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PD Ports says it has implemented the UK’s first cross-platform terminal operating system at Teesport. Following implementation of the new system across Teesport’s container terminals in 2013, it has now introduced the ro ro module into the ferry operations, and the system is now integrated and fully operational. The new Navis technology allows the port to operate from a single, unified platform across the container, rail and ferry operations. It ...
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PD Ports has completed a £22m project, which included the reconstruction of 305m of quay to enhance handling facilities at Teesport. It will enable Teesport to accommodate fully laden panamax bulk vessels carrying 70,000 tonnes of cargo with loading ability at any level of tide.
The 12-month project, which is part ...
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PD Ports has signed a new seven year deal with steelmaker SSI UK for the handling of slab through Teesport. Since steelmaking operations restarted almost three years ago, over 7 million tonnes of steel slab has been exported. Investment in No 1 Quay at Tees Dock, on target for completion ...
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PD Ports CEO David Robinson has been awarded an MBE in the New Year’s Honours List for services to international trade and the UK economy.
In the last 12 years, he has steered the Company through a difficult recession, including the temporary loss of steel making on Teesside. Under his direction, ...
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PD Ports has raised over £10,000 for Teesside charity, the Butterwick Hospice. The money was raised following this year’s Great North Run, one of the world’s largest half marathons, in which more than 20 port employees take part. With sponsorship from the runners’ friends and families as well as donations ...
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PD Ports welcomed the first Freightliner train to Teesport’s new intermodal rail terminal on Saturday 15 November. The rail operator will offer new intermodal connectionsto Felixstowe and Southampton and further new routes to Scotland, the Midlands and the North West are expected in line with market demand.
The establishment of the ...
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Forwarder Allport Cargo Services has signed a three-year partnership to operate its consolidation service operate out of PD Portcentric Logistics' Felixstowe facility. Relocating from Tilbury to PD Ports' 500,000sq ft site will help Allport streamline handling for containers and improve the speed to which they are brought to market.
Meanwhile, the ...
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PD Ports has officially opened a £2.5 million new warehouse for Taylors of Harrogate in Billingham. Operations for the family tea and coffee merchants, best known for its Yorkshire Tea blend have been moved from two warehouses at Teesport to a 105,000sq ft space at Cowpen Lane. The move gives ...
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Over 100 people congratulated at a graduation night youngsters who completed the Teeside ports and logistics industry's High Tide scheme on 15 September.
Launched in 2013, the High Tide Summer Scheme offers 16 and 17 year olds the opportunity to undertake two weeks of work experience with different businesses in and ...
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PD Ports called in the army to put its new recruits through a pre-employment programme.
A group of eight long-term unemployed were selected from over 60 applicants to take part in a five week pre-employment programme which on completion resulted in them joining PD Ports as dock operations apprentices.
As part of ...
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