CrazyDave Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Mmmmm This could be worth keeping an eye on. “Fox Group are delighted to announce today that they have reached an agreement with Associated British Ports for the acquisition of its ports in Fleetwood and Silloth. Fox Jackson Ports established for the acquisition, is part of Fox Group. Fox Group have identified ports and maritime as an attractive opportunity to further develop and strengthen their business strategy. Acquisition of the ports will enable a continued sustainable growth trajectory. You can read the full press release here: https://foxjacksonports.co.uk/press-release/“ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: Mmmmm This could be worth keeping an eye on. “Fox Group are delighted to announce today that they have reached an agreement with Associated British Ports for the acquisition of its ports in Fleetwood and Silloth. Fox Jackson Ports established for the acquisition, is part of Fox Group. Fox Group have identified ports and maritime as an attractive opportunity to further develop and strengthen their business strategy. Acquisition of the ports will enable a continued sustainable growth trajectory. You can read the full press release here: https://foxjacksonports.co.uk/press-release/“ URL has a dangling ", this is the correct URL. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Fleetwood is like trying to back your car through a letterbox and has more silting issues and tidal restrictions than Onchan park boating lake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 OK, Fleetwood is silted up and has no freight, or passenger, facilities at all. It’s been bought for what the new owners can use the land for. Mini docklands, Liverpool or Salford docks or Dumplington. However given how depressed Fleetwood is, and how crap the road connection is, can’t see any ferry service, any time soon. Siloth, lift on lift off, bit like Mezeron and Glasson. But the road infrastructure to the M6/A74(M) at Carlisle is worse than Glasson to Lancaster, and it’s a much longer sail. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 (edited) 3 minutes ago, John Wright said: OK, Fleetwood is silted up and has no freight, or passenger, facilities at all. It’s been bought for what the new owners can use the land for. Mini docklands, Liverpool or Salford docks or Dumplington. However given how depressed Fleetwood is, and how crap the road connection is, can’t see any ferry service, any time soon. Siloth, lift on lift off, bit like Mezeron and Glasson. But the road infrastructure to the M6/A74(M) at Carlisle is worse than Glasson to Lancaster, and it’s a much longer sail. And ? We are talking freight options to the island. The group have obviously identified the island as somewhere they want to do very aggressive business and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see this develop into further freight options into Ramsey. Edited March 12 by CrazyDave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 5 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: We are talking freight options to the island So was I. 5 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: The group have obviously identified the island as somewhere they want to do very aggressive business and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see this develop into further freight options into Ramsey. Where do you get that from? They already provide stevedore services at Glasson. But wanting to do aggressive business with IoM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 (edited) https://ferryview.home.blog/2020/05/24/fleetwood-ferry-port-now-and-then/ It's a mud bath. Does the link even mention the Isle of Man. A couple of hundred million to send some bags of loose chippings every couple of months seems like the sort of opportunity the IOM Government would have snapped up. Edited March 12 by x-in-man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 1 minute ago, John Wright said: So was I. Where do you get that from? They already provide stevedore services at Glasson. But wanting to do aggressive business with IoM? They are already on the island and have been for about a year. They are very aggressively running an outfit locally that is pricing existing businesses out of the market. They have premises right on the dock at Ramsey, and are a big customer of Mezeron. Paul Fox, the main man, came to the Royal Show very discretely last year by landing his helicopter in the field at Knockaloe. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 The way they're pushing Cubby will need to pull his socks up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 18 hours ago, CrazyDave said: And ? We are talking freight options to the island. The group have obviously identified the island as somewhere they want to do very aggressive business and I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see this develop into further freight options into Ramsey. I would have thought the main market would be the island of Ireland not IOM, if anything. They'd have to have a couple of dredgers working 365 to keep any part of the port open. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piebaps Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 19 hours ago, John Wright said: Where do you get that from? Come on John. Dave's replaced Barrie as the forum expert on fucking everything. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 15 minutes ago, piebaps said: Come on John. Dave's replaced Barrie as the forum expert on fucking everything. No one could replace Barrie. Wonder what Dave’s convenience cleaning experience is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 7 hours ago, John Wright said: No one could replace Barrie. Wonder what Dave’s convenience cleaning experience is? Given the amount of crap he spouts I imagine he’s jedi level 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 7 hours ago, piebaps said: Come on John. Dave's replaced Barrie as the forum expert on fucking everything. I have already explained where I got it from. They are very aggressively doing business here and have obviously identified the island as being of some benefit to them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyDave Posted March 13 Author Share Posted March 13 6 minutes ago, CrazyDave said: I have already explained where I got it from. They are very aggressively doing business here and have obviously identified the island as being of some benefit to them. @Passing Time Care to explain what is funny about this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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