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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.
[caption id="attachment_20513" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jerry Anaman (left) and Anthony "Docky" Wilson, pictured in one of the industrial pipes salvaged from the North Sea and currently being ...
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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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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 ...
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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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