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Former Tilbury managing director Perry Glading has been appointed a non-executive director of Dover Harbour Board, following the expiry of Erik Østergaard’s term. He also chairs the Thurrock Business Board, which includes non-executive board positions with Opportunity South East and the South East Local Enterprise Partnership.
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Kent County Council (KCC) is calling on the Government to consider additional legislative powers and technology to stagger the arrival of lorries into Kent if the situation demands it after Brexit. It is also calling for more investment in the country’s ports including alternatives to Dover and to consider setting ...
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Peel Ports commercial director Stephen Carr is calling on the freight industry to look at the Irish Sea model of unaccompanied freight and to use ports across the country to mitigate the worst Dover delays post-Brexit.
He said: “We all know about the acute delays and problems that already exist at ...
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Roads Minister, Jesse Norman, has revealed plans to keep traffic moving through Kent in the event of disruption to cross-Channel services.
It includes a new version of ‘Operation Stack’ with a contraflow on the northbound carriageway of the M20 between junctions 8 and 9 while lorries are being queued for the ...
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Businesses need to plan for a worst-case scenario after Brexit with no transition period, the UK excluded from EU trade deals, duties, quotas, burdensome rules of origin and delays at borders, Freight Transport Association (FTA) experts told a seminar at Multimodal on 2 May. A crucial meeting in June could ...
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The British Ports Association has written to the Prime Minister calling for funding guarantees for any new border facilities and digital infrastructure, which may be needed after the UK leaves the European Union. Ports with EU traffic will need to provide new facilities and digital infrastructure for government officials to ...
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Dover chief executive Tim Waggott has left the port of Dover to pursue new opportunities following more than a decade of service to the organisation in various positions. He has been chief executive since 2013.
Chairman Richard Everitt said: he had led a number of successful initiatives including the Western Docks ...
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The Port of Dover has awarded the contract to build the new Refrigerated Cargo Terminal (RCT) at its Western Docks Revival (DWDR) development to Buckingham Group Contracting. It will deliver a £15million 9,630sq m multi-purpose refrigerated facility capable of holding cargo between +1 and +14 degrees Celsius (+/-1C), with 20 ...
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A Knowledge Transfer Partnership between the University of Kent and the Dover Harbour Board has achieved the highest rating from Innovate UK, the UK's technology strategy agency, after it helped reduce traffic congestion, boost efficiency and cut costs.
The project started in 2016 when the port appointed Kent Business School graduate Dr Cliff ...
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The 14,000-ton Baltic Klipper was the first Geest Line ship to discharge in Dover, on 24 January, following the relocation from Portsmouth. Geest Line initially will call at Dover’s eastern docks general cargo terminal but will move to new handling facilities at the western docks once they are completed in ...
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