dp-world-southampton

Early Christmas for Southampton

CMA CGM’s seasonal SEANE (South East Asia Northern Europe) service made its first UK port of call on 11 August at DP World Southampton. The new service caters to the ‘Christmas peak’ and provides the only direct call from Jakarta, Indonesia to UK and northern Europe. Southampton is the first port of call in North Europe. [+]

Straddles spearhead Southampton expansion drive

DP World Southampton has taken delivery of nine Kalmar straddle carriers – part of an eventual order of 17 - and has announced plans to buy two new super post-panamax quay cranes, due for delivery in 2018. It will allow the port to handle three of the largest container vessels ... [+]

First Swan for Southampton

DP World Southampton handled the first vessel on MSC's new AE2/Swan service on 21 October, with one of the fastest transit times from Asia to the UK. The new route has a 24 day transit time from Yantian (South China) to Southampton and 19 days from Tanjung Pelepas in Malaysia. ... [+]

Southampton starts dredging work

Associated British Ports has awarded the contract to widen and deepen a part of the DP World Southampton container terminal to Boskalis Westminster. It involves the removal of 450,000 cubic metres of material at Marchwood to widen the navigation channel by 30m to improve accessibility and manoeuvrability for container vessels.   [+]

Slicker Southampton

DP World Southampton is to bring  in a new vehicle booking system in the New Year A trial of VBS Premium with 13 of the terminal’s largest hauliers was an “overwhelming success” said the operator. It aims to make back-office management of containers and bookings easier and customers are reporting that ... [+]

Rail industry recognition for DP World Southampton

DP World Southampton container port has been recosgnised for its exemplary customer service with a Rail Freight Group (RFG) award. DP World Southampton impressed judges for offering the most reliable port rail feed service of its kind in the UK, with a near 100% success rate for delivering container boxes to ... [+]

Southampton breaks handling record

Southampton container terminal set its best ever vessel turnaround performance when it handled the maiden call of the largest ship in the Hyundai fleet. The Hyundai Together was turned around in 24 hours well ahead and, in a 12-hour shift, 600 containers were moved by an individual crane, equivalent to 50 ... [+]