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Peel Ports is applying air traffic control technology to streamline operations at it seven Statutory Harbour Authorities – the first time such systems have been applied to a commercial port group in the UK, it says.
The UK’s second biggest port operator, is investing £2.7m across its network of in technologies including vessel identification and tracking, solid-state radar and weather stations. It will be complemented by a new online booking system ...
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Short sea operator WEC Lines is beginning a new service connecting Liverpool with Huelva in south-west Spain, the north-west Spanish port of Vigo, Leixoes near Porto in north-west Portugal and Dublin. The service starts at the end of September with weekly 300teu vessels, but is expected to grow significantly once ...
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Sims Metal Management has opened a scrap metal handling facility at Peel Ports London Medway, through its sole UK trading subsidiary Sims Group UK. It allows Sims UK to expand UK deep-sea shipments of scrap metal to world markets and has a capacity of 300,000 tonnes a year.
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Haulier Surefreight has opened a new £1.3 million depot at the port of Heysham in Lancashire, from where ferry operator Seatruck runs regular services to Ireland.
Opening of the new depot was marked by a ceremony on 2 September and follows the opening of a new link from the Peel Ports ...
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Peel Ports welcomed the newly elected Liverpool City Region Mayor, Steve Rotheram, to its Port of Liverpool on 1 August, where chief executive Officer Mark Whitworth called for strong regional leadership.
He said: “There are multiple organisations involved in promoting and facilitating business growth in the area. What’s really needed is ...
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Scotland’s Greenock Ocean Terminal handled its largest ever container vessel last week – the 4,045teu MSC Pohorje. The team at the Peel Ports-owned facility loaded 500teu of Scottish spirits destined for Le Havre, France.
As reported in the Scotland feature in FBJ 5 earlier this month, Peel Ports has high hopes ...
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Peel Ports Group, owner of the Port of Liverpool, has pressed the button on the second phase of its £400m Liverpool2 scheme.
The latest phase will include the installation of a further three ship to shore cranes (STS) and 10 cantilever rail mounted gantry cranes (CRMG). These will add to the ...
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Real estate firm JLL has been appointed to market a new multimodal centre at Hunterston Port and Resource Centre (PARC) on the west coast of Scotland. PARC comprisess the Hunterston Bulk Terminal, a functioning port facility currently handling coal and other resources; the Hunterston Marine Yard with one of the ...
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Peel Ports Group says it has reached a significant milestone in its Sheerness Master Plan, a 20-year strategy for growth, as construction progresses at the Wellmarsh area of the former Thamesteel site.
Plans for the redevelopment of the 50-acre industrial estate were given unanimous approval by Swale Borough Council last year ...
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Low-carbon cement maker Ecocem Ireland has opened its second UK bulk import terminal at Sheerness. It represents a £2.5million investment with Sheerness’s owner, Peel Ports. Ecocem Ireland’s first UK bulk import facility in Runcorn opened in early 2016 and the launch at Sheerness will allow it to supply a further ...
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