teesport

First feeder for London Gateway

The first UK feeder service has operated from the new London Gateway port, to PD Ports’ Teesport in north-east England. BG Freight Line's Cetus J, berthed at DP World’s London Gateway before making her scheduled visit to Teesport on December 28. Geoff Lippitt, PD Ports’ business development director, said: “We are really pleased to see that the first feeder vessel to sail from London Gateway made Teesport its first port of ... [+]

Bigger ships for Transfennica

Transfennica has introduced larger ships on its Zeebrugge – Bilbao ro ro and container route. The MV Forerunner and MV Forecaster will operate two sailings per week in each direction, offering a capacity of 3,000 lane metres compared with the previous vessels’ 2,700 lane metres.There are also 12 cabins for ... [+]

Tea and coffee pours into Teesport

PD Ports has secured a new ten year contract with one of its most important customers, tea and coffee specialists Taylors of Harrogate. It will include a £1.75m refurbishment of PD Ports’ 115,000sq ft warehousing facilities at Billingham, near Teesport. Work commenced on refurbishing the existing facilities at the end ... [+]

Setting sail for a promising career

Teesside school leavers Laura Becker and Kelly Mann set sail from Teesport on an eleven day round trip to St Petersburg via Rotterdam, Riga and Helsinki with local shipping line, Containerships. They are the first of four young people who successfully applied for a place on the vessel as part of ... [+]