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Grangemouth modernises with new machines

Grangemouth, Scotland’s main container port, has put three new Kalmar straddle carriers into operation. The new ESC340 straddle machines increase the number of machines at the terminal to 16 and are the first phase of a programme to replace the entire fleet. Owners Forth Ports also added a new Hyster empty container handler this year. They are all part of an investment programme to increase capacity for conventional containers and ... [+]

Tilbury consults on port plans

The Port of Tilbury is due to start pre-planning community consultation on 6 March on its proposals to build a new Tilbury2, terminal adjacent to the port. It will be built on a 152 acre site which was part of the former Tilbury Power Station and will include a new ... [+]

Minister pays a visit to London’s biggest building ‘superstore’

Housing minister and Croydon Central MP Gavin Barwell paid a visit to the Port of Tilbury on 16 February to see for himself the place where much of the country’s building material comes in. He was given all the latest gen on Tilbury, including the fact that it handled over ... [+]

Forth man to focus on oil and gas

Forth Ports has appointed Gavin Booth to a new position of business development manager focusing on oil and gas support and decommissioning activity. It follows a £10m quayside investment at the Port of Dundee and other initiatives at the Ports of Rosyth and Leith designed to focus on this specialist ... [+]

Tilbury is best on paper for UPM

Forest products firm UPM is to centralise its shipping of paper and plywood to the UK from the Finnish ports of Rauma and Kotka on the port of Tilbury from the beginning of next year.  The move would improve supply chain efficiency and bring greater service reliability, said the company. UPM ... [+]

Amazon goes for the ultimate in port-centric distribution

On-line retail giant Amazon is to open what is believed to be the UK’s largest ever warehouse at the Forth Ports-Roxhill Developments-owned London Distribution Park (LDP) at the port of Tilbury. As well as its sheer size, the facility will be one of the most highly automated in the country. The ... [+]

The shape of ships to come

Tilbury’s London Container Terminal and the Port of London Authority have welcomed the first call of a ‘neo-panamax’ vessel in the UK following the opening of the enlarged Panama Canal. The MSC-operated Sofia Celeste - capacity 8,800teu - is the first in a new class of vessels deployed on a reconfigured ... [+]

Office move

Don’t be surprised to see office blocks floating up the Thames over the next few days - almost 100 accommodation units are being delivered to Bermondsey for the Tideway tunnel project. In anticipation of tunnelling work starting in 2018, 96 buildings are being brought to the site by river from ... [+]

Ready for the weighing rules

Forth Ports has confirmed that it will be ready to launch its Verified Gross Mass container weighing service for export customers from 27 June. It has made a significant investment in its straddle carrier fleet and upgraded IT systems, as well as developing EDI links to both UK port community ... [+]

The Cateran Corps

Don’t worry – it’s only the Forth Ports team in the gruelling 54mile ‘Cateran Yomp’ in Perthshire to raise money for The Soldiers’ Charity this weekend (11-12 June). Cateran is an adventure challenge where teams trek across 54 miles of farmland and footpaths, as well as the hills of the Cairngorms ... [+]

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