factory site that is being built by Siemens. Ultimately the berths will ...
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ABP’s Port of Ipswich, the UK’s number one grain exporting port, has handled more than one million tonnes in the 2015/16 harvest year, a record for the port and its customers. In the last harvest year, which ended on 30 June, over 1.09 million tonnes were handled, surpassing the previous ...
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ABP has completed deepening of the shipping channel at the port of Teignmouth, allowing larger draughted ships to enter the port and increasing the tidal window. It will eventually accommodate ships with a draught of 5.5 metres on a four metre tide.
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PD Ports, Port of Tyne, ABP Ports and Peel Ports have signed an agreement to ensure their collective voice is heard by Government and to improve freight and transport links across the North.
Following regular roundtable discussions the ports brokered a ground-breaking pact announced in Liverpool on 29 June to pursue ...
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ABP South Wales has started work on a £2.3 million project to develop new warehousing space at Newport to cope with an increase in agriculture-related cargo.
The scheme, which is being delivered by local construction company Andrew Scott will provide an additional 3,500sq m of covered storage and the investment also ...
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ABP and Historic England are working together to restore a piece of port and shipping history. The 100-year-old boat hoist standing guard over the Port of Goole’s South Dock is undergoing a £200,000 programme of refurbishment to guarantee its future.
It was built in 1912 to transfer coal coming down the ...
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