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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.
UPM have signed long term partnership agreements with Tilbury (London Paper Terminal) and shipping operator Transfennica
The move will also allow Transfennica ...
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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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Tilbury’s London Container Terminal and the Port of London Authority have welcomed the first call of a ‘neo-panamax’ vessel in the UK following the opening of the enlarged Panama Canal.
The MSC-operated Sofia Celeste - capacity 8,800teu - is the first in a new class of vessels deployed on a reconfigured ...
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Don’t be surprised to see office blocks floating up the Thames over the next few days - almost 100 accommodation units are being delivered to Bermondsey for the Tideway tunnel project. In anticipation of tunnelling work starting in 2018, 96 buildings are being brought to the site by river from ...
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Forth Ports has confirmed that it will be ready to launch its Verified Gross Mass container weighing service for export customers from 27 June. It has made a significant investment in its straddle carrier fleet and upgraded IT systems, as well as developing EDI links to both UK port community ...
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Don’t worry – it’s only the Forth Ports team in the gruelling 54mile ‘Cateran Yomp’ in Perthshire to raise money for The Soldiers’ Charity this weekend (11-12 June).
Cateran is an adventure challenge where teams trek across 54 miles of farmland and footpaths, as well as the hills of the Cairngorms ...
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A little-known fact is that the first UK port to handle a regular container was not, as one might expect, London or Southampton, but Grangemouth, in Scotland. Now Scotland’s largest port, Grangemouth is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the day when the Sea-land freight service called into the port on ...
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Forth Ports says that through “significant investment in its straddle carrier fleet and IT development” it too will be able to offer shippers a VGM solution for export containers at its terminals in Tilbury and Grangemouth.
Divisional director of Forth Ports, Stuart Wallace, said: “Recognising the importance of compliance and continuity ...
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The Forth Ports board has visited the proposed new £10 million quayside development at Dundee. When completed, the new quayside, with its heavy lift capability, will put the port in pole position for North Sea oil and gas decommissioning and offshore wind work.
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Grangemouth has opened a 50,000sq ft warehouse development for fish feed supplier, EWOS - CQN Scotland. Forth Ports, has invested over £2million in bespoke storage warehouse for EWOS which can accommodate over 6,000 tonnes of bulk raw materials at any one time. EWOS, based at nearby Bathgate, fish feed pellets ...
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