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Workers at Tilbury-based, Swedish-owned paper handler, SCA Logistics are staging a 48-hour strike in protest over new zero hours contracts. The Unite trade union says it fears the permanent workforce could be replaced by lower paid agency or casual workers.
Unite regional officer Jane Jeffery said move would turn the clock back 50 years “to the bad old days when you had to rely on the tap on the shoulder to ...
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Port of Tilbury safety representatives Kevin Barwick and Ian Hubbard have been awarded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) ‘Guardian Angel’ award, which recognise the work of individuals who have gone above and beyond to improve the safety of others.
A health and safety working group was set ...
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The joint SCS Multiport-CWT service is to increase calls at Tilbury's London Container Terminal to five a week on its service to and from Amsterdam. The service imports bulk building bricks and stone for the UK housing market, and exports large volumes of the waste for Amsterdam power plants. CWT ...
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The Port of Tilbury’s London Paper Terminal has signed a new deal with Hemisphere Freight to handle over 20,000 tonnes of directories from Spain. It follows the relocation of shipping line, OPDR to Tilbury in December. Hemisphere controls the business of a major importer of directories from Spain. OPDR containers ...
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Maersk's Seago Line short-sea haul specialist is to launch a new service between Morocco and Tilbury from 1 May.
The first vessel will be the WES Carina with a cargo of fresh tomatoes and citrus fruits marking the start of the service call which will see ships arriving at LCT weekly ...
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Infrastructure work is complete on the 70-acre Forth Ports- Roxhill Developments London Distribution Park (LDP) at the Port of Tilbury. A new entrance road, drainage system, reservation of utilities and landscaping will now allow the building phase of the high quality distribution facilities to get underway. The development will provide ...
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The Alexandra rowing boat, which took part in the unsupported Atlantic crossing challenge to raise thousands of pounds for leukaemia and type 1 diabetes charities, has returned to the UK in a specialist container with all the handling costs being donated by the team at London Container Terminal.
The gruelling 3-month ...
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The Port of Tilbury welcomed the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osbourne to open its new Training Academy. He was also taken on a tour of operations at the port and to see the outcome of the multimillion pound investment at London Container Terminal, as well as meeting some of ...
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Forth Ports' London Container Terminal in Tilbury handled its largest-ever container ship on the weekend of 22-23 March. Hamburg Sud's Cap San Lorenzo, with her cargo of over 9600teu, turns the scale at around 124,500 tonnes. The LCT team completed the work in 22 hours, two hours ahead of scheduled ...
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The Port of Tilbury has opened a new London Paper Terminal (LPT) following a £3.5million in vestment programme. This includes the latest equipment such as intelligent clamps for safe handling of paper rolls as well as liftec and reach-stacker equipment, plus IT systems. Major customers UPM, Sappi and Kotkamills have ...
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