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HumberPort Launches Website

Leading shipping and logistics organisations on the Humber have launched a website to promote the facilities and advantages of international trade through the Humber Port network; www.humberport.com Key stakeholders ABP, AbleUK, DFDS, Danbrit, EastTrans, RMS Group, Samskip and Tschudi are behind the HumberPort initiative, which meets and is administered through the University of Hull Logisitics Institute. Bill Walker, Director of the University of Hull Knowledge Exchange and Interim Chair of HumberPort said, ... [+]

New contract, new warehouse at Hull

Associated British Ports Hull has signed a five-year agreement with Jenkins Shipping for the handling and storage of paper and forest products including a new 9,500 sq m warehouse in Queen Elizabeth Dock now under construction. Jenkins Shipping has won a contract for the import of paper reels manufactured in ... [+]

More car capacity for Southampton

Business Secretary Vince Cable officially opened a fourth new multi-deck trade vehicle terminal at the Port of Southampton on 7 June to meet extra demand for UK car exports. The terminal is part of a major investment by Associated British Ports (ABP) to expand its vehicle export facilities. ABP announced ... [+]

New crane for Hull

Associated British Ports Hull has taken delivery of a new £1.7m  LHM 180 mobile harbour crane. It supplements four existing Liebherr mobile harbour cranes as well as a Liebherr mobile excavator crane in King George and Queen Elizabeth Docks and will be used mainly for handling dry bulk cargoes using ... [+]