Ports & terminals

Peel Ports (UK) is planning to invest approximately £300 000 via the apprenticeship levy to train about 100 staff, a five-fold increase on 2018.

The cranes will tranship bauxite for the production of aluminium from river barges onto ocean-going panamax vessels off the coast of Guinea.

The Port of Liverpool is to become the UK’s hub for a major transatlantic trade shipping route to the US following Maersk and MSC’s decision to commit to a permanent service.

The Port of Rosyth (Scotland) has received a new Liebherr mobile harbour crane as part of a major investment programme at the port for bulk handling.

ABP’s latest investment in its facilities at the Port of Hull (England) has brought the group’s total investment up to £250 million since the EU referendum in 2016.

EMG Automation GmbH and SIBRE Siegerland Bremsen GmbH received a large volume order at the end of 2018 from ADT.

Thor Shipping and Transport and the Port of Hull enter a 10 year contract, double the previous contract agreed in 2014.

The Port of Amsterdam set a new transhipment record in 2018 of 82.3 million t.

Konecranes has won a repeat order for its mobile harbour crane technology from Atakas Port Business, Turkey's newest port operator.

APM Terminals has submitted a conceptual design for a first stage construction permit for the expansion of the Poti Sea Port in Georgia.

PD Ports responds to the Department for Transport’s recent decision to carry out a £3 billion upgrade to the Trans-Pennine route without any provision for freight traffic.

British Ports Association Chief Executive Richard Ballantyne outlines the Association’s key priorities for 2019.

GP Shipping has been recognised for developing its own innovative port agency operating system called ‘Marine-365’.

Shoreham port (UK) has bid farewell longstanding board member Stuart Nicholls and names Alan Massey as his replacement.

On Christmas Eve, the Port of Sunderland (UK) received delivery of a brand new Liebherr mobile crane, the Liebherr LHM 420.