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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 sales solutions.
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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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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Boskalis Westminster to dredge the approach channel to the Port of Southampton. Work on the £30m contract is due to get underway shortly, with the new facilities at Southampton's container terminal due to open in the first quarter of 2014.
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Associated British Ports (ABP) signed a 15-year contract with Drax Power for new terminals and storage facilities worth up to £100m to handle wood pellet shipments at Immingham, Hull and Goole. The Selby-based power generator is switching from coal to sustainable biomass.
The development includes a dedicated import facility, the Immingham ...
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Associated British Ports has gained a licence to dredge 450,000 cubic metres at Marchwood Moorings and widen the channel for larger container ships. It is part of the port's programme to redevelop its 201/2 berths to handle the world's largest vessels. ABP has worked closely with Marchwood Yacht Club to ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) chief executive Peter Jones is to retire at the end of March 2013 and will be succeeded by James Cooper. The port operator's new chief is currently a Director of Infracapital, the European infrastructure fund of M&G Investments, one of the four investors in the Admiral ...
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Associated British Ports has awarded a £26 million contract to Liebherr for four new ship-to-shore gantry cranes as part of its redevelopment of container berths 201/202 at the Port of Southampton. Following construction at Liebherr’s factory in Ireland the cranes will be shipped to Southampton in component form before being ...
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