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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

BBC News

• VIDEO: Local bid to buy Portpatrick harbourA new community ownership scheme is being launched in Portpatrick to raise funds to modernise the local harbour.
• UK and France to sign Calais dealUK and French ministers are to meet in Calais on Thursday to sign a new deal to try to alleviate the migrant crisis in the port town.

The Guardian

• UK and France to sign Calais security dealDeal contains measures to tackle human smugglers and commitments to boost humanitarian support for vulnerable migrantsBritish and French ministers are to meet in Calais on Thursday to sign an agreement aimed at alleviating the disturbances involving migrants at the French port.The French interior ministry said the UK home secretary, Theresa May, would travel to Calais to sign the agreement with her French counterpart, Bernard Cazeneuve. The pair will tour the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles before Cazeneuve travels to Berlin to meet the German interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, for...

The Herald

• Calais migrants crisis deal to be agreed between Britain and FranceBritain and France are set to sign an agreement aimed at alleviating the Calais migrants crisis which will include measures to strengthen security at the port.

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• £2.7m Port of Newport redevelopment work startsWork has started on a £2.7m project to redevelop part of the Port of Newport to increase cargo volumes. Once complete, Atlantic Shed will provide an extra 7,200 sq m (668,000 sq ft) metres of storage for the port, mainly for the steel industry. Associated British Ports said the investment meant the site would be able to meet the increasing demands of its customers. It said the development would support the future growth of the port. Source: BBC

Other News Sources

• Tianjin Port Stops Handling Hazardous CargoesMost tanker operations in the Tianjin Port have stopped as a result of a notice to the port from Tianjin Municipal Transport Commission to cease handling tankers and container ships carrying hazardous substances, Inchape Shipping Services informed. In addition, container ships with hazardous goods on board are currently unable to berth and discharge. Tianjin Municipal […]
• Norwegian Shipowners Say NO to BeachingNorwegian Shipowners Association has said NO to hazardous beaching of ships, thus becoming the first country to discourage its shipowners from such practices. “As an industry, we cannot defend scrapping of ships in a way that endangers people’s health and puts the environment at risk. Therefore we say, as the first shipping associations in the world, no to […]