Scottish ports on the crest of a wave
Article from "Energy Voice": You may be relieved to know that tis is not an article about Brexit. However, every cloud has a silver lining [...more ]
Swansea West Pier repairs could cost £15m, docks owner says
Swansea's storm-battered West Pier needs a new inner wall after tattered timber and crumbling concrete caused structural failures, the owner says. Associated British Ports (ABP) [...more ]
Lorries toppled after ‘big dip’ on Larne to Cairnryan ferry
A man caught up in a "major incident" on a ferry from Northern Ireland to Scotland has described how a "big dip" caused lorries to [...more ]
Offshore Ambition Bonds Port of Blyth & New Tenant Texo CFS
Port of Blyth has announced it will soon be welcoming another new client to its offshore energy hub once a brand new £0.7m facility at [...more ]
Port of Tyne appoints new CEO
Port of Tyne has announced the appointment of Matt Beeton as Chief Executive Officer. The Port of Tyne in North East England is pleased to [...more ]
Chinese maritime giant opens Dundee offshoot to exploit decom and renewables opportunities
A Chinese state-owned maritime giant which completed the largest single-lift sea salvage operation in history will today open the doors to its first UK office [...more ]
BPA: Over a quarter of fish caught by the UK fishing fleet is now landed abroad
Over a quarter of fish caught by the UKfishing fleet is landed abroad, according to a new report published today by the Seafish Industry Authority. [...more ]
Port Training Services: Apprenticeship Scheme To Deliver On Skills Agenda
A forwarding thinking apprenticeship partnership between Bristol City Council and PTS is to deliver additional, well trained apprentices for The Bristol Port Company. Port Training Services [...more ]
GOV.UK: Port freight annual statistics: 2018 final figures
National Statistics Port freight annual statistics: 2018 final figures Freight handled by UK ports during 2018. Published 21 August 2019 From:Department for Transport Documents Port [...more ]
Portico reach new heights with arrival of Kalmar reach stackers
Portico, Portsmouth’s international cargo terminal based at Portsmouth International Port, have further demonstrated their commitment to improving terminal operations with the arrival of three new Kalmar DRG450-65S6X [...more ]
Marchioness safety lessons still not learnt 30 years on from tragedy
The chances of an older vessel surviving a collision on the River Thames have not significantly improved since the Marchioness disaster in which 51 people died [...more ]
UK Major Ports comments on Government announcement of extra £9m for port area councils
Commenting on today’s Government announcement of an extra £9 million of funding for port area councils* Tim Morris, Chief Executive of the trade body for [...more ]
ESPO Port pro of the month October: Christine Cabau Woehrel (FR)
For this edition of our Port Pro of the Month we are interviewing Christine Cabau Woehrel, Chief Executive Officer of the Port of Marseille-Fos. In [...more ]
European Maritime Single Window: ESPO wants more ambition on the harmonisation of data, while maintaining flexibility in reporting systems
ESPO welcomes the Commission’s proposal for a Regulation establishing a European Maritime Single Window environment (COM2018 278 final). For European ports though, reducing the administrative [...more ]
The BPA reports on the Conservative Conference in Birmingham: ‘Chuck Chequers, Boris and an upbeat PM…’
The British Ports Association is attending the Party Conferences this year and this week Policy Manager and political specialist, Mark Simmonds, has been with the [...more ]
BPA Dispatches from Labour Party Conference 2018
The BPA are attending Party Conferences this year and Policy Manager Mark Simmonds was with Labour in Liverpool this week following the developments. Talk of a [...more ]
Malta Maritime Summit 1 – 5 October 2018
Why Attend? Following on the success of MMS 2016, the Malta Maritime Summit 2018 will yet again be different as it will stimulate heated but [...more ]
ESPO: Port pro of the month: Daan Schalck and Jan Lagasse
This year, we saw the creation of North Sea Port, the result of a merger of Zeeland Seaports (NL) and the Port of Ghent (B). [...more ]
