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PD Ports officially unveiled its new £6m ship to shore crane at Teesport on 26 July, following a recent multi million pound investment in quayside facilities and technology including a dedicated rail terminal and a Navis terminal operating system.
At the ceremony, PD Ports’ chief executive, Frans Calje,commented: “Pace and frequency are vital components in container shipping. The addition of a fifth ship to shore crane will further enhance our service ...
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Teesport is celebrating the second anniversary of the opening of its Intermodal Rail Terminal in 2014.
The hub enjoys regular Freightliner trains to and from Felixstowe and Southampton by Freightliner and services to Mossend and Grangemouth by DB Cargo UK.
PD Ports’ business development director, Geoff Lippitt, said: “We are nearing capacity ...
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PD Ports is spearheading an initiative to promote greater use of rail and short-sea shipping to and from Teesport.
The Freight Management Partnership has been launched in collaboration with multi-national shipping companies, Network Rail, Highways Agency and the Road Haulage Association as well as Tees Valley Combined Authority.
The group has been ...
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Former shipping agent Keith Russell and journalist Lucy Richardson have joined PD Ports as, respectively, business development manager and marketing and communications executive. Keith Russell worked at Graypen Shipping for almost 12 years, working his way up to general manager for the North-East. Lucy Richardson was a senior reporter for ...
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PD Ports has invested £3.2m has been invested in three 24.6m tall rubber tyre gantry cranes (RTGs) at Teesport. They join the four RTGs which have been operational since the expansion of Teesport Container Terminal 2 in 2011.
The port operator has also placed an order worth more than with Liebherr ...
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PD Ports will handle most of Hitachi Transport System Europe’s (HTSE) imports for Hitachi’s new railway carriage assembly line in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham.
The train body shells are coming into PD Ports' Teesport on a new K Line ro ro service along with a few being brought into the port ...
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No, the great and the good of Teesside aren't taking DIY lessons - PD Ports held a topping out ceremony for phase two of a quay reconstruction project at Teesport. Lord Heseltine formally declared the Quay ‘open for business’ during a ceremony held at Teesport today (19 February).
With phase one ...
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PD Ports has celebrated the first anniversary of its Teesport intermodal rail terminal. The first Freightliner train called in November 2014 following a £3m investment.
Business development director, Geoff Lippitt, commented: “We have invested significantly in expanding the intermodal services available at Teesport. Our partnership with Freightliner and DB Schenker demonstrates ...
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A new K Line ro ro service from Japan will bring the largest vessels of their kind to Teesport. From September, the new route will use new 7,500-unit ships – 200 metres long and weighing over 75,000 tonnes - to transport cargoes from the port of Tokuyama-Kudamatsu.
Teesport's owners, PD Ports ...
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PD Ports has ordered three new rubber tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) from Liebherr to help it cope with an upsurge in container traffic. Teesport has experienced uplift in container volumes of 13% year on year since 2007 and handled 420,000teu in 2014 making it the second largest container port in ...
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