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PD PORTS DEMONSTRATES ITS COMMITMENT TO INVESTING IN YOUNG

PEOPLE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW APPRENTICESHIP SCHEME
AT TEESPORT
06 December 2011
PD Ports has demonstrated its ongoing commitment to investing in people with the
introduction of a new Dock Operations apprenticeship scheme at North East based
Teesport.
2011 marks the 10
th
anniversary since PD Ports first introduced its apprenticeship schemes,
which over the 10 years has seen 36 young people celebrate their success. This most
recent scheme however is the first of its kind at the Port, which over the 18 months of
training will provide the 13 apprentices with a NVQ Level 2 in Dock Operations. Historically
the apprenticeship schemes at Teesport have focussed on electrical and mechanical
engineering trades.
PD Ports initiated the programme in conjunction with the Redcar Development Trust, whose
aim it is to support and develop the local youth and their families who want to invest in their
own future. From this PD Ports was able to identify 13 suitable candidates, ranging from 18-
30 years of age and as a result, launched the tailor made apprenticeships.
David Robinson, PD Ports' Group Chief Executive Officer, said: "This new apprenticeship
programme is about raising aspirations of the young people across the region, whilst
equipping them with the knowledge and skills to master a trade. With the reopening of the
Redcar Blast Furnace in the New Year and the subsequent increase in steel handling at
Teesport, it is our intention to help create employment for the apprentices at the end of the
scheme.
"As one of the largest employers in the Teesside area, PD Ports takes its responsibility for
recruiting and training very seriously and is one of our Company's eight core values. With
the majority of our existing workforce at Teesport coming from within a three mile radius of
the Port, it is vital for the longevity of our business that we invest in the region's young
people today, added Mr Robinson.
The apprenticeship scheme has been introduced just as the first group of 14 students finish
their foundation degree in Leadership and Management (Ports), launched by PD Ports and
Teesside University in 2009. The two year foundation degree was specifically designed for
those working in the port industry.


t was delivered on a part time basis at the University with senior PD Ports employees giving
practical examples of the theory the students were being taught. Of the foundation degree
graduates, nine are continuing to study for their Undergraduate Degree.
Mr Robinson added: "We're delighted to partner with the local University and offer a unique
degree. Hopefully it has attracted more people to the University and it gives us great
pleasure to train the next generation of port managers. This degree, along with the
apprentice scheme, demonstrates our commitment to training and recruiting young people
from the North East region, and further afield.
"As we move into 2012, we are looking to engage with the wider industrial community on
Teesside to further collaborate on issues such as training and skills, and deliver greater
prospects or work, employability and skills development in the area, concluded Mr
Robinson.
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Caption: The apprentices at Teesport
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About PD Ports:

O PD Ports Limited is owned by Canadian based Brookfield. Brookfield is a global asset manager focused
on property, renewable power and infrastructure assets, with over $100 billion of assets under
management. PD Ports was bought by Brookfield in November 2009.
O PD Ports is a high performing specialist ports business offering a wide variety of supply chain services
to improve customers' international product and material movements into and out of as well as within
the UK.

O PD Ports employs over 1200 members of staff, and generates an annual turnover of over 115 million
from many UK locations.

O PD Ports operates throughout the UK from bases at many key ports and logistics centres.

O The 3 business interests of PD Ports are:
4 Port Operations is split into two business streams bulks and unitised and includes:
Teesport: one of the top 4 UK ports, with flows of containers, bulk traffics and finished
cars, handling almost 40 million tonnes of throughput p.a.
Humber & SmaII Ports: owners and/or operators of ports on the Humber estuary,
Rivers Trent and Ouse, and at Medina Wharf, sle of Wight. Service offerings include
ships' agency, chartering and stevedoring services.
Logistics: PD Logistics offers warehousing, recycling and distribution services at UK
locations throughout the North East, Humberside & East Anglia, including at Felixstowe.
DeveIopment pIans for port operations incIude:
O The Northern Gateway Container TerminaI: a major new deep sea
container terminal planned at Teesport on the South side of the River Tees.
The 300+ million development will have a capacity of 1.5 million TEU
(twenty foot equivalent unit) and is anticipated to deliver over 5,500 jobs to
the Tees Valley, when fully operational. Circa 1,300 of the 5,500 new jobs
have already been created through portcentric logistics operations in the past
four years.
O Portcentric Logistics: a concept promoted by PD Ports for locating the storage
and distribution of imported goods close to the point of arrival at a UK port. This
concept avoids the slow handling and return of empty containers as well as
eradicating unnecessary UK road mileage, which occurs when delivering to a
traditional inland import centre, such as in the Midlands.
n 2006 ASDA WalMart opened a 360,000 sq ft import centre at Teesport and
has saved more than 8 million road miles by adopting the portcentric concept.
Adjacent to the ASDA facility, Tesco operates a purpose built 1.2 million sq ft
import centre at Teesport, which opened in 2009. Tea and coffee specialists
Taylors of Harrogate opened a purpose built warehouse facility at Teesport
Commerce Park on the periphery of Teesport in 2010 to handle its UK imports.
4 Conservancy this includes:
Management of river traffic for the ports of Tees and Hartlepool, ensuring safe
navigation and maintaining the required channel depth.
4 Property this includes:
Revenue and income from property and facilities owned by PD Ports and used by
third party clients on long term leases.
Land that is not utilised for operational purposes and offers potential for development.
Port land at Hartlepool docks, which is highly attractive to the growing renewable
energy sector, including offshore, windfarms, and biomass plants. PD Ports' long
term strategy is to further develop Hartlepool docks as a centre of excellence for the
offshore support sector

For further information, please contact:

PD Ports
Kirsten Potter
PR and Communications Manager
PD Ports
Kirsten.potter@pdports.co.uk

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