BPA reacts to Prime Minister’s Brexit Speech
Following the Prime Minister’s Brexit address in Florence today in which she set out the UK’s Brexit negotiation priorities, British Ports Association Chief Executive, Richard [...more ]
Sims expands scrap export capability with port facilities
Sims Metal Management UK has launched a dedicated scrap metal handling facility at Peel Ports London Medway, Kent, as part of plans to increase exports [...more ]
Peel Ports secures new WEC Lines service
Dutch company WEC Lines is set to launch a new service connecting the Port of Liverpool with Huelva, Vigo, Leixes and Dublin. The service will [...more ]
Greenpeace storm port and seize boat full of VW diesel cars
They claim to have seized the boat at around 8.30am today (Picture: Greenpeace)Environmental activists have seized a cargo ship carrying thousands of Volkswagen diesel cars [...more ]
ABP CEO James Cooper announces it’s time to step down
Associated British Ports (ABP) chief executive James Cooper last week informed the board that he intends to resign. Mr Cooper has spent 10 years on [...more ]
Post-Brexit ‘Armageddon’ at Dover could be avoided by diverting ships to east coast
he UK shipping industry could avoid a post-Brexit "Armageddon scenario" by diverting sea cargo from Dover to eastern ports such as Felixstowe, Britain's largest port operator has [...more ]
Maersk and IBM to form JV applying blockchain to improve global trade and digitise supply chains
A.P. Moller - Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced their intent to establish a joint venture to provide more efficient and secure methods [...more ]
Top 10 The Logistics Performance Index
World Bank Welcome to the LPI! The Logistics Performance Index is an interactive benchmarking tool created to help countries identify the challenges and opportunities they [...more ]
Brexit clarity needed before inspection post planning
Grimsby Docks. Photo: Chris “Clarity is needed” on a Brexit deal before progress can be made on a new border inspection post for Grimsby and [...more ]
UK Shipping Minister names new Hapag-Lloyd vessel ‘Afif‘ at DP World London Gateway
Hapag-Lloyd AG officially named one of its newest vessels – facilitating trade between the UK and the Far East – on the River Thames on [...more ]
Port Strategy: Global operators cash-in on port potential
Global terminal operators are cashing-in on “good opportunities” for port and terminal investment, according to WSP UK technical director Johan-Paul Verschuure. Speaking exclusively to Port [...more ]
ABP adds eleven bulk tipping trailers
Port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) has taken delivery of 11 new Fruehauf Smoothside Sloper bulk tipping trailers. Read full story here Source: www.commercialmotor.com
