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Associated British Ports has started work to repair Swansea West Pier to help prevent coastal erosion. Located near to the Tawe Barrage in Swansea Bay and owned by ABP, the pier was damaged during recent storms. The inner section of the pier provides wave protection to the navigation channel and the Tawe Barrage. It also holds the beach area to the west of the pier in its current position.
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested nearly £4 million in new equipment at Newport, South Wales during the last nine months.
The most recent investments are a new Liebherr mobile crane (pictured) and a Sany 32-tonne heavy duty forklift truck, a combined investment of £2.3 million. The truck will assist in ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Andy Reay to its commercial team to lead the development of its offshore wind solutions.
ABP’s centres include the £310 million offshore wind facility at Green Port Hull (a joint investment with Siemens Gamesa) and operations and maintenance facilities in Grimsby, Barrow and Lowestoft. His ...
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ABP’s Port of Cardiff has commenced a new contract with fuels and petrochemical product refiner Valero.
The new long-term agreement includes occupation of a 12-acre storage and distribution terminal adjacent to ABP’s Roath Dock which will be fed by coastal tankers. Valero uses a coastal shipping service linking its West Wales ...
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Associated British Ports has appointed Madeleine Hallward to the new position of group head of strategic communications to develop strategy in government relations, external communications and brand development and marketing. She is currently a non-executive director at the Office of Rail and Road and was previously director for government affairs ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) signed a new and improved ten-year agreement with Indian-owned Tata to handle raw material imports through Port Talbot for the local steelworks and to export its finished products through ABP Newport.
It will provide additional opportunities for use of the north side of the jetty and will ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has opened applications for its graduate training programme. The two-year scheme is designed to give a 360-degree view of the company, providing them with the skills and experience needed to become a future leader.
Jozef Ochwat, a graduate of the scheme at Humber International Terminal, said: “I ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested £2.3 million in a new Mantsinen 120M crane at Newport. It hasa HybriLift energy storage system that will decrease energy consumption by 35% and can easily be fitted with different attachments to handle a range of commodities.
Newport is Wales’ leading general cargo port and ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has begun a £7.8 million project to replace and refurbish lock gates at Cardiff and Swansea.
At Cardiff the outer lock gates are being replaced and the old outer lock gates will then be refurbished and installed into the middle position as the existing middle gates are ...
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Associated British Ports has appointed Angela Morgan as general counsel and company secretary, completing the new executive leadership team. She was previously senior solicitor, and has been with ABP since 2008.
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