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Truck park for London Gateway

A new truck park has opened at DP World London Gateway Port. The five-acre, Hireco-operated site offers short and long term parking for to up 170 trucks. Services to be introduced at the park over the next couple of months include a restaurant open every day, showers, toilets, WiFi, vending machines, CCTV and AdBlue facilities. Parking at the yard is £2 per hour for the first five hours and £24 for six ... [+]

Solent on Thames

Solent Stevedores has formally opened its new empty container depot at DP Wolrd London Gateway. Work on the new facility started in 2017 with operations beginning in April. The stevedoring company’s five-acre off-dock yard will offer a range of empty container handling and storage services at Berth 7, outside the terminal’s ... [+]

London Gateway cuts greenhouse gases

DP World London Gateway Port reduced its carbon emissions by 28% per teu in 2016 over 2015, according to its certification programme, The Planet Mark. The reduction was due to a significant increase in the number of containers being handled by the port – ensuring savings through increased efficiencies and economies of scale ... [+]

New Zealand and Latam links for London Gateway

The joint CMA-CGM and Marfret Panama Direct Line (PAD) service – also known as North Atlantic South Pacific – has started calls at London Gateway. It will be the only direct service between the UK and New Zealand when Seatrade joins the existing partners later this autumn, says port operator ... [+]

New London Gateway/South America service

MSC and Hapag Lloyd are introducing a new service between South America’s east coast and Northern Europe, improving port coverage and transit times. The new NWC/SAEC service will call at London Gateway and ports in North-West Europe, Rio Sepetiba, Santos, Navegantes, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio Grande, Navegantes, Paranagua and returning ... [+]

Pentalver starts work on London Gateway upgrade

Pentalver Transport has started work on phase two of its container facility at DP World London Gateway Berth Seven, the first phase of which opened in 2015. The second phase will add 40% more capacity. It follows yesterday's announcement by logistics company Wincanton that is to build a 2.5-acre container haulage ... [+]

Wincanton to open London Gateway container base

Largest UK logistics company Wincanton is to build a 2.5-acre container haulage base at DP World London Gateway. It will be operational from early 2018. The site will provide truck parking and office facilities housing an on-site operations team. Wincanton managing director for industrial and transport, Chris Fenton, said: “We’ve been moving ... [+]

London Gateway is ‘go to’ port for Down Under

DP World London Gateway Port is claiming a clean sweep of all the UK’s direct services to Australia after CMA-CGM announced that its NEMO (North European Mediterranean Oceania) and Hapag-Lloyd’s EAX (Europe, Australia Express) combined service will begin calling in early January. The service will also provide direct links between Singapore, ... [+]

MSC adds London Gateway-Australia service

MSC's Australia Express is now providing direct calls between London Gateway and Sydney, offering the fastest direct service between Australia and the UK and North West Continent. The service also calls at Melbourne, Adelaide, Fremantle, Singapore and Colombo. MSC has also added the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta as a ... [+]

London Gateway to press on with berth number three

DP World has confirmed that its new London Gateway will move forward with a third berth. It will add a further 400 metres of quay length with a dredged depth of 17 meters alongside, capable of handling the largest container ships afloat. Contracts have been awarded to VolkerFitzpatrick for civil and ... [+]

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