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Scotland’s main container port Grangemouth says it is well underway with a multi-million pound investment programme to boost its capacity by around 1,000teu. The programme includes container terminal surfacing upgrades, a new terminal operating system, warehouse development and a ship to shore crane.
The £2m investment will be finished later this year in time for the peak volume period and will also cater for any additional demands that may be placed ...
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DFDS has abruptly shut down its freight ro ro service from Zeebrugge to Rosyth, near Edinburgh after a fire broke out in the engine room of the sole vessel on 16 April. An injured crew member was airlifted to hospital from the Finlandia Seaways for treatment of smoke inhalation.
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Forth Ports group chief executive Charles Hammond was joined by apprentices, graduates and Skills Development Scotland for a ‘turf-cutting’ ceremony to mark the start of construction of a new, purpose built, training academy at Grangemouth.
The 420m sq site will provide additional in-house facilities for equipment skills training and new classrooms ...
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Forth Ports has gained Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status for its facilities at Grangemouth, Leith and Rosyth, the first ports in Scotland to achieve it. The AEO accreditation recognises that the customs controls and procedures at each of the ports are efficient, compliant and secure. Tilbury was awarded AEO last ...
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The Port of Tilbury’s Logistics Training Academy and Tilbury on the Thames Trust have taken delivery of a new ‘fully immersive’ training simulator as part of the ‘Attention to Logistics’ training programme.
The ‘Attention to Logistics’ training programme and bursary scheme, launched last year by the Trust, has been created to ...
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P&O Ferries has signed a deal with Forth Ports to build a £150 million river berth at the Port of Tilbury which will treble its freight capacity to 600,000 units a year by 2020.
The new terminal will be built subject to planning permission. An application for a development consent order ...
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Forth Ports' Port of Tilbury has applied for a development consent order for its proposed 152-acre Tilbury2 scheme on a former power station site.
Tilbury has doubled the size of its business in the past ten years and says it needs space to cope with a predicted doubling of volume across the ...
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The Port of Tilbury Logistics Academy, Tilbury on the Thames Trust and the Royal British Legion have launched ‘Attention to Logistics’ a training scheme and bursary to help forces veterans and their families develop their skills and future employment potential.
The scheme aims to help ex-service men and women and their ...
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They may not look so scary in the photo, but these are some tough mudders. A 30-strong team from Forth Ports in Scotland have raised £25,000 for cancer support organisation Maggie’s Centre, taking part in the gruelling 12-mile of mud and obstacles Tough Mudder challenge in Dumfries & Galloway which ...
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The Port of Grangemouth has started a £1million resurfacing project. The work is being carried out by Luddon Construction and will be finished in October in time for the peak volume period. The new resurfaced area is expected to about of 1,000teu additional capacity. The port has also placed an ...
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