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Bristol Port discharged 65,534 vehicles in March, its highest monthly figure since 2000. During April, four car carriers were docked simultaneously in the port, suggestion that the momentum has been continued, underlining the scale and intensity of current operations. The increased activity follows completion of the £4.5 million development of Plots 41 and 42, adding 5,600 vehicle storage spaces and bringing total capacity to 110,000 vehicles.
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GB Railfreight has moving imported steel slab from the Port of Bristol at Portbury to Tata Steel UK in Port Talbot, South Wales.
GBRf will run this service until the end of 2027 when Tata Steel’s new three million tonne-per-year Electric Arc Furnace is due to be commissioned.
To minimise downtime and ...
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The largest shipment of grain from the UK this season is due to be exported from Bristol’s Royal Portbury Dock in late November. Up to 64,000 tonnes of barley is being loaded on to a Panamax vessel headed for Saudi Arabia, where it will be used as animal feed on ...
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Gefco UK has quadrupled its staff at its Portbury, Bristol site and increased turnover by 100% following completion of an extensive modernisation plan.
Portbury is one of four UK finished vehicle logistics centres and is located within the Port of Bristol.
The upgrades include expanding the site to 40 acres and the ...
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Three apprentices at The Bristol Port Company have been awarded the UK’s first ever qualifications in Stevedoring Essentials, as well as qualifying in Port Operations, only three years after starting out.
Antony Savill, George Colgan and William Lansdown all started their Apprenticeships at Bristol Port in April 2011 and are the ...
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