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Tilbury breaks ground on London Distribution Park

Treasury secretary Priti Patel (pictured, driving JCB) officially launched construction of the Port of Tilbury's new London Distribution Park on 25 November. At the turf-cutting ceremony, Perry Glading, chief operating officer at Forth Ports-owned Tilbury also revealed that builders' merchant Travis Perkins would be the Park's first tenants, and are expected to open a 108,000sq ft distribution and consolidation centre early next year. Glading said that the new Travis Perkins DC ... [+]

Scotland-Continent link to continue

DFDS Seaways, the Scottish Government and Forth Ports have signed a memorandum of understanding to continue the Rosyth-Zeebrugge freight ro ro service – the only link of its kind between Scotland and Continental Europe - under the management of DFDS Seaways. The service will continue to offer three departures in each ... [+]

Tilbury takes care of historic cranes

The port of Tilbury is taking two derelict cranes at Battersea Power Station into its safekeeping pending their restoration as part of a scheme to generate the area. The cranes – built in the 1950s and not used since 1983 – have been removed so that the power station regeneration ... [+]

Updated: Tilbury and SITA sign waste terminal deal

Forth Ports has signed a long-term partnership with waste firm SITA to create a major recycling and resource management hub based at the Port of Tilbury on the River Thames. At the same time, SITA will buy, for an undisclosed sum, Forth Ports' Nordic Recycling arm. SITA UK will deliver a ... [+]

Fife firm helps Forth Ports to relight Burntisland’s fire

Forth Ports and Fife-based Scott Group have gained full planning permission for a multimillion pound scheme to regenerate the eastern end of the Port of Burntisland. Supported by a Regional Selective Assistance (RSA) grant from Scottish Enterprise, the partners will initially invest around £2.5m in the development of the six ... [+]

London Distribution Park ready to roll

Infrastructure work is complete on the 70-acre Forth Ports- Roxhill Developments London Distribution Park (LDP) at the Port of Tilbury. A new entrance road, drainage system, reservation of utilities and landscaping will now allow the building phase of the high quality distribution facilities to get underway. The development will provide ... [+]

Tilbury’s biggest yet

Forth Ports' London Container Terminal in Tilbury handled its largest-ever container ship on the weekend of 22-23 March. Hamburg Sud's Cap San Lorenzo, with her cargo of over 9600teu, turns the scale at around 124,500 tonnes. The LCT team completed the work in 22 hours, two hours ahead of scheduled ... [+]

Paper profits for Port of Tilbury

The Port of Tilbury has opened a new London Paper Terminal (LPT) following a £3.5million in vestment programme. This includes the latest equipment such as intelligent clamps for safe handling of paper rolls as well as liftec and reach-stacker equipment, plus IT systems. Major customers UPM, Sappi and Kotkamills have ... [+]

Forth Ports’ Ashley is first to harbourmaster certificate

Forth Ports marine manager Ashley Nicholson has become the UK's youngest certified female harbour master and one of the first in the UK to achieve the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) accredited Harbour Masters Certificate. She and 11 other candidates from different port businesses across the UK volunteered to take ... [+]

Grangemouth gets heavy with Collett

Forth Ports has signed a two-year partnership with heavy transport specialist Collett & Sons to launch a Heavy Lift and Port facility at the Port of Grangemouth. The three-acre site will be Collett’s Scottish headquarters and will act as a central hub in Scotland for importing wind turbine components. It ... [+]

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