New productivity record at Southampton
NewsDP World has reported a record number of moves at Southampton, on the OOCL SOUTHAMPTON...
BIFA seeks OfT guidance on rail surcharge
NewsThe British International Freight Association (BIFA) has asked the Office of Fair Trading (OfT) for guidance on DP World Southampton’s pro...
More container berths for Southampton
NewsAssociated British Ports has received consent from the Marine Management Organisation for the construction of a new quay wall at Berths 201 ...
Southampton rail charge fixed at £3
NewsThe levy on laden imports to recover Associated British Ports’ £6M share of the £70M cost of the Southampton-Nuneaton rail gauge enhance...
Floating crane collapse
NewsThe incident occurred on 7 March at Southampton Cruise Terminal. No-one was seriously hurt...
Floating crane collapse
NewsThe incident occured on 7th March at Southampton Cruise Terminal. No-one was serioulsy hurt...
More on latest Southampton crane collapse
NewsDP World Southampton has issued its own statement - acknowledges concerns over Morris cranes...
Southampton crane collapse – again
NewsCrane driver in critical condition after container crane boom collapses onto NYK THEMIS, operated by ZIM Lines...
Lifeline operator rings the changes
NewsChannels Islands lifeline shipping line Huelin-Renouf Shipping is investing in a specially commissioned container ship at the same time as a...
…more for Soton
NewsAssociated British Ports (ABP) Port of Southampton has ordered two 63t HMK 170 E mobile harbour cranes from Gottwald Port Technology as part...
Sidelifters waiting in the wings
NewsDespite being often touted by their backers as having “enormous potential” self-loading container road trailers (usually called “sidel...
Liverpool eyes Asia trade
NewsThe Port of Liverpool, part of Peel Ports, has thrown down the gauntlet to the British main ports of Southampton and Felixstowe - and to its...
Coming up with a decongestant
NewsAchieving modal shift from road to water is a difficult and frustrating job. The EU spends millions of Euros on grand schemes such as Marco ...
Feeding Europe: lack of co-operation and co-ordination*
NewsFor more than a year it has been clear that ports in the US and North Europe are struggling to cope with the rising tide of cargo and the gr...
Intermodal rail “more reliable” than road
NewsIntermodal rail deliveries over British main ports are now more reliable than road deliveries, according to Peter Ulber, CEO of Kühne & Nag...