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Policing a fairer deal for seafarers

News8 Jul 2022

The British Government has published its Seafarers’ Wages Bill, following the scandal of P&O Ferries...

Strong response to UK freeports bidding round

News6 Feb 2021

A significant number of strong freeports bids had been submitted to the Treasury Department by the Government’s noon Friday 5th February d...

New UKEC-Continent lo-lo and ro-ro offers to beat Brexit disruption

News10 Oct 2020

Samskip and W.E.C. Lines/A2B launch new UKEC-continent services while DSV Road introduces a new unaccompanied trailer service, as Brexit thr...

PD Ports responds on Freeports

News13 Jul 2020

PD Ports response to the government’s consultation on Freeports underlines the huge investment and jobs boost that a Freeport located on t...

Australian Super to buy 25% of Peel Ports Group

News10 Feb 2020

Property magnate John Whittaker and Deutsche Bank Asset Management (DWS) are to sell a 25% stake in the UK ports operator to Australia’s l...

Port sector must remain strong, says UKMPG

News10 Sep 2019

New research presented today sets out the key characteristics of the "strong ports" that the UK needs to thrive post-Brexit...

UK government makes £9M available to assist ports’ Brexit preparations

News21 Aug 2019

An extra £9M will be made available to ensure local areas and major ports are ready for Brexit; Peel Ports announces AEO status...

UK seems determined to establish Free Ports

News3 Aug 2019

International Trade Secretary Liz Truss has announced a new Freeports Advisory Panel to advise the government on the establishment of up to ...

UKMPG comments on “no-deal” Brexit

News26 Jul 2019

With Free Ports on the agenda, the UK Major Ports Group has reiterated its priorities as, officially at least, the country’s new Prime Min...

Policing a fairer deal for seafarers

Strong response to UK freeports bidding round

New UKEC-Continent lo-lo and ro-ro offers to beat Brexit disruption

PD Ports responds on Freeports

Australian Super to buy 25% of Peel Ports Group

Port sector must remain strong, says UKMPG

UK government makes £9M available to assist ports’ Brexit preparations

UK seems determined to establish Free Ports

UKMPG comments on “no-deal” Brexit

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Kalmar CEO: Order intake stable at around € 400m per quarter

Ships divert as indefinite strike shuts down Montreal’s Termont terminals

Hitech windy shipping breezes into Greenock

Legal action by APM Terminals will not derail MSC lease, Port of Aarhus says

Heavy transport vessel runs aground off Taiwan

Policing a fairer deal for seafarers

Strong response to UK freeports bidding round

New UKEC-Continent lo-lo and ro-ro offers to beat Brexit disruption

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Kalmar CEO: Order intake stable at around € 400m per quarter

Ships divert as indefinite strike shuts down Montreal’s Termont terminals

Hitech windy shipping breezes into Greenock

Legal action by APM Terminals will not derail MSC lease, Port of Aarhus says

Heavy transport vessel runs aground off Taiwan

Winners of US$ 2.9b Clean Ports Program announced

Port of Montreal longshore workers target Termont in latest strike round

APM Terminals Maasvlakte II orders up to 71 Lift AGVs from Konecranes

Hydrogen-powered RTG starts operations at Oi Container Terminal

Genma in the wings