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Portsmouth based cargo operator MMD Shipping Services has secured a 10-year agreement with international manufacturer MHI Vestas Offshore Wind.
The new deal involves handling wind turbine blades, which measure 80m long and weigh 35 tonnes.
It is expected to generate 48 smaller vessel movements from the spring, and a further 12 throughout the year.
MMD director Mike Sellers said: “This long-term agreement is a game-changer for MMD Shipping Services. MHI Vestas is a ...
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Caribbean specialist operator Geest Line is to move its south of England call from Portsmouth to Dover following an increase in the size of its ships and to accommodate the need for weekend discharge of cargoes.
Geest has replaced its four chartered vessels with five larger and newer ships, increasing capacity ...
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Maersk Line has introduced a new weekly service from Colombia, South America to Portsmouth in the UK, primarily to carry containerised refrigerated bananas. The Hampshire port welcomed the Maersk Antwerp Trader – the first vessel on the new service and the largest cargo ship ever to call – on 20 ...
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CMA CGM has upgraded its service from Morocco to Europe for the citrus fruit and vegetable export season. OPDR, its subsidiary since 1 July will operate the CISS service from 7 November from Agadir to Tilbury and other European ports and the AGAX service from 15 October between Agadir, Casablanca ...
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DFDS Seaways says it plans to shut its twice-daily Portsmouth to Le Havre freight and passenger ro ro service, following a meeting with union representatives in France. DFDS Seaways France took over the Portsmouth-Le Havre service in 2012 as part of its joint venture with LD Lines but both companies have ...
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Short-sea ro ro operator Transfennica is to introduce a twice-weekly service to Portsmouth on its service from Bilbao, Spain from 13 May.
The Tuesday and Friday evening sailings from Bilbao will call Portsmouth on Thursdays at 06.00 and on Sundays at 07.00 before heading to Zeebrugge.
The new call gives customers the ...
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The RMT seafarers' union held protests in Portsmouth – as part of a worldwide series of actions by the trade union movement - over pay and conditions for workers at Channel Islands shipping firm Condor Ferries on 12 October. It claimed that the company was exploiting overseas workers. However, in ...
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The Unite union is balloting its members at Portsmouth International Port on a possible strike. It says that the Portsmouth City Council-owned operation is attempting to to dismiss workers and rehire them on inferior contracts, creating a two-tier labour force. The ballot for industrial action, which is due to conclude ...
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