WORK BOAT WORLD: Sonia Malaluan has been selected to serve as the new administrator of the Philippines’ Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), taking over from Hernani Fabia. Malaluan was previously MARINA’s Deputy Administrator for Planning, serving in the post since November 2022. She has spent...
The UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG), the trade association for the UK’s major port operators, has appointed former UK government special adviser Geraint Evans as the new chief executive officer.
Evans will join the UKMPG in May 2023, from the global consulting firm, Stonehaven where he was a Partner. Prior to Stonehaven, Evans served as a special adviser under three UK’s prime ministers, David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson.
Evans has also been an early champion of the ‘Levelling Up’ agenda...
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The UK ports sector has called on the government to supercharge the delivery of energy network infrastructure to ports with new research and a transformational funding programme. The post BPA,…
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The UK Major Ports Group (UKMP), a trade body representing the largest nine port operators in the country, has welcomed the agreement for establishing green freeports in Scotland stating that the…
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UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG), the trade association for the UK’s largest port operators, has appointed Alex Pepper (above) to the new role of senior policy lead, focused on environment, social and governance matters.
She will join UKMPG next month, arriving from Peel Ports, where her most recent role was as group head of energy and environment.
Prior to joining Peel Ports, Ms Pepper worked at Associated British Ports, and altogether she …
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There are concerns over the potential success of the UK government’s freeport policy, after the International Trade Committee called for impact assessments of growth prospects.
Committee chair Angus Brendan announced yesterday that, while the government’s efforts to bolster trade and investment through a series of freeports had been welcomed, there remained serious concerns over their effectiveness.
“Now that government has announced where freeports will be located in England, we are calling on...
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UK trade is beginning to feel increasingly isolated from global markets, but confusion rages over the source of the difficulties as Brexit, Covid-19 and empty-box shortages take a bite.
One forwarder told The Loadstar Asian carriers were adding a $1,000 surcharge per 40ft to service the UK, with even higher surcharges on the prepaid spot market, claiming the country is seen as a “nuisance”.
“This is tied to Brexit and the pandemic, but …
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The UK government must act now to address failings in its post-Brexit border operating policy if its much-welcomed postponement of border checks are to do more than just delay “disaster”.
UK Brexit mastermind Michael Gove informed Parliament late last week that pre-notification requirements for products of animal origin, animal by-products, and high-risk food not of animal origin, would be implemented in October, rather than April as originally planned.
It was also announced …
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A tranche of newly awarded freeports presents an opportunity to regenerate both the UK’s logistics sector and some of its poorest regions – but the “hard work” is only just beginning.
Speaking on Multimodal’s Freeports panel, Vivid Economics cities and infrastructure head James Patterson-Waterston said the scale of the bids suggested freeports “could become a transformational vehicle”, but success was dependent on getting the “hard part done”.
“Strategic growth, regeneration and innovation …
The...
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The UK ports industry has called on the government to help it reduce carbon emissions at port facilities by building up infrastructure to deliver shore power to ships at berth.
For years, ports around the world have looked at how to provide shore power to ships at berth – known as cold ironing – an initiative first pioneered in Los Angeles’ West Basin Container Terminal in 2004, as the city struggled …
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