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ABP South Wales is investing over £4 million into warehouse improvements and handling equipment at the port of Cardiff for steel, forest products, and other general cargo. The port operator took over the stevedoring of steel and general cargo operations at Cardiff from a third party provider in 2016 and the investment forms part of a long-term plan to improve infrastructure and equipment. All work is due to be completed ...
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The port of Lowestoft had its busiest day of the year so far on Friday, 28 July. Visiting vessels included a broad mix of survey, supply and tug boats and a bulk carrier loading grain at the silo, along with many transiting vessels. ABP has invested heavily in facilities at the ...
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Shortsea carrier Unifeeder has confirmed that itssecond Polish/Baltic sailing to the Humber will call in Hull, complementing the existing weekly Immingham call and doubling capacity on the route.
Unifeeder, whose current weekly sailing into Immingham departs from Klaipeda/Gydnia and Szczecin, will offer a second service to Hull from Klaipeda and Gdynia ...
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ABP’s five South Wales ports are offering bespoke logistics solutions for suppliers to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project, just across the Bristol Channel in Somerset.
The port of Barry (pictured) is the closest commercial port to the site and ABP can also offer services from Cardiff, Newport, Port ...
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ABP is to invest £50 million to more than double the capacity of its two Humber container terminals. It has committed nearly £30 million to upgrading Hull Container Terminal including the purchase of four new Liebherr ship-to-shore cranes, two of which were delivered in 2016 with two more scheduled for ...
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ABP’s Immingham Container Terminal (ICT) has welcomed A2B’s new vessel, MS Vanquish with a traditional port plaque handover between the port manager and the chief officer of the vessel. She will increase calls by the short-sea operator from 9 to11 calls per week.
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ABP Ipswich says it has again broken records with larger vessels and saw a surge in ship calls in 2016. In total, 743 ships called at the port, up 8% on 2015 figures, while gross rose 13% to 2.6 million gross tonnes last year.
Ipswich, which is the UK’s leading export ...
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ABP’s Port of Silloth had a good year in 2016 handling 54 ships, an increase of 15% compared to 2015. Cargo throughput, at 142,000 tonnes was18,000 tonnes more than the port handled in 2015. Traffic includes imported wheat on behalf of Carr’s Solway Mill, molasses for use in animal feed ...
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The first turbine blade has been manufactured at Siemens’ new wind power factory at ABP’s Port of Hull, the first of hundreds that are expected to be produced every year. It was unveiled on 1 December in front of customers and guests, including Secretary of State for Business, Energy and ...
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Fertliser company Yara UK has extended its North west import operations with a storage and bagging facilities at ABP’s port of Garston. Yara UK, which also operates at ABP’s Immingham, Swansea and Ayr ports, commenced operations at the Port of Garston in late November when the company received its first ...
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