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The first full-time cruise ship was Ceylon, a P&O liner converted in 1881. [11] Until then, ship owners had occasionally used liners for off-season cruising. From 1881 the cruise industry grew slowly until the 1970s, when major shipping operators were badly affected by the rise in popularity of long-haul jet air travel.
The transport of containers from ship to rail is classified by the UK government as Lo-Lo traffic (lift-on, lift-off). [1] Volumes of intermodal traffic in the United Kingdom have been rising since 1998, with an expectation of further growth in the years ahead; by 2017, railfreight was moving one in four of containers that entered the United ...
Queen Alexandra House, Cardiff Bay. Ports formerly owned by rail and canal companies were nationalised in 1947 by Clement Attlee's post Second World War Labour government, forming part of the operations of the British Transport Commission.
A cruise ship was forced to divert off course to France after sailing into “adverse weather” near the Isle of Wight on Monday (6 January). Instead, once reaching Cowes on the Isle of Wight ...
Mar. 6—PORTSMOUTH — Scioto County Sheriff David Thoroughman and Portsmouth Police Chief Debby Brewer advise that the first of the super and mega loads will depart the dock, which is just east ...
Today, Portsmouth is the home base for two-thirds of the Royal Navy surface fleet, including the two aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. Naval logistics, accommodation and messing are provided on site, with personnel support functions (e.g. medical and dental; education; pastoral and welfare) provided by Defence ...
Oil storage tanks at Fawley. Fawley refinery processes around 270,000 barrels (43,000 m 3) of crude oil a day and provides 20 per cent of the UK's refinery capacity. [1] Crude oil is transported by sea in tankers to the refinery's one-mile-long (1,600 m) marine terminal, which handles around 2,000 ship movements and 22 million tonnes of crude oil and other products every year. [8]
With around 12,500 commercial shipping movements annually, the Port of London handles around 10% of the UK commercial shipping trade, and contributes £8.5 billion to the UK's economy. In addition to cargo, 37 cruise ships visited the Port in 2008. Tate & Lyle refinery plant at Silvertown, London