Project team to look at plans for Guernsey’s Harbour
The proposed multi-million pound redevelopment of St Peter Port Harbour now has a project team to look at how operations will work. It is being [...more ]
MSC in venture to develop Liverpool container terminal
Swiss shipping line MSC’s Terminal Investment Limited (TiL) has formed a joint venture agreement with privately owned Peel Ports to develop Liverpool’s container facility Swiss [...more ]
Peel Ports: contract awarded for Phase 2 of Liverpool container terminal expansion
McLaughlin & Harvey has been awarded the contract to deliver the next phase of development at the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal. The multi-million project will [...more ]
P&O Ferries launch new freight ferry service between Calais and Tilbury
P&O FERRIES will strengthen its position as the leading enabler of trade flows across the English Channel by launching a new daily ferry service linking [...more ]
Call for direct Asia call at port of Liverpool as imported retail volumes grow
A major UKretailer has dramatically increased the use of a recently launched feeder service between Southampton and the country’s north-west container gateway of Liverpool. Since [...more ]
The Scotsman Big Interview: Ocean Terminal centre manager Dennis Jones
The Big Interview: Ocean Terminal centre manager Dennis Jones He entered the shopping centre industry in his native US nearly four decades ago, after completing [...more ]
PD Ports, Selects K2 Software to Accelerate Company-Wide Digital Process Automation
PD Ports develops 20+ applications on K2’s intelligent process automation platform to optimize business efficiency for mission-critical processes throughout its organization SourceCode Technology Holdings, Inc., [...more ]
Unifeeder launches direct East Coast feeder linking Grangemouth and London
The arrival of the cargo vessel the Anna G into Scotland’s container terminal in Grangemouth at the weekend launched a new east coast container feeder [...more ]
Port of Dundee staff set to secure boosted pay rise after union talks
Workers at the Port of Dundee are tipped to secure a higher pay rise from their bosses after airing concerns over working conditions. Union reps [...more ]
UK Major Ports comments on Budget – welcome infrastructure boost but concern over significant fuel cost penalty
Responding to today’s UK Government Budget announcement, Tim Morris, Chief Executive of the UK Major Ports Group commented: “We welcome the emphasis on measures to [...more ]
Maritime UK makes a splash for National Careers Week
New programme of national careers events announced Careers being promoted this week at major events in Liverpool, Hull and Bristol ‘Maritime and Me’ profiles of [...more ]
BPA publishes agenda for new government
The British Ports Association (BPA) has today published an agenda that outlines the ports industry’s requests of government for the coming years. The BPA’s 2020 [...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 ]
Nine port projects in the running for the ESPO Award 2019
The ESPO secretariat received nine submissions for the 11thedition of the ESPO Award. The theme of this year’s editions is “Transparency and the role of [...more ]
Joint ETF, FEPORT and ESPO statement on current development in the maritime and port sector
“Market based and technological developments in the shipping sector and technological innovation represent major challenges for the port sector” says an EU funded study In [...more ]
British ports talking up bulk and coastal shipping at Breakbulk Europe
With the breakbulk sector gathering in Bremen today at this year’s Breakbulk Europe, the British Ports Association has renewed calls for further consideration of coastal [...more ]
ESPO congratulates Port of Melilla, Shannon Foynes Port Company and Port of Ceuta for getting EcoPorts’ environmental standard
ESPO congratulates Port of Ceuta (Spain), Shannon Foynes Port Company (Ireland) and Port of Melilla (Spain) for getting EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). Isabelle Ryckbost, [...more ]
New record in Zeebrugge: Maiden call OOCL United Kingdom
With the maiden call of ms OOCL United Kingdom at Cosco Shipping Ports Terminal Zeebrugge in the early morning of May 18, a new record [...more ]
