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Logistics company's move strengthens port campaign

9:02am Thursday 7th June 2007

A LOGISTICS company has set up a base at Teesport after being impressed by the arguments for the campaign to create a £300m deep sea container terminal.

Port plan faces first hurdle

8:52am Thursday 26th April 2007

PLANS to build a £300m container terminal in the region will face their first hurdle tomorrow when the application is heard by a specially-convened planning body.

Government to hold talks

10:57am Wednesday 28th February 2007

TALKS are to be held between port operator PD Ports and a leading Government figure as part of the campaign for rail improvements which are crucial to £300m plans for a new Teesport container terminal.

Far East deals lend weight to expansion calls

6:01am Saturday 10th February 2007

PORT company Global Transport Logistics (GTL) has secured three deals with companies in the Far East that could bring millions of pounds of business to the region.

MPs call for rail upgrades to help port

6:01am Wednesday 24th January 2007

MPs will today demand rapid improvements to "dilapidated" railways to ensure a planned £300m container terminal at Teesport can compete with ports in the South.

Boom times ahead as thriving port company looks to future

10:59am Tuesday 23rd January 2007

Fledgling port logistics company GTL has exceeded all expectations by breaking the £1m turnover barrier within its first year.

"Rubbish figures" accusation by MPs

10:49am Thursday 23rd November 2006

CONSULTANTS who claimed a planned £300m container terminal at Teesport will be a white elephant were accused yesterday of producing "rubbish" figures.

'Victory would be good for the country, not just the North'

9:18am Tuesday 24th October 2006

Support Our Port: An influential report published last week by the Institute of Civil Engineers (Ice) could strengthen the case for Teesport building a £300m deep-sea container terminal that would bring 5,500 jobs to the region.

Minister'scomments 'a setback'

9:18am Tuesday 24th October 2006

THE Government will not intervene to help plans for a £300m container terminal at Teesport by curbing expansion in the South, a minister said yesterday.

Expansion of port 'crucial for region'

10:39am Wednesday 18th October 2006

TEESPORT'S expansion is crucial not only for the North-East, but for the good of the UK as a whole, the State of the Nation report claimed.