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Happy New Year for ABP Southampton

Port of Southampton owner and operator ABP predicts that 2018 looks set to be another record-breaking year. Director Alastair Welch says that, following the success of 2017, when the largest vessels in the world came to Southampton and more than one million containers were handled by the port, 2018 will see even larger mega-ships visiting. ABP Southampton director, Alastair Welch said: "This is set to be another important year for the Port. Across ... [+]

Buckley in Southampton hot-seat

Captain Phil Buckley (right) takes over as harbour master at the port of Southampton when Captain Martin Phipps retires. He is now responsible for the safe navigation of all vessels on one of the busiest waterways in the world and across the wider Solent – last year 160,000 vessel movements, including ... [+]

New road measures set to reprieve Newport

The Welsh Government has put forward a package of measures costing around £135m to mitigate the effect of the new M4 relief road on ABP’s port of Newport, the BBC reports. They include providing new buildings for firms operating in the port and developing the south dock as an alternative ... [+]

Sun shines on ABP plans

ABP says it could become one of the biggest corporate solar power producers in the UK after it announced plans to build a further 20MW of solar arrays. Ultimately ABP’s 21 ports could house 100,000 solar panels generating up to 22.4m kWh of electricity each year – enough to boil more ... [+]

ABP Property to offer 30m sq ft of space

ABP Property, the development arm of the ports company, was relaunched on 29 November to industrial property professionals with a reception at the Gherkin in London. It owns sites in and around 21 major UK ports capable of creating as much as 30 million sq ft of accommodation for new ... [+]

A good deed shines bright

When the 1950s-vintage illuminated cross on the tower of Christ Church in the Southampton district of Freemantle finally gave up the ghost, the vicar probably didn’t give much thought to its effect on shipping. However, while today’s generation of ultra large container ships use all manner of hi-tech electronic positioning equipment ... [+]

GBRf starts Southampton-Birmingham service

GB Railfreight (GBRf) has started its first intermodal service from Solent Stevedores terminal at ABP Port of Southampton to ABP’s Hams Hall Rail Freight Terminal near Birmingham. The first 34-wagon service departed at 02:39am on 1 November on behalf of logistics firm Wincanton and will run daily (Tuesday to Saturday). GBRf ... [+]

Biggest ship yet for Southampton

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 ... [+]

Southampton moves up a gear

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 ... [+]

ABP launches 50-acre Immingham development

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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