PD Ports has signed a pledge to support ex-members of the armed forces find local jobs and enhance their employability skills once they leave military life. As one of the UK’s major port operators and logistics specialists, PD Ports has been a strong advocate of the value employing former military workers brings to the business, […]

A day of celebrations and thanksgiving was held at the London Cruise terminal in Tilbury on 22 June to mark the 70th anniversary of the arrival of the SS Empire Windrush into the port on Tuesday 22 June 1948 with hundreds of people on board who travelled for 30 days from Jamaica to begin a new life in […]

P&O FERRIES today announces that it plans to lift capacity on its Zeebrugge-Teesport route by almost 25 per cent within the next month in order to create a gateway to Scotland via the north-eastern port. The integrated ferry and logistics company currently carries more than 100,000 freight units a year to Teesport from its continental […]

Forth Port’s Chief Executive was joined by apprentices, graduates and Skills Development Scotland for a ‘turf-cutting’ ceremony to officially mark the start of construction of a new, purpose built, Training Academy located within the Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s biggest port. The Training Academy is being built to ensure that the right skills are in place […]

PD Ports has signed a new long-term contract with one of the UK’s leading recyclers of waste metals to provide stevedoring and storage services at Groveport, the inland port complex on the River Trent that has direct sea access along the Humber Estuary. Mettalis has become the latest metals trading business to take advantage of […]

Forth Ports, one of the UK’s largest port groups, has been awarded an internationally recognised quality mark – the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) – issued by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) – for its major ports on the River Forth. The AEO accreditation recognises that the customs controls and procedures at each of the […]

In the Year of Young people and during Apprentice Week (5-9th March), Forth Ports are proud to announce their sponsorship of the Young Logistics Professional of the Year award at this year’s Multimodal event in May. The industry award recognises a young professional who exemplifies education, skills, knowledge and attitude to become an exceptional supply chain […]

One of the UK’s largest steel traders has just signed a new five year deal with PD Ports at Groveport, the inland port complex on the River Trent that has direct sea access along the Humber Estuary. Steel trader, All Steels Trading imports steel from all over the world and sells to both stockholders and […]

P&O FERRIES today announces that it has reached agreement with Forth Ports to move to a purpose-built £150 million river berth on the Thames at the Port of Tilbury which will treble its freight capacity to 600,000 units a year by 2020. The integrated ferry and logistics company – which last month reported that it […]

The Port of Tilbury’s award-winning Logistics Training Academy in partnership with the Tilbury on the Thames Trust (TTT) has welcomed the arrival of a new state of the art ‘fully immersive’ training simulator as part of the ‘Attention to Logistics’ training programme. The ‘Attention to Logistics’ training programme and bursary scheme, launched last year by […]