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Planning consultancy Turley Associates has submitted ten planning applications for office, logistics, industrial, residential and leisure floor space at Adanac Park on the edge of Southampton at the gateway to the city and docks and close to the local motorway network. They include over 31,500 sq m of storage and distribution space plus over 40,000 sq m of office space.
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DP World Southampton has taken delivery of six new Kalmar straddle-carriers worth over £3.6million as part of a £150m investment by Associated British Ports to prepare for the next generation of ultra large container vessels.
The straddle carriers arrived fully assembled on board the ro-ro vessel MV Meri from Gdynia, Poland, ...
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Former Southampton port director Doug Morrison has been awarded an OBE in the New Year's Honours list, in recognition of a lifetime devoted to working in the UK's ports. He was port director at Southampton until his retiredment in December 2013 overseeing, among other things, a £100 million investment in ...
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Associated British Ports (ABP) has appointed Boskalis Westminster to dredge the approach channel to the Port of Southampton. Work on the £30m contract is due to get underway shortly, with the new facilities at Southampton's container terminal due to open in the first quarter of 2014.
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FTA and Freight by Water are staging a free one-day conference on opportunities and issues in short-sea freight services and how to reduce transport costs. It takes place on Thursday 20 June at the Ocean Cruise Terminal, Southampton, and will address issues of national significance as well as focusing on ...
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Meachers Global Logistics and Steve Porter Transport Group have opened a Southampton consolidation centre for traffic to and from the Isle of Wight. It is the second phase of a strategic partnership agreement signed in 2012
Meachers Global Logistics will manage a receiving facility about two miles from Southampton docks. It ...
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Associated British Ports has gained a licence to dredge 450,000 cubic metres at Marchwood Moorings and widen the channel for larger container ships. It is part of the port's programme to redevelop its 201/2 berths to handle the world's largest vessels. ABP has worked closely with Marchwood Yacht Club to ...
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South Coast-based shipping, logistics & supply chain industry specialist SDW Recruitment has celebrated its 1000th permanent placement by moving into a new office in Freemantle Business Centre in Southampton.
SDW Recruitment, now in its tenth year of trading, works with a number of leading freight forwarding & logistics companies in the ...
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Southampton container terminal set its best ever vessel turnaround performance when it handled the maiden call of the largest ship in the Hyundai fleet.
The Hyundai Together was turned around in 24 hours well ahead and, in a 12-hour shift, 600 containers were moved by an individual crane, equivalent to 50 ...
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