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DP World has placed an order for 12 hybrid straddle carriers at its terminal in Southampton. They use regenerating technology to charge modern Lithium-ion batteries and are expected to use 20% less fuel and cut emissions compared with diesel-electric machines. Theywill be in operation by spring 2019.
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Wallenius Wilhelmsen’s latest HERO’ class vehicle carrying vessel has made its maiden call to ABP's Port of Southampton.
The Titus is the latest in a fleet of eight new vessels that are being phased in and feature an efficient exhaust gas cleaning system that produces less than 0.1% sulphur emissions.
The new ...
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Two new quayside cranes have been positioned at Southampton port container terminal. Part of a major investment by terminal operator and owner DP World, the 129.8 metre high, 1,500 tonne electric cranes generate their own electricity when boxes descend onto the quay, with any surplus electricity being sent back to ...
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Following its acquisition of Anglia Forwarding on 4 June, Xpediator says it plans to buy Southampton-based Import Services Limited (ISL) for about £12 million.
The acquisition which will add about 40,000sq m to Xpediator’s portfolio and will complement the Group’s operations in Felixstowe.
Xpediator chief executive Stephen Blyth said: “ISL…is a well- ...
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The Campaign for Better Transport has welcomed granting of planning permission at Redbridge, Southampton, for freight sidings to allow longer freight trains to and from the port.
It says that it would boost capacity on the existing 20 daily freight trains by 45% as part of a wider scheme to ...
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ABP Southampton handled its largest container ship yet this weekend - CMA CGM’s 400m long , 20,656teu Antoine De Saint Exupery.
She is longer than four football fields and if all her containers were laid end to end they would stretch from Southampton to Enfield, north - 78 miles.
Only two years ...
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Following the announcement on 10 January of record volumes at ABP Southampton, ro ro handler SCH said on 11 January its cargo grew by over 25% in 2017.
With ro-ro import and export volumes breaking the 200,000 unit barrier in 2016, the stevedore and terminal management specialists saw growth climb to ...
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Port of Southampton owner and operator ABP predicts that 2018 looks set to be another record-breaking year.
Director Alastair Welch says that, following the success of 2017, when the largest vessels in the world came to Southampton and more than one million containers were handled by the port, 2018 will see ...
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Captain Phil Buckley (right) takes over as harbour master at the port of Southampton when Captain Martin Phipps retires.
He is now responsible for the safe navigation of all vessels on one of the busiest waterways in the world and across the wider Solent – last year 160,000 vessel movements, including ...
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Honda of the UK Manufacturing has again singled out DP World Southampton (DPWS) for one a supplier award, the second time the Swindon-based company has honoured the South Coast terminal.
It previously won an award in 2014.
The award was presented at Honda’s annual Supplier Convention and recognises the exceptional contribution made ...
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