Associated British Ports

Associated British Ports (ABP) invested £15 million in its Hull container terminal, including two Liebherr ship-to-shore gantry cranes worth £10.5 million, reach stackers, tug trailers, and 9,000 m² of new storage. The cranes arrived on February 15, 2018, and will be operational by April 2018.

Cooper Specialised Handling delivered and installed a Mantsinen 95R hydraulic crane at Associated British Ports' Port of Ipswich, the last of five cranes supplied to ABP facilities.

Associated British Ports invested £1.1 million in a new Mantsinen 95R hydraulic crane at the Port of Ipswich to boost cargo handling capabilities.

Associated British Ports (ABP) invested £6 million in equipment across five facilities, including the world's largest hydraulic crane (Mantsinen 200M) at the Port of Garston, now fully operational. The investment is part of ABP's wider £1 billion improvement programme.

Siemens Wind Power started production at its new £310-million wind turbine blade factory in Hull, UK, on 1 December 2016, with over 700 of 1,000 planned staff hired.

Siemens produced the first 75m turbine blade at its new wind power factory at Green Port Hull, part of a £310 million investment by Siemens and Associated British Ports. The factory will supply blades for DONG Energy's Race Bank wind farm.

Associated British Ports (ABP) placed a £6 million order with Cooper Specialised Handling for five Mantsinen hydraulic cranes, the second of which will be installed at the Port of Swansea in December 2016.