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Mountain men

Somewhere out there in the gloom are Peter Ward, senior asset manager at Port of Tilbury, London and Derek McGlashan, Forth Ports’ group safety, health and environment manager in Grangemouth. They managed to climb five of the six highest mountains in the UK in one day at the Cairngorm mountain range, raising £1,500 for the FEAT charity which raises awareness to research and prevent Sepsis, a life-threatening illness. [+]

Six million euros to secure Scottish ro ro link

DFDS Seaways and Forth Ports are to invest over €6 million in the Rosyth-Zeebrugge freight route, Scotland’s only direct ro ro link to the Continent. Following a meeting between DFDS chief executive, Niels Smedegaard, Forth Ports chief executive Charles Hammond and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the carrier announced a ... [+]

Forth Ports – it’s an education

Forth Ports has launched its first Modern Apprentice programme in Scotland. Launched in partnership with SQA (Scottish Qualifications Board), Port Skills & Safety and the Unite the Union and RMT trade unions, it has been approved by the Modern Apprenticeship Group (MAG), the first approval of a modern apprenticeship programme ... [+]

Grangemouth goes for growth

A major investment programme to increase container storage capacity is under way at the Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest container port. The port’s owner, Forth Ports, is upgrading 6,325sq m of surface area, which will boost terminal capacity to 12,000teu – a 50% increase since 2005 – and improve landside ... [+]

Basketball girls net Forth Ports sponsorship

Forth Ports is again sponsoring Scotland’s under-12s girls basketball squad who recently competed in the Tim Pirineus tournament in Andorra against some of the best teams in Europe. The sponsorship will support Basketball Scotland's continued player development. John Kerray, Head Coach for the team said: “All the girls rose to ... [+]

The big chill in Tilbury

Forth Ports and NFT Distribution are to build a £20million temperature-controlled distribution centre at the Port of Tilbury. The centre, planned to open in late 2015, will be a port centric distribution centre and one of the largest refrigerated quayside facilities in Europe, expected to create 500 new jobs. It Its ... [+]

MSPs on a mission to Grangemouth

The Scottish Parliament's Economy, Energy and Tourism and Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committees visited the Port of Grangemouth recently on fact-finding missions inquiries into freight transport and exports. The first is looking into why small firms don’t export and the second is identifying the main obstacles to freight flows in ... [+]

Feeding frenzy for Tilbury

The Port of Tilbury has signed a new five-year agreement with Cefetra to handle animal feed imports for the East Anglian area. It will bring thousands of tonnes of cargo a year. Owners Forth Ports will also provide a dedicated 60,000-tonne quayside storage facility. Cefetra, which trades over 3 million ... [+]

New chairman for Forth Ports

Forth Ports has appointed Lord Smith of Kelvin as chairman, succeeding Michael Seymour who will stand down from the role at the end of the year. Lord Smith is currently chairman of SSE plc and the UK Green Investment Bank and is a non-executive director of Standard Bank Group Limited. ... [+]

Spirits lift Grangemouth to record

Grangemouth, Scotland's biggest box port, handled a record breaking 4,200 containers in late November, surpassing its previous record by over 200. The busy pre-Christmas period was boosted by a strong potato seed season and an increase in the market for whisky and white spirit. [+]

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