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Marine team leader wins Women in Industry title

Forth Ports’ senior harbour master, Ashley Nicolson scooped the Women in Industry award at the Centre for Engineering Education and Development Industry Awards 2020. She is part of the marine team at Forth Ports which manages and operates an area of 280 square miles of navigable waters on the Forth and Tay. Through her role at Forth Ports and her vice president role at the UK Harbour Masters Association (UKHMA), she is ... [+]

Tug crews get the bird

There’s no escaping the Christmas Turkey, even when you’re tossing around in the middle of a river on the 25th. Forth Ports has ensured that the crew manning the Craigleith tug on the River Forth on Christmas Day don’t miss out on the 500 birds it distributes to its Scottish port ... [+]

Forth Ports habour master takes on national role

Forth Ports senior harbour master Ashley Nicholson has become the first woman to become vice-president of the UK Harbour Masters Association as well as the youngest certificated harbour master in the UK to hold the role. She has worked for Forth Ports for nearly 12 years and has since 2017 ... [+]

Forth Ports gives industrial disease the finger

Forth Ports is offering its employees 100 HAVwear watches which monitor the vibration experienced by power tool users to reduce the risk of developing the incurable Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS), or Vibration White Finger, one of the most common industrial diseases in the UK. Reactec also provides a Cloud-based ... [+]

Forth Ports first to make the grade

Forth Ports says it has become the first group in its sector to achieve the new ISO 45001 standard in Occupational Health & Safety Management. It replaces the existing OHSAS 18001 health and safety standard and has been achieved by all eight port operations across the UK including Tilbury on ... [+]

New look online for Forth Ports

Forth Ports has launched a new online presence ‘digital’ port at www.forthports.co.uk. The website has been developed to enhance customer experience through easy and intuitive navigation throughout the site. The design is highly visual and uses infographic icons to ensure that people can find the service or port they require. ... [+]

Rosyth crane is ready to roll

The port of Rosyth has taken new Liebherr multimillion pound mobile harbour crane as part of an investment programme in bulk handling, primarily for food and fuel supplier, Cefetra. The 439-tonne crane arrived on board the MV Meri over the festive period and was rolled off the specialist vessel directly ... [+]

Grangemouth makes it three in a row

The Port of Grangemouth’s newest ship to shore container gantry crane is due to get to work this month at Scotland’s largest container terminal. It joins two other Liebherr cranes. The third crane is part of a £10million investment programme at the port to increase handling capacity and speed up turnaround ... [+]

Tech centre for Tilbury

Local MP Jackie Doyle Price has opened a new technology centre at the Port of Tilbury. Located within the old railway station of the London Cruise Terminal, the Training and Technology Suite includes two training simulators as part of the facilities designed to support the veteran community with training in ... [+]

New Thames crossing is vital, says Tilbury chief

Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond has described the Lower Thames Crossing as crucial to the port of Tilbury, as the ten-week statutory consultation for the scheme got underway on 10 October. He said: "As the fastest growing UK port, it is crucial that this project enhances Tilbury's northbound and southbound ... [+]

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