Rail freight of aggregate increases to two per week The Port of Tilbury and FM Conway today announce that they have extended their agreement for a further five years to load aggregate for FM Conway’s Theale facility.
Forth Ports acquires Targe Towing to power up growth opportunities
Forth Ports Limited (“Forth Ports”) and Targe Towing Limited (“Targe”) jointly announce today (11th January,2021) that Forth Ports has acquired the entire share capital of Targe.
Port of Tilbury begins water-borne coastal deliveries of oil seed rape for ADM Erith
The Port of Tilbury and ADM Erith launch a new barge delivering thousands of tonnes of oil seed rape cargo for processing.
Charles Hammond: Our team is Brexit ready, are you?
Charles Hammond OBE, Chief Executive, Forth Ports With less than a month until the end of the transition period, Forth Ports’ chief executive, Charles Hammond, issues valuable guidance to shippers, cargo owners and the wider logistics sector using the group’s eight ports along the east coast of the UK.
Further investment in Port of Dundee as new wharf and land upgrade gets under way for energy transition
New investment in the Port of Dundee, totalling £40m, has reached a significant milestone with the start of the latest contract for the construction.
Port of Grangemouth invests £3 million in rail freight facility at Scotland’s largest freight hub
Investment secures capacity for the UK’s longest freight trains The Port of Grangemouth today (10 December) announces a multimillion-pound investment in its rail freight offering which will cement its position as the key strategic freight and export/import hub of Scotland. The £3 million investment will significantly scale up and modernise the port’s current rail capacity to create an extended dual …
Port of Leith announces investment in Scotland’s offshore renewables future
Over 25 hectares of land being released for large projects The Port of Leith, owned by Forth Ports, is enhancing its position in the offshore renewables market with a seven figure privately funded investment at the port to bring to the market an additional 25 hectares of land linked to over 3km of deep water quaysides. This investment will see …
Samskip launches new Grangemouth container service for Scottish exporters direct to Europe
The arrival of the Vanquish into Scotland’s key strategic freight hub at The Port of Grangemouth today (see image) launched a new-short sea shipping call with Samskip for Scottish exporters and importers direct into mainland Europe.
The Port of Rosyth’s Agri-hub has bumper month handling over 100,000 tonnes of product
Scotland’s largest agricultural products hub (“agri-hub”) at the Port of Rosyth has completed a bumper month of activity in September, with the handling of over 100,000 tonnes of essential agri products delivered aboard four ships for Cefetra.
Innovative habitat ‘translocation’ underway by new London port Tilbury2
As part of the creation of the new Tilbury2 port, Thames Barges have begun transporting thousands of tons of waste ash from the construction site in Tilbury, to a new home a short distance down the river at Mucking landfill which will be used as the foundation to recreate rare habitats for a number of insects and other invertebrates. There …
UK Paper Hub launched creating an unrivalled all-in-one facility for paper and forest products at The Port of Tilbury
London’s fastest growing port launches the UK Paper Hub in Tilbury today (15 September). Bringing together decades of expertise at the Port of Tilbury, the new all-in-one paper and forest product handling Hub is the first facility in the UK created to actively reduce all forms of waste in the supply chain.
Forth Ports and DP World announce joint bid for a freeport on the Thames with the appointment of Vivid Economics
Two of the UK’s largest port businesses – Forth Ports Group and DP World – today announce a partnership which will submit a joint freeport bid incorporating the Port of Tilbury and DP World London Gateway.
