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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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We think of the Port of Felixstowe as the birthplace of containerisation in the UK, but the place actually started out as a ro ro terminal – 50 years ago. In 1965, DFDS launched a weekly service to Copenhagen. Ownership and patterns of services have gone through many different changes ...
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United Arab Shipping Company’s (UASC) newest and biggest vessel, the 18,800teu Barzan, has made her maiden call at Felixstowe. She arrived from Port Kelang in Malaysia on UASC’s AEC1 service between Asia and North Europe which also calls at Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Yantian, Port Kelang, Rotterdam and Hamburg.
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The Port of Felixstowe has commissioned two new rail mounted gantry cranes at its North Rail Terminal. The Leibherr machines have been co-financed by the European Union Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) programme and bring Felixstowe’s total to nine rail cranes serving 16 tracks at its three terminals, making it the ...
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Felixstowe has turned to temporary building experts Spaciotempo to cope with a space shortage brought on by new Brussels food safety regulations. The 25m x 25m, 5m high building, is helping the port cope with demand following the introduction of a new food safety. It will remain on site until ...
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Prime Minister David Cameron chose a visit to the Port of Felixstowe to launch an Economic Plan for the East of England. Whilst at the port he saw the ultra-large container ship, CSCL Saturn, being worked at the port's berths 8&9 as well as the extension being built.
During his speech ...
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The UK's largest container port, Felixstowe, is developing 1.45 million sq ft of warehousing on a 68-acre site, tailored to the needs of its customers. The port's CEO, Clemence Cheng, said it would have “the key advantage of being located within the port’s perimeter” - less than 100 metres from ...
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The world’s largest containership, China Shipping's 19,000teu CSCL Globe, will call at the port of Felixstowe on 7/8 January 2015. It will be the first call of the ship anywhere in Europe and Felixstowe will be her only UK port of call.
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