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Dover to take over Hammond stevedoring

Dover Harbour Board has reached an agreement to incorporate the Port Services division of George Hammond into its wider business. Kent-based George Hammond has operated the Dover Cargo Terminal since its inception in 1990. It handles mainly reefer traffic on small vessels. The cargo stevedoring operation has now transferred to Port of Dover Cargo Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Dover Harbour Board. The new business will be overseen by Sam Stewart ... [+]

Ports call for action on Thames crossing

A business coalition, including DP World London Gateway, Port of Tilbury, Port of Dover, Port of London Authority, Navigator Terminals, Eurotunnel, Claridon Group, the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association have written to the Chancellor calling for an urgent ministerial decision on the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) scheme. ... [+]

Consultation starts on Dover lorry park

With public consultation on a new lorry park for the Dover area getting underway on 12 August, the Freight Transport Association called for a solution to future problems on Kent's roads. The Highways England consultation on the proposed Stanford West lorry area lasts until 23 September. FTA's head of policy for ... [+]

Lorry park could be used for tourists too

The proposed lorry area near Stanford should be made available for tourist traffic if needed in order to keep the M20 moving, said the Freight Transport Association’s head of policy for south east England, Natalie Chapman. Highways England is consult in the coming weeks on the details for the design and ... [+]

Dover delays down to 30 minutes; VIIA rail service suspended

Delays caused by a shortage of French border officials at Dover were reported to be down to 30 minutes this morning (Monday 25 July) after reaching several hours over the weekend. However, the situation was described by P&O chief executive Helen Deeble, as “completely unacceptable”. She said: “The scenes which we saw ... [+]

Giant Dover lorry park to go ahead

The government said today that a new 3,600-lorry parking area near Dover will go ahead after all, despite widespread controversy over the plan. The announcement comes only weeks after the House of Commons Transport Committee said more should be done to demonstrate the benefits of such a scheme. Committee chair, Louise Ellman ... [+]

New chairman for Dover

Former Port of London Authority chief executive (2004-14) Richard Everitt has been appointed chairman of Dover Harbour Board. He was also chairman of the UK Major Ports Group for four years, chief executive of National Air Traffic Services (NATS) between 2001 and 2004 and prior to this was an executive ... [+]

Bifa’s Keen not keen on lorry park plan

The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has added its voice to growing criticism of government plans to build a huge lorry park in Kent as an alternative solution to Operation Stack. It said that the government had not clearly demonstrated what options have been evaluated and that the decision to ... [+]

Dover lorry park plan needs thinking through, says transport committee

The House of Commons Transport Committee says more should be done to demonstrate that proposal for a lorry park to alleviate the effects of disruption at the port of Dover will deliver, in its Operation Stack report. However, the Government is right to seek a solution to the problem, it says. It ... [+]

VIIA adds Italy option

French rail SNCF's VIIA logistics arm announced a new service from Italy to the UK during  Multimodal. Following the announcement in March this year of a route from the Spanish-French border to Dover via Calais,  a further new service will transport unaccompanied trailers by rail between Orbassano (near Torino) and ... [+]

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