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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 for safety and soft skills programmes - as well as expanding the existing training and education offering to customers and ...
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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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The Port of Tilbury has loaded its first trainload of raw glass for URM UK from a new recycling facility at the port.
Some 1200 tonnes of raw glass cullet left Tilbury en route for Cheshire this under a long term supply agreement. The cullet is produced from mainly from kerbside ...
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Scottish Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse visited Dundee port on 23 August to hear about the £10million investment programme to create a hub for future North Sea oil and gas and offshore wind projects. He was also briefed on the £10m quay extension which will feature the ...
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