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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 best year in 2009/10 of 933,000 tonnes.
ABP short sea ports director, Andrew Harston traffic was boosted by a steady grain ...
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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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Immingham – the town, not the port - is hoping to repeat last year’s feat when it took the top spot in the East Midlands in Bloom event, with the help of Associated British Ports (ABP)
ABP announced that for the third year running, it will be the town’s main sponsor ...
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ABP has invested £15m in new equipment equipment at Hull Container Terminal, which it took over from PD Ports on 1 May, along with 39 staff. The terminal will continue to service shortsea operator Samskip.
The 30-acre operation handles more than 9,000 containers per month and discharges vessels from Rotterdam, Tilbury ...
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A group from ABP’s Humber ports got the chance to test their sea legs when they were given a training day by seafaring charity Maybe Sailing.
Fifteen staff from Hull, Goole, Grimsby and Immingham set out from Hull Marina to learn how to sail the 80-foot vessel.
The training was a thank ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has launched a consultation on the Port of Newport Master Plan, setting out its future vision for growth and development until 2035, and inviting stakeholders to have their say on the port’s future - even though the port is threatened by a road scheme.
It includes proposed ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) is to make a formal objection to the Welsh Government and the Secretary of State for Transport against the compulsory purchase of approximately 87 acres of land through the centre of the Port of Newport for a road scheme.
ABP says its operations in Newport support around ...
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