Released on: May 8, 2008, 8:35 am

Press Release Author: Sarah A. Chase

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: PD Ports has announced that Frans Calje has been appointed to
the new position of 'Key Projects Director'.

Press Release Body: London, 8 May 2008 - PD Ports has announced that Frans Calje has
been appointed to the new position of 'Key Projects Director'.

Reporting to CEO David Robinson, Calje (a Dutch national) will assume responsibility
for leading all the Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) project teams. He
will be charged with overseeing the over £300m investment project in all future
planning, construction and commercial aspects of this major new development at
Teesport in the North East of England. The appointment is as a member of the PD
Ports Executive Committee.

Calje brings considerable experience in the development of container terminals
throughout Europe and in the USA, gained during a very progressive career within APM
Terminals. As Senior Project Manager - Business Development for APM Terminals
International, he led the $100 million JV project between APMT and global shipping
line CMA/CGM to deliver a 30 year concession for the port of Mobile, Alabama. In
his latest role as General Manager - Project Implementation and Business
Development, amongst other notable achievements Frans has been instrumental in the
successful APMT bid for the first concession at the new Rotterdam Maasvlakte 2
development, a project involving the investment of some Euro 420 million.

In the immediate term, Frans will be based in PD Ports' head office at Queen's
Square, Middlesbrough. Alison Moss, recently appointed by PD Ports as "Legal
Manager- Projects" will report to him on all legal aspects of the NGCT project.
Moss joined PD Ports in February from northern based legal firm Dickinson Dees where
she was employed as an associate in the company and commercial department. As the
momentum behind NGCT continues to gather pace in coming weeks and months, other
important new roles will be added to the PD Ports team that Calje will lead, and
alternative accommodation arrangements will be needed to house the team other than
in Queen's Square.

According to David Robinson, CEO for PD Ports, "During his first month Frans will be
taking the opportunity to visit as many PD Ports site locations as possible, in
order to obtain a comprehensive introduction to the wider business of the Group, and
the people, customers and suppliers involved in our business. We are delighted to
have attracted in Frans someone with a great deal of international experience to
lead this vital project. His experience and supplier contacts will be of critical
importance to the projects early delivery."

"Today's announcement of Frans's appointment follows our recent news that PD Ports
and Tesco will be bringing 800 new jobs to the UK, through the development of a
state-of-the-art import centre in the North East of England. With this Tesco move,
alongside the existing highly successful Asda Walmart import centre which opened at
Teesport in spring 2006, we can see real momentum gathering behind our dream to
create a major container handling portcentric logistics hub serving the North of
England and Scotland based here in Teesport" concluded Robinson.


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