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Scientists from the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) have run comparative trials of five radiation portal monitoring systems at the Port of Felixstowe.
Radiation Portal Monitors (RPMs) detect radioactive sources in containers or vehicles and can distinguish between dangerous sources from innocent alarms such as medical isotopes and naturally occurring radioactive material.
The trials were used to benchmark the performance of several different RPMs faced with the same flow of traffic in a ...
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The Port of Felixstowe says that it will offer a container weighing service before new international rules come into force on 1 July but has not said how it will be carried out. From that date, an amendment to the SOLAS (Safety of Life at Sea) Convention will require every ...
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The Port of Felixstowe has received planning permission for the first phase of a 1.4 million square foot logistics park. The approval covers the first four warehouses, providing nearly 1 million square feet of storage space with the largest being 360,000sq ft. Finance director Mark Seaman says there has already ...
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The Port of Felixstowe hosted a visit by Egyptian Minister of Transport, Dr Saad Mohamed Elgioshy (pictured, right). He held talks with executives of the port's owners, HPH, including chief executive, Clemence Cheng (left), and visited the CSCL Globe, one of the world’s largest container ships.
Managing director of Alexandria International ...
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The Port of Felixstowe can now handle two of the world's largest containerships simultaneously with the opening of its 190-metre Berth 9 extension on 5 November. First vessel to call at the enlarged berth was UASC's Al Nasiiyah, herself on her maiden voyage.
At a ceremony to mark the opening, ...
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Transport Minister Robert Goodwill took part in a round table discussion with transport leaders from the ports, road, rail freight and shipping industry at the port of Felixstowe offices on 29 October. Discussions centred on the need for a joined-up approach connecting the maritime sector with other areas of transport ...
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Transport Minister, Robert Goodwill, formally opened the Port of Felixstowe's new ambient temperature food examination facility on 29 October.
The £4 million investment includes a major refurbishment and expansion of the examination facilities and the provision of new offices for Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority. It also brings the port's facilities ...
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The port of Felixstowe took delivery of three new ship-to-shore gantry cranes on 28 September. Built by ZPMC in Shanghai, the new cranes will be operated on the port’s Berth 8&9 which are currently being extended to increase the port’s ability to handle the latest ultra-large container ships.
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The Port of Felixstowe is creating an environmental corridor as part of the Go Green campaign launched by Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) and a number of other global port operators. Refurbishment of a system of dykes in the port will include the improvement of habitats for wildlife as well as ...
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GB Railfreight has added its seventh daily rail service from Felixstowe, to Birch Coppice, Birmingham. It is also the 31st daily rail service to operate out of the port. It runs to Birmingham Intermodal Freight Terminal (BIFT), owned by container transport company Maritime Transport [2]. It is also the first ...
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