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Dover has submitted a Harbour Revision Order to Government for its port development and regeneration plan. Harbour Board chief executive Tim Waggott said he hoped that it would be quickly granted “so that the momentum to transform the port and town will allow us all to experience the great future in which we all wish to share just as soon as possible.”
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Shipping and Ports Minister Stephen Hammond has set out a plan for the future of the Port of Dover, including new fund-raising powers. He said that discussions facilitated by the minister over how the port should best be run have resulted in a major step forward, and set out a ...
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The Port of Calais has opened following a 24-hour strike. However, drivers are warned to expect congestion on the approaches to Dover. Bot the M20 and the M2/A2 are available to freight traffic.
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Independent economic consultancy Oxera has calculated the 2.2 million freight vehicles a year using the Port carry goods worth an estimated £89 billion, in a new economic impact survey. Tim Waggott, Chief Executive, Port of Dover, said it showed the real, and too often unseen, value of the port and ...
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Shipping Minister Stephen Hammond will visit Dover on 9 April to make a major announcement on the 'People's Port' plan to sell the Trust Port to a consortium of local interests, reports the Dover Express website. The website quotes an 'industry insider' who says that the announcement is likely to ...
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Dover Harbour Board said it was ready to start redevelopment of the Western Docks area of Europe's busiest ferry port, having gained Government approval for the scheme in 2012. It added that it wished “to seize the opportunity to lock in the many benefits that this could bring just as ...
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Dover's new Port Users Group (PUG) has elected James Ryeland, managing director of terminal operator George Hammond as its first chairman and Robert Hardy, general manager of MOTIS Freight Services Agency as vice-chairman. The PUG represents ferry operators, cruise lines, the cargo terminal operator, sister ports, tenants, other local port ...
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The Port of Dover has posted its best year-end traffic figures for freight since 2009, after rising 13% in 2013. The port handled over 2.2 million freight vehicles, along with almost 12.8m passengers, itself an increase of 7%.
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Port of Dover director of corporate assurance Robin Dodridge will retire in March 2014. Chief executive Tim Waggott said he would miss his “great sense of humour and good judgement” in his long and successful career with the world's busiest ferry port.
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DFDS Seaways' renamed Calais Seaways sailed under her new branding for the first time on the Dover-Calais route on 17 March. Formerly known as the Norman Spirit, the ferry has been extensively refurbished. Facilities for freight drivers include the Road Kings restaurant, as well as a new relaxation area, showers ...
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