Forth Ports makes heavy lift acquisition

Forth Ports’ English port has extended its long-standing partnership with one of the UK’s leading crop production and grain marketing businesses for a further five years

Carr’s Flour Mills and Forth Ports have reached a significant milestone as over 1 Mt of wheat have been delivered by ship into Kirkcaldy harbour in Fifeshire since 2011.

The rubber-tyred material handler is understood to be the first High Rise version of the LH 150 Litronic crane in the UK

The FGF proposal from a public private partnership will generate up to 50,000 new green jobs and act as a catalyst for new green technologies and renewable energy manufacturing, it is claimed

The Port of Leith, part of Forth Ports group, has become the first large mainland commercial port in Scotland to provide a shore power connection

The new Kalmar ESC440 (40 tonnes SWL, 1 over 3) machines are capable of running on biofuel. Five have been delivered to Grangemouth and seven to Tilbury London Container Terminal as part of Forth Ports’ fleet renewal programme