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ABP Southampton will handle its largest container ship yet today (Tuesday 7 November), the 20,568teu Milan Maersk. She will top the 20,170teu of the OL Triumph and MOL Trust that visited earlier this year.
The Milan Maersk is one of 11 second generation Triple-E class vessels due to be delivered by the end of 2018.
ABP Southampton director, Alastair Welch said: “Milan Maersk is just the latest of these new megaships to ...
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Minister of State for International Trade, Greg Hands opened ABP Southampton’s new vehicle export terminal on 2 November.
The new Pacific Terminal has been completed ahead of schedule and adds 3,400 spaces.
Southampton is the UK hub for automotive with nine lines undertaking 110 calls to 52 ports in 40 countries every ...
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Warehouse and industrial units that will be able to accommodate around 1,500 employees are on course to be built on
ABP is planning a major warehouse and industrial development at Imm-Port, a 50 acre site at Kings Road close to the Port of Immingham purchased recently from the Brocklesby Estate.
Following receipt ...
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ABP’s Port of Ipswich recently hosted the Department for International Trade’s Export Hub truck as part of the Government’s Exporting is GREAT campaign.
Providing a flexible space for discussions between businesses, the Export Hub is travelling to number of UK regions including the Humber. The truck is equipped with a skype ...
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ABP’s Port of King’s Lynn handled two deliveries for the Palm Paper Power Station in Kings Lynn. On 6 October general cargo vessel Figaro brought in a 103-tonne gas turbine followed, on 9 October, by the Frisian River, with an electricity generator destined for Palm Paper’s newspaper printing site.
Palm, which ...
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An array of huge industrial pipes, rescued following a collision between two vessels in the Dover Strait are being reprocessed at ABP’s Port of Lowestoft as part of a sustainability project. The pipes will be cut into 12-metre lengths before being exported for reprocessing overseas.
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Fifty firefighters have dealt with a major acid tank leak at ABP Hull’s King George Dock, the BBC reports.
According to the report, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said the tank contained 580 tonnes of hydrochloric acid.
The leak was on the east side of the dock, away from homes but people ...
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ABP chief executive James Cooper is to step down after ten years with the port operator. A successor is expected to be appointed in 2018. Cooper became chief executive and executive director of Associated British Ports Holdings in April 2013. Prior to this he was a non-executive director and has ...
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ABP’s Port of Ipswich is investing £170,000 in a fleet of new Linde forklift trucks Equipped with hydraulic fork positioners to aid their operators and make the process of transporting materials more efficient, they also have the latest fuel efficient engines.
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ABP Swansea is handling material for the Brechfa Forest Wind Farm project, A 28 turbine scheme being developed by Innogy in Carmarthenshire.
Components for have already started arriving by sea in the port, which has extensive experience in handling project cargo and can accommodate vessels of up to 30,000 dwt. Between ...
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