Shipping cement

The South Wales Port of Newport, owned and operated by Associated British Ports, has celebrated the renewal of its lease and commercial agreement with leading building materials company, CEMEX.

The lease and commercial agreement cover a 2.9 acre site comprising land and buildings at Newport’s South Dock for a period of 6 years, where CEMEX operates a silo storage facility for cement and construction materials.

Simon Brown, ABP Divisional Port Manager for Wales and South West, said: ”CEMEX has been a long-standing customer of ABP and we’re delighted that this new arrangement will allow our partnership in Newport to continue. Each year, we see more than 40,000 tonnes of CEMEX products pass through the port in support of the UK construction industry with volumes likely to increase in future.”

By Jake Frith