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Associated British Ports is looking into the possibility of building a new passenger cruise terminal and conference centre at the Port of Hull. 23-Jun-2009 Associated British Ports has confirmed that Lowestoft has been selected as the site for the operations centre for the Greater Gabbard wind farm project, which will create up to 150 jobs. 07-May-2009 Associated British Ports is to invest £1.5m in the creation of an operational base in Lowestoft for the Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm project, with the creation of up to 150 jobs. 16-Apr-2009 Associated British Ports is to shed 42 jobs at the port of Southampton, following a decline in its containers and car handling operations. 02-Mar-2009 Associated British Ports is to shed about 45 of the 450 jobs at the Port of Southampton. 19-Nov-2008 Associated British Ports is expected to shed 44 jobs at the Port of Ipswich following the recent closure of the Ferryways freight service to Belgium. 24-Jul-2007 Associated British Ports is to invest £10m in the expansion of Southampton docks, having agreed a deal with Royal Caribbean International Cruises to handle its new large cruise ship in 2007. 13-Sep-2006 Associated British Ports has sold its AMPORTS business in the US to an affiliate of Lincolnshire Equity Fund for £57m. 26-May-2006 Associated British Ports has received a potential £2.2bn takeover approach from a consortium led by Goldman Sachs. 28-Mar-2006 Associated British Ports has received government approval to build a £30m riverside container terminal at the Port of Hull, as part of a £120m investment at its four ports in Immingham, Goole, Grimsby and Hull. 24-Feb-2006 Associated British Ports is looking to revamp the dockland area of Barrow at a cost of £100m, including a new marina, a cruise ship terminal and leisure facilities. 08-Sep-2005 Associated British Ports is looking into the possibility of building a new coal and container terminal on the River Humber near Hull. 08-Sep-2005 Associated British Ports is to build a £1m green fuel storage tank at the port of Goole, in order to import wood pellets, olive residue and other materials for Renewable Fuels. 26-Aug-2005 Associated British Ports is to invest a further £15m in the £45m coal handling terminal that is being built at the port of Immingham, following an agreement to handle imports for Scottish & Southern Energy. 29-Apr-2005 Associated British Ports is to build a £1.6m distribution centre at the Port of Swansea for RKL Plywood by the end of the year. 07-Feb-2005 Associated British Ports has won permission to develop a new £40m container terminal at the port of Hull. 01-Feb-2005 Associated British Ports is to invest £2.5m at Garston docks on Merseyside, including a new aggregates distribution facility for Maxit. 25-Jan-2005 Associated British Ports is to set up a new £1m office at its Hams Hall freight terminal in Birmingham. 06-Sep-2004 Associated British Ports has won permission for the £4m extension of Teignmouth docks, and work is expected to start in 2005. 18-Aug-2004 Associated British Ports has announced plans to develop an additional £45m riverside terminal for coal imports at Immingham. 23-Jun-2004 Associated British Ports has awarded a £3.5m contract to Nuttall to expand its roll-on roll-off ferry facilities at Ipswich Docks. 26-May-2004 Associated British Ports is to invest £1m in the expansion of the ABP Connect rail freight terminal at Hams Hall, in order to cope with a new daily service from Southampton. 28-Apr-2004 Associated British Ports has been refused permission to develop a £600m container terminal facility at Dibden Bay near Southampton, due to environmental concerns. 21-Apr-2004 Associated British Ports is to invest £0.9m extending storage facilities for South Dock Terminals at the Port of Goole, while £0.5m will be invested in a new production facility for Whitemountain Roadstone at the Port of Immingham. 16-Apr-2004 Associated British Ports and DFDS Tor Line are to build a £35m riverside ro-ro and container terminal at the Port of Immingham. 19-Feb-2004 Associated British Ports has sold the Troon Yacht Haven at its Port of Troon to Yacht Havens Group for £1.5m. 02-Jan-2004 Associated British Ports is considering plans to invest more than £40m in the expansion of the port of Immingham over the next three years. 18-Dec-2003 Associated British Ports is to invest £0.7m in the provision of new storage facilities for North Sea Lumber at Alexandra Dock in Hull. 01-Dec-2003 Associated British Ports is to build a second £6m roll-on roll-off freight terminal at the port of Ipswich, and a contractor will be selected in February. 20-Nov-2003 Associated British Ports is to invest more than £1m in new facilities at the Port of Southampton, having won a contract with Channel Freight Ferries to provide a daily ro-ro service to Rouen. 25-Sep-2003 Associated British Ports is investing £3.5m in infrastructure works at the Port of Newport in South Wales, in order to expand the facilities for Australian metals-recycling company Sims Group. 28-Aug-2003 Associated British Ports is to invest £1.1m at the Port of Cardiff in order to create a steel importing facility for Marshall Maritime Services. 17-Jul-2003 Scott Timber Group and Associated British Ports are to invest £1m in a new timber pallet production plant at the Port of Barry. 26-Jun-2003 Associated British Ports has announced plans to invest £4m in the expansion of Millbay Docks in Plymouth, in preparation for the launch of a new superferry that will sail to Spain from next April. 18-Jun-2003 Associated British Ports is to invest £2m in new facilities at Grimsby and Immingham, which will involve Sea-Cargo moving its container service to Immingham and Freshney Cargo Services expanding its operation at Grimsby. 11-Apr-2003 Associated British Ports has secured a £1.2m grant from the Strategic Rail Authority for a £2m expansion of the Hams Hall rail terminal in Midlands by its ABP Connect division. 03-Apr-2003 Associated British Ports has submitted proposals for a multi-million pound improvement scheme at Teignmouth Quay in Devon, including new warehouses and a longer quay. 24-Dec-2002 Associated British Ports is to build a new £1m terminal on Immingham Dock to handle pulp and paper imports for Bowater. 19-Dec-2002 Associated British Ports is to invest £4.6m in new storage facilities at Newport docks, having won a long-term contract to import timber from Scandinavia and the Baltic states. 18-Dec-2002 Associated British Ports is to close its Grosvenor Waterside property development division, and eight of the ten staff will be offered alternative employment. 23-Oct-2002 Associated British Ports is setting up a new £1m warehouse and storage terminal at Immingham, to enable IAWS Fertilisers to produce and distribute granular horticultural products. 04-Sep-2002 Associated British Ports is to sell its Amports aviation services business in the US to Macquarie Global Infrastructure Funds for £32m. 02-Aug-2002 Associated British Ports has acquired a 100,000 sq ft building at Finningly airport, Doncaster, to store illegal imports on behalf of HM Customs & Excise. 22-Jul-2002 Associated British Ports has taken over the management of the Hams Hall rail freight terminal near Birmingham from Parsec, with the transfer of 23 staff. 02-May-2002 Associated British Ports has agreed a 50-year lease to develop the old Ailsa-Troon shipyard, and will use the 5.5 hectare site for ship repair and other port-related business. 01-Feb-2002 Associated British Ports is close to awarding a construction management contract for the £300m development of a new container terminal at Dibden Bay near Southampton. 11-Oct-2001 Associated British Ports has announced plans to build a £50m roll-on roll-off ferry terminal at Immingham, creating up to 200 jobs. 05-Sep-2001 Associated British Ports is looking to sell the US aviation services business of American Port Services for more than £22m, but will retain its US seaports division. 05-Sep-2001 The Welsh Development Agency has acquired four dockland sites in Cardiff, Swansea, Port Talbot and Barry from Associated British Ports for more than £15m, which will lead to a number of brownfield regeneration projects. 16-Jul-2001 Associated British Ports is looking into the possibility of buying the Ailsa Troon shipyard, which closed last year. 11-Jul-2001 Associated British Ports is said to be considering plans to launch a bid for Simon, in order to gain control over the Humber estuary. 21-May-2001 Associated British Ports is to start work on the development of a £3m multi-deck car terminal at Southampton Docks, in partnership with leading vehicle shippers Wallenius Wilhelmsen. 02-May-2001 Associated British Ports is submitting plans for a new leisure and retail development at Alexandra Dock in Grimsby, including shops, a restaurant, pub and possibly a hotel. 07-Feb-2001 Associated British Ports has announced plans to build a £1m fertiliser terminal at the port of Ayr to handle bulk imports from Norway. 11-Dec-2000 Associated British Ports has sold Red Runnel, its Southampton-based ferry business, to a subsidiary of investment bank JP Morgan for £71m. 04-Dec-2000 Associated British Ports has obtained 14.8 acres of land for the £8.5m expansion of Ipswich Port along the east bank of the River Orwell, and is now seeking potential occupiers for the site. 01-Dec-2000 Associated British Ports has opened a £2.2m timber terminal at the Queen Alexandra Dock in Cardiff and is now considering plans for a multi-million-pound distribution centre in the city. 03-Nov-2000 Associated British Ports has acquired Berkeley Group, the Southampton-based stevedoring and vehicle processing company, for £18m. 10-Oct-2000 Associated British Ports is considering plans to sell its Red Funnel ferry and towage business, in order to concentrate on running its 23 ports. 15-Jun-2000 Associated British Ports is to submit new proposals for the transformation of Dibden Bay on Southampton Water into a container terminal, including a ferry link to Town Quay in Southampton. 26-May-2000 Associated British Ports is considering plans to sell off £650m of non-core property assets, including about 3,000 acres of non-operational land around its 23 ports. 15-May-2000 Associated British Ports and P&O have announced plans to build a new cruise ship terminal in Southampton, with completion due in 2001. 21-Mar-2000 Associated British Ports is planning to build a £10m ferry passenger terminal in Hull. 24-Feb-2000 Associated British Ports is to increase its capital expenditure for new projects from £35m to more than £100m over the next year. 23-Feb-2000 Associated British Ports has submitted plans to build a 180-berth marina at the New Cut East island in the port of Ipswich. 16-Feb-2000 Associated British Ports is considering plans to redevelop the eastern side of Plymouth's Millbay Docks, and possible options include commercial, residential and marina projects. 09-Feb-2000 Associated British Ports is considering plans to redevelop the old Grimsby Fish Dock into a retail and leisure park. 05-Jan-2000 Associated British Ports is in negotiations with Lansbury Developments of Billericay about the possibility of building a multi-screen cinema on land owned by ABP in Grimsby. 10-Sep-1999 Associated British Ports is looking to acquire rival port operations in the UK, North America and continental Europe. 09-Sep-1999 Associated British Ports has reopened Port Talbot Dock, with the dock handling its first cargo vessel since 1971. 01-Sep-1999 Associated British Ports has announced plans to build a new £5m terminal at the Port of Hull in order to double the capacity for paper and board shipments, and more than 50 jobs will be created. 12-May-1999 Associated British Ports has opened a new terminal at the Port of Goole in East Yorkshire, which is designed to handle steel, agricultural produce, and general cargo. 26-Mar-1999 Associated British Ports has started work on the £30m Humber International Terminal Project that will enable Immingham to handle cargo ships of up to 100,000 tonnes, and more than 300 jobs will be created during construction. 22-Feb-1999 Associated British Ports is planning to move the port of Ipswich further downstream by developing more of the Cliff Quay area, which will enable larger vessels to dock. 11-Jan-1999 Associated British Ports is in discussions to acquire British Steel's cargo terminal at Immingham. 02-Dec-1998 Associated British Ports is looking to take over more terminals and potential targets include the 20 terminals at its ports that are currently operated by shipping and manufacturing companies. 10-Sep-1998 Associated British Ports has agreed to acquire American Port Services, the operator of car terminals at four US ports, for £106m, as part of a strategy to increase its range of services and expand overseas. 20-May-1998 Associated British Ports is acquiring Exxtor Group Shipping Services, the operator of a roll on-roll off terminal at Immingham for £16m. 19-May-1998 Associated British Ports is said to have made a £105m takeover approach for American Port Services, the London-quoted operator of US port facilities. 07-May-1998 Associated British Ports has completed a strategic review that will see it focus on offering more services to existing customers, acquiring more companies, and expanding further into distribution, while it has also announced a £100m share buy-back. 05-Mar-1998 Associated British Ports is devising a new strategy which will include additional services in the UK and international expansion as ports are being privatised in a number of other countries. 08-Sep-1997 Associated British Ports has been selected as preferred bidder for the port of Ipswich, and it plans to expand the port's general cargo business. 15-Mar-1997
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