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ABP South Wales saw an increase in several commodities during 2018 following investment in infrastructure and services. Chemicals products and steel were both 10% up on 2017, while coal increased by 38%. Timber saw a 22% increase in imports while import and export of mineral products doubled in volume compared to the previous year
The port of Swansea continued to support local wind energy projects throughout 2018. The port handled turbine ...
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ABP has appointed Marina Wyatt as its new chief financial officer (CFO), replacing Sebastian Bull. Most recently she was CFO of UBM and previously held senior finance roles at TomTom NV, Colt Telecom Group and Psion. Meanwhile, Sebastian Bull will take up the new role of managing director, ABP ...
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Maersk Line is to move its BG Freight-operated Humberside/Rotterdam feeder service from ABP Immingham to ABP Hull. It says the move will improve accessibility for local shippers and offering convenient connections with deepsea services.
The service will call at Rotterdam on Tuesday-Wednesday with a Saturday arrival and departure in Hull.
Maersk’s ...
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ABP South Wales has invested £400,000 to increase open storage at its Port of Cardiff.
The investment will increase the amount of space by 13,000sq ft by redeveloping and resurfacing of a quayside area on North Side, Queen Alexandra Dock.
The transit storage area will be used to accommodate growing volumes of ...
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Work is underway to upgrade the rail route between Doncaster and Immingham for high-cube containers. National track operator Network Rail is partnering with the Humber LEP and North Lincolnshire Council to invest more than £15m to enlarge the route, which can currently only accept high-cube boxes on low-platform wagons.
The project ...
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ABP general manager Stuart Cresswell has been appointed as a director of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce (SCC). Responsible for the company’s operations in Scotland, which include the Ports of Ayr and Troon, he is also a co-founder of the Clyde’s timberLINK shipping service and a driver behind numerous other ...
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Work on the £15 million multi-deck storage facility in the Eastern Dock, the port’s eighth, will take nine months and will create 3,000 additional vehicle spaces.
Representatives from BMW Group, one of the main automotive customers for this facility at the port, and Morgan Sindall Construction & Infrastructure, the contractor appointed ...
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Associated British Ports has signed a memorandum of understanding to work with digital logistics enabler Marine Transport International to create a pilot programmes to use blockchain technology to improve connectivity. ABP will participate in MTI’s blockchain solution in pilot shipments. Currently, each party in a supply chain, from shipper to ...
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ABP South Wales has sold off 1.3 acres non-operational land at Subway Road, port of Barry for a waterfront regeneration scheme. It was originally used as ancillary space to the port but was latterly considered a non-operational asset due its distance from operational quayside.
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ABP South Wales has purchased a 10 acre site next to the east gate at its Port of Newport to expand its port-centric manufacturing operations as well as increasing storage capacity for existing customers.
The sale of the Neptune Works, most recently used by AIC Steel, is believed to be the ...
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