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Wednesday, 08 April 2020

Belfast Telegraph

• Hundreds of Stena Line staff temporarily laid off as coronavirus hits ferry travelhits ferry travel Ferry company Stena Line is temporarily laying off 650 staff and making 150 redundant, as well as cutting journeys, to cope with a fall-off in business after the outbreak of coronavirus.

Kent Online

• Coronavirus Kent: RMT general secretary Mick Cash blasts P&O's restructure for attacking pay conditionsSeafarers union the RMT has blasted P&O Ferries' Covid-19 restructure as an "all-out assault on jobs, pay and working conditions."

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport

• PD Ports continues investment in environmentally sustainable technologyPD Ports has continued its investment into environmentally sustainable technology at Teesport as part of its continued commitment to reducing the Port’s carbon footprint. In December, PD Ports took delivery of three electric Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes, supplied by Liebherr Container Cranes Limited, as part of the latest phase in the port operator’s container terminal expansion at Teesport. The RTGs, which stand at are more than 24 metres high and weigh 135 tonnes, are the first of PD Ports’ electrically powered fleet and a greener alternative to the existing diesel cr...

New Civil Engineer

• Canal charity confirms 2021 start for Toddbrook Dam permanent repairsCosted plans for permanent repairs to the Toddbrook Dam in Whaley Bridge are now being developed but work is not expected to start until next year, the Canal and Rivers Trust has said.