Latest data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders makes grim reading with investment between January and June down to £347.3m from £674.4m in the first half of 2017. Tony McDonough reports New investment in Britain’s…
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Liverpool city region is hoping for a multi-billion pound boost from the £16bn project but Heathrow is likely to face a number of legal challenges from local councils and campaigners. Tony McDonough reports MPs have backed £16bn…
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Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: OOCL Belgium, a container vessel coming from France. Agent is Inchcape Shipping Services. Navios Coral, a bulk carrier carrying soya from Brazil. Agent is Clarkson Port Services.…
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Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Beaumont, a cargo vessel carrying scrap metal. Agent is EMR Shipping. Norbay, a roll-on, roll-off vessel coming from and returning to Dublin operated by P&O European Ferries…
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Fizz and Ships is the brainchild of Liverpool journalists Jane Clare and Peter Elson - she a renowned wine writer and he one of Merseyside’s leading authorities on maritime heritage and history A new maritime-themed wine-tasting…
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Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Peleus, a cargo vessel carrying MDF from Spain. Agent is NW Trading (Logistics). Atlantic Sea, a container vessel coming from Belgium and sailing on to Canada. Agent is Atlantic…
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Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Anna G, a container vessel coming from Ireland. Agent is BG Freight Line - Rotterdam. MSC Alyssa, a container vessel coming from Canada and sailing on to Belgium. Agent is…
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Airbus operates a huge wing-making plant at Broughton in Deeside which employs more than 6,000 people, many of them living in and around the Liverpool city region. Tony McDonough reports Planemaker Airbus has sent a chilling warning…
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Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Stolt Greenshank, a chemical tanker carrying lubricating oil from the Netherlands. Agent is Cory Bros Shipping. Sky Mariner V, a bulk carrier carrying steel coils from the Republic of…
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Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Norbay, a roll-on, roll-off vessel coming from and returning to Dublin operated by P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea). Norbank, a roll-on, roll-off vessel coming from and returning…
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