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Former transport minister Lord Prescott called for the transpennine corridor from Liverpool to the east coast to be developed as an alternative to sending most freight down to Dover.
At a House of Commons event on 13 September to mark the setting up of an association by four of the North’s largest ports, he called for more emphasis on east-west transport projects rather than grandious north-south schemes such as the ...
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Teesside’s High Tide Foundation officially launched a new Automotive Cadetship on 7 September, giving young people an insight into the career opportunities in the supply chain.
High Tide, founded in 2012 by local businesses PD Ports and Casper Shipping, provide support for youngsters require in their search for a career path.
The ...
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PD Ports has christened its new harbour master launch High Tide Adventure in honour of its youth education charity, with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council leader, Sue Jeffrey, as ‘godmother’.
High Tide helps raise the aspirations and awareness of job opportunities for young people on Teesside.
Based at Teesport, it will also ...
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Power station developer MGT Teesside has concluded financing arrangements for a 299 MWe biomass fuelled combined heat and power renewable energy plant on the Teesport Estate.
It will cost about £650m to construct and will be built under a turn-key “engineering, procurement and construction” contract by a consortium of Tecnicas Reunidas ...
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PD Ports has paid tribute to its ‘Class of 2016’ - 41 employees who employees have increased their skills and career prospects after graduating with new qualifications.
They have all successfully completed levels two, three or five Chartered Management Institute (CMI) diplomas in Management and Leadership.
The bespoke programmes, involving talented workers ...
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PD Portcentric Logistics has increased the capacity for its largest volume customer at Felixstowe, forest products forwarder and warehouser Burhill. PD Ports packs, unpacks and stores reeled and palletised paper weighing up to five tonnes before despatch by road across the UK and Europe.
The businesses have worked together for ten ...
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PD Ports, Port of Tyne, ABP Ports and Peel Ports have signed an agreement to ensure their collective voice is heard by Government and to improve freight and transport links across the North.
Following regular roundtable discussions the ports brokered a ground-breaking pact announced in Liverpool on 29 June to pursue ...
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PD Ports is spearheading an initiative to promote greater use of rail and short-sea shipping to and from Teesport.
The Freight Management Partnership has been launched in collaboration with multi-national shipping companies, Network Rail, Highways Agency and the Road Haulage Association as well as Tees Valley Combined Authority.
The group has been ...
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ABP has invested £15m in new equipment equipment at Hull Container Terminal, which it took over from PD Ports on 1 May, along with 39 staff. The terminal will continue to service shortsea operator Samskip.
The 30-acre operation handles more than 9,000 containers per month and discharges vessels from Rotterdam, Tilbury ...
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PD Ports chief executive David Robinson has been appointed chairman of the High Tide Foundation, a charity aiming to raise the aspirations of young people in Teesside and co-founded by the port and logistics company. His vision for the future of the Foundation includes a new automotive cadetship with Stockton-based ...
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