GE Energy’s Power Conversion business has announced that it has been selected as the successful candidate for the mid-life upgrade of one of Felixstowe Port’s container handling ship-to-shore (STS) cranes.
Liebherr Container Cranes has announced that it has received an order for the supply of three Rail Mounted Gantry (RMG) cranes to the New North Rail Terminal in the Port of Felixstowe.
The Port of Felixstowe held a ground-breaking ceremony yesterday to mark the formal commencement of the new North Rail Terminal project.
The Port of Felixstowe, Britain’s largest container port, celebrated the start of a new Transatlantic service earlier this week.
The war of words between the developers of London Gateway and the Port of Felixstowe has been reignited once more following comments made by London Gateway’s Commercial Manager Peter Ward at a logistics networking event last week.
The UK’s Secretary of State for Transport, the Rt Hon Justine Greening MP, visited the Port of Felixstowe this week to see the UK’s largest container port take delivery of its latest consignment of new cranes.
The Port of Felixstowe, the UK's largest container port, recently played host to Mr. Li Shenglin, the Chinese Minister of Transport.
The Port of Felixstowe has set a new record in throughput at its rail terminals, handling a total of 11,019 containers (16,846 TEUs) in a single week.
As part of a £300 million investment, the UK's biggest port has opened two new berths - dubbed Berths 8 & 9 - to service the container vessels of tomorrow. Here, David Gledhill, CEO - Hutchison Ports UK, and John Cridland, Director General of CBI, discuss what the new expansion means for the UK economy.
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will transfer both of its Asia-Europe services, the Lion and Silk Services, to Berths 8 & 9 at the Port of Felixstowe.
The Port of Felixstowe has welcomed the maiden call of the Cosco Glory, the newest and largest vessel in the Cosco fleet. The Cosco Glory and sister ship Cosco Pride were constructed by Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd, measure 366m in length and weigh in at 140,542 tons apiece.
The Port of Felixstowe has welcomed its third new service in less than a month with the arrival on Sunday 29th May 2011 of the 367m Mette Maersk on Maersk Line’s AE6 Asia-Europe service. The extended rotation of the AE6 service, which now calls at Le Havre, Felixstowe and Bremerhaven, brings the number of Far East weekly services at the Suffolk port to 13, five of which are operated by Maersk Line.