Newport crane investment by ABP
Associated British Ports (ABP) has invested £2.3m in a new energy efficient crane at the Port of Newport. The new machine is fitted with an [...more ]
Construction of Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm project to go ahead
Construction of Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm project to go ahead following financial agreements Matthias Haag, NnG Project Director, and David Webster, Forth Ports [...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 ]
Peel Ports hits record container throughput
Peel Ports is celebrating a record-breaking month for its container operations at the Port of Liverpool. Quayside and landside throughput in October at its Liverpool [...more ]
British Ports Association Publishes General Election 2019 Priorities
The British Ports Association has today published it’s six key policy priorities for the 2019 UK General Election, focussing on a swift and satisfactory resolution [...more ]
Thames boat trips to double
Transport for London has unveiled plans to double the number of trips on their Thames river boat network to 20 million by 2035. The plans, [...more ]
Maritime UK Webinar: Accessing government’s COVID-19 financial support
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have collated details of the latest government guidance for industry, best practice, and latest updates from Maritime UK [...more ]
Quay workers pay tribute to key workers and the NHS
Forth Ports Last night (2 April) for the 8pm Clap for Carers event, the hard working team from the London Container Terminal at The Port [...more ]
IMO Secretary-General seeks UN support over “keyworker” designation for seafarers
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has asked the United Nations system agencies to support IMO in its request to governments to declare seafarers, port personnel and [...more ]
GOV.UK seafarer careers: COVID-19 guidance, training provision, information and examination syllabuses
Training for seafarers including, an COVID-19 update, career information, written and oral exam syllabuses and details for nautical colleges and training centres Published 6 May [...more ]
BPA: Ports Coronavirus Hub
In cooperation with the UK Government the British Ports Association (BPA) has compiled a compendium of information for all UK ports in relation to COVID-19. [...more ]
HRAS: Careless Under-reporting of Seafarer’s Struggles
COVID-19: Fact Suppression or Careless Under-reporting of Seafarer’s Struggles? “I am asking for bad examples and getting absollutely [sic] nothing. All seems to be working [...more ]
Compass starts work with Malta Marittima on the Malta Blue Economy Handbook
Malta Marittima Agency has been established to promote the Malta Maritime Economy at the local, European and international levels. The Agency is catalyst to strengthen [...more ]
Malta Freeport hosts its first LNG-powered container ship
Malta Freeport Terminals welcomed the first ever LNG-powered container ship to visit Malta during the course of the vessel’s maiden voyage from Asia to Rotterdam. Tourism [...more ]
Gibraltar: First-Ever LNG Bunkering Completed in BGTW
Gibraltar has seen the country’s first-ever LNG bunkering within British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) with the arrival of the world’s biggest dual-fuel crane vessel Sleipnir. [...more ]
Macron wants commercial ships to slow down
French President Emmanuel Macron has gotten a mixed response from the shipping industry to his calls for a global speed limit to be imposed on [...more ]
DFDS to Dispose of Liverpool Seaways
Danish ferry and logistics company DFDS has entered into an agreement to sell a 1997-built combined freight and passenger ferry (RoPax). The 21,856 GT Liverpool [...more ]
UK Major Ports Group: comment on £10m Government fund for Brexit preparation grants
Commenting on today’s launch by the Government of a £10 million fund (the Port Infrastructure Resilience and Connectivity (PIRC) Fund) for grants to allow further [...more ]
