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Associated British Ports’ five South Wales Ports contribute almost £1 billion directly into the Welsh economy and supports 15,000 jobs in the region, according to a report by independent consultants Arup. As far as the wider UK economy is concerned, the five ports -Swansea, Port Talbot, Cardiff, Barry and Newport - contribute £1.4 billion to the UK economy annually and support 21,000 UK jobs.
Together, the five South Wales Ports handle ...
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A new independent report says that Associated British Ports' (ABP) Port of Southampton contributes £990 million to the UK economy every year, including £714 million for the Solent region. Consultants Arup added that the port supports 14,730 jobs.
Investments of over £100 million in the past five years with a further ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has protested to the Welsh government that plans for a new M4 relief road through Newport would severely curtail its operations at Wales' largest general cargo port. The BBC reported ABP's Matthew Kennerley as saying that the motorway scheme would eat into the port's land reserves ...
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Associated British Ports has appointed James Leeson as head of commercial, Humber. He comes to ABP from Inchcape Shipping Services, where he was global key account manager and his new role will involve working closely with customers to ensure their requirements are met and generating new business for the four ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) will be marking the centenary of King George Dock with a family open day at the Port of Hull on Saturday 21 June.
The event will take place between 11am and 3pm and will include coach tours of King George Dock, tours of P&O's cruise ferries, machinery displays, live bands, fairground rides, ...
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Jens Nielsen has joined Associated British Ports (ABP) as commercial director. Prior to joining ABP, he worked for Blue Water Shipping for 12 years before joining DFDS where he was variously UK & Ireland managing director of DFDS Transport; managing director of DFDS Seaways; and, latterly, vice president of freight ...
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ABP has welcomed a Parliament review of Able UK's plans to build a Marine Energy Park (AMEP)at East Halton in the Humber Estuary – a project that could conflict with its own development plans for the area. ABP, which operates the nearby port o0f Immingham said that it welcomed the ...
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Siemens has confirmed longstanding plans to build a new wind turbine factory in the port of Hull. The German owned engineering firm is investing £160m in Green Port Hull at the city's Alexandra Dock and in a new blade factory in nearby Paull.
According to reports, the factories will be open ...
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Associated British Ports has produced what it describes as a compromise proposal that would allow both its own s Immingham Western Deepwater Jetty (IWDJ) and Able UK's Marine Energy Park (AMEP) to go ahead in the Humber Estuary. ABP says it believes that such a solution is eminently achievable and ...
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Former Southampton port director Doug Morrison has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours list, in recognition of a lifetime devoted to working in the UK's ports. He was port director at Southampton until his retiredment in December 2013 overseeing, among other things, a £100 million investment in ...
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