Associated British Ports (ABP) is the UK's largest and leading ports group.
ABP's 21 ports, together with the other transport-related businesses that constitute the ABP Group, form a UK-wide network capable of handling every conceivable type of cargo. ABP is backed by investment in modern facilities and equipment, and supported by experienced staff.
The Group's activities cover transport, haulage and terminal operations, ship's agency, dredging and marine consultancy. Each port also offers a well-established community of port-service providers.
| ABP LAUNCHES CSR REPORT FOR 2007 Associated British Ports Holdings Ltd (ABP) today publishes its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report for 2007. |
| 30th April 2008 | NEW FACES IN EAST ANGLIA FOR ABP Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced the appointment of Roger Arundale as Deputy Port Manager, East Anglia, and Graham Tetley as Assistant Port Manager, East Anglia. |
| 23rd April 2008 | ABP AWARDS CRUISE-TERMINAL CONTRACT TO DEAN & DYBALL Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Southampton has awarded a multi-million pound building contract for its fourth cruise terminal to Dean & Dyball, the Hampshire-based multi-disciplinary contractor. |
| 15th April 2008 | ABP LAUNCHES PEDAL THE PORTS – A 1,600-MILE TANDEM BIKE RIDE FOR MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE Associated British Ports (ABP) today announces the launch of Pedal the Ports, a large-scale fundraiser for Motor Neurone Disease (MND), which will see sponsored ABP employees taking part in a 1,600-mile tandem bike ride around the Company’s 21 ports, throughout June. |
| 10th April 2008 | SILLOTH SMASHES CARGO RECORD The Port of Silloth has set a new record for tonnage handled in a single shipment, with the arrival from Holland of m.v. Arklow River. The Irish-registered vessel delivered over 4,150 tonnes of agribulks to Silloth’s New Dock on behalf of port customers, Carrs Fertilisers Ltd. The load was discharged by the port’s resident stevedores, D.A.Harrison, in under 18 hours. |
| 9th April 2008 | IPSWICH HAVEN MARINA EXPANDS TO MEET CUSTOMER DEMAND Ipswich Haven Marina - owned by Associated British Ports, and located in the Port of Ipswich’s Wet Dock - has completed its latest expansion project with the addition of 20 new berths. |
| 1st April 2008 | NEW CRANE LIFTS TRADE AT TEIGNMOUTH The Port of Teignmouth, owned and operated by Associated British Ports (ABP), has taken delivery of a brand new Fuchs MHL 380 material-handling crane. The stand-alone machine is the second of its type to enter service at the port, and is capable of handling over 300 tonnes an hour. |
| 26th March 2008 | LARGEST TIMBER IMPORT IN LIVING MEMORY FOR IPSWICH The Port of Ipswich, owned and operated by Associated British Ports (ABP), has handled one of the largest shipments of timber in its history. Some 9,400 cu m of Canadian timber were discharged last month at Ipswich’s Cliff Quay, part of ABP’s extensive site on the east bank of the River Orwell. |
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