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The Port of Tilbury has completed statutory consultation on its proposals to build its new, Tilbury2 terminal. Close to the current port, it will be built on a 152 acre site which was part of the former Tilbury Power Station and will include a new deep water jetty in the river Thames. The port will now further develop the scheme in light of all the feedback received before submitting a formal application ...
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Minister of State for Transport, John paid a visit to the Port of Tilbury on 28 June to hear about the £1billion investment programme including London Distribution Park and Tilbury2. The minister Hayes (pictured centre, with Forth Ports group chief executive, Charles Hammond) was also updated on the progress of the construction of the UK’s largest warehouse at London ...
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Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest container port, has ordered a new multimillion pound ship to shore container crane from Liebherr.
Able to handle vessels of 14 containers across, the crane will be designed and built in Liebherr’s facility in Killarney, south west Ireland, and shipped into Grangemouth for onsite construction and entry into ...
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The Port of Tilbury began formal statutory consultation for its new Tilbury2 terminal and facilities on 19 June. The scheme will be built on a 152 acre site which was part of the former Tilbury Power Station and will include a new deep water jetty in the river Thames.
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Grangemouth, Scotland’s main container port, has put three new Kalmar straddle carriers into operation. The new ESC340 straddle machines increase the number of machines at the terminal to 16 and are the first phase of a programme to replace the entire fleet. Owners Forth Ports also added a new Hyster ...
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The Port of Tilbury is due to start pre-planning community consultation on 6 March on its proposals to build a new Tilbury2, terminal adjacent to the port. It will be built on a 152 acre site which was part of the former Tilbury Power Station and will include a new ...
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Housing minister and Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell paid a visit to the Port of Tilbury on 16 February to see for himself the place where much of the country’s building material comes in. He was given all the latest gen on Tilbury, including the fact that it handled over ...
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Forth Ports has appointed Gavin Booth to a new position of business development manager focusing on oil and gas support and decommissioning activity. It follows a £10m quayside investment at the Port of Dundee and other initiatives at the Ports of Rosyth and Leith designed to focus on this specialist ...
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Forest products firm UPM is to centralise its shipping of paper and plywood to the UK from the Finnish ports of Rauma and Kotka on the port of Tilbury from the beginning of next year. The move would improve supply chain efficiency and bring greater service reliability, said the company.
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On-line retail giant Amazon is to open what is believed to be the UK’s largest ever warehouse at the Forth Ports-Roxhill Developments-owned London Distribution Park (LDP) at the port of Tilbury.
As well as its sheer size, the facility will be one of the most highly automated in the country. The ...
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