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When the 1950s-vintage illuminated cross on the tower of Christ Church in the Southampton district of Freemantle finally gave up the ghost, the vicar probably didn’t give much thought to its effect on shipping.
However, while today’s generation of ultra large container ships use all manner of hi-tech electronic positioning equipment to get into the docks, Pilots still verify the ship’s position and progress by the time-honoured practice of looking at ...
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ABP Southampton will handle its largest container ship yet today (Tuesday 7 November), the 20,568teu Milan Maersk. She will top the 20,170teu of the OL Triumph and MOL Trust that visited earlier this year.
The Milan Maersk is one of 11 second generation Triple-E class vessels due to be delivered by ...
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Minister of State for International Trade, Greg Hands opened ABP Southampton’s new vehicle export terminal on 2 November.
The new Pacific Terminal has been completed ahead of schedule and adds 3,400 spaces.
Southampton is the UK hub for automotive with nine lines undertaking 110 calls to 52 ports in 40 countries every ...
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DP World’s London Gateway port is to handle its first direct Asia/Europe services from April when the newly formed The Alliance consortium starts operations at the Thameside terminal.
Announcing its service plans, the grouping – which consists of Hapag Lloyd, K-Line, MOL, NYK Line and Yang Ming – said its FE3 and ...
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ABP chief executive James Cooper has triggered a local storm after he suggested that the controversial Dibden Bay container port expansion plan could be revitalised.
The scheme to develop the opposite side of Southampton Water to the existing port for commercial use was thrown out by the government 12 years ago ...
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DP World Southampton has taken over an extra 11.2 acres to the north east of its terminal, creating 640 extra container ground spaces.
It will support operations at the new SCT 5 deep-water berth, which opened in March 2014. It will also improve productivity by reducing the distance for straddle carriers ...
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Logistics firm Wincanton is moving its port of Southampton base to a new site and is investing in new equipment, including extra rail capacity.
Wincanton previously serviced the port mainly out of a base in Greenham Common but is moving to Eling Wharf, which has parking for 70 container vehicles and ...
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Strainstall, which recently unveiled a system for weighing containers in line with new SOLAS verified gross mass regulation which come into force on 1 July, has secured an order for its system from DP World Southampton, the first major commitment by a global container terminal. DP World Southampton chief executive, ...
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DP World has acquired the remaining 49% stake in DP World Southampton container port operation from Associated British Ports (ABP), making the Dubai-based port operator sole owner of the business. At the same time it has agreed with ABP to extend the license agreement for DP World Southampton for a ...
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The CMA CGM Georg Forster made her maiden UK call today (6 July), in Southampton. The18,000teu ship is due to be formally christened in Hamburg on 9 July.
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