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Updated: Keegan makes the London Gateway squad

Former Scunthorpe United, Liverpool and England star Kevin Keegan will be a guest of DP World London Gateway at this year's Multimodal freight and logistics exhibition in Birmingham from 29 April – 1 May. Kevin Keegan will be the special guest at DP World London Gateway’s VIP dinner at the Motorcycle Museum on Tuesday 29 April (not Wednesday 30 April as previously stated) when he will talk about his career which, ... [+]

Straddles for Southampton

DP World Southampton has taken delivery of six new Kalmar straddle-carriers worth over £3.6million as part of a £150m investment by Associated British Ports to prepare for the next generation of ultra large container vessels. The straddle carriers arrived fully assembled on board the ro-ro vessel MV Meri from Gdynia, Poland, ... [+]

DB Schenker to take over London Gateway rail ops

DB Schenker Rail UK is to take over track maintenance and rail operations at DP World London Gateway following the opening of the deep-water port.DBS will be responsible for controlling all rail movements and conducting safety checks at the rail terminal as well as providing dedicated ground staff services for ... [+]

London on Sea

London Gateway handled its first scheduled vessel, the ‘MOL Caledon’ from South Africa on 7 November, the culmination of over a decade of planning and construction on three square miles of development on the Essex bank of the Thames. The port's owner, DP World, says that London Gateway is closer to ... [+]

Southampton gets its retaliation in first

Not to be outdone by its sister port, London Gateway, Southampton marked the start of three new transatlantic services with the inaugural call of Hapag-Lloyd’s Kobe Express on 5 November, just two days before its new rival within the DP World group was due to open. The south coast terminal ... [+]

Unions keep up pressure on London Gateway bosses

Global dockworkers said they would step up their campaign against Dubai-based port operator DP World, when they met in Chicago on 8-9 July. They resolved to organise “a global campaign highlighting the need for DPW to engage with unions over trade union rights/representation in a number of countries,” particularly at ... [+]

Boris on tour

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, escaped Britain's harsh winter with a fact-finding visit to Jebel Ali Port on 16 April. He was welcomed by DP World chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, who explained to the Mayor how DP World’s new London Gateway port and logistics park project is modeled ... [+]

First cranes for London Gateway

DP World London Gateway took delivery of what it says are the largest cranes ever to arrive in the UK on 1 March. The giant quay cranes, at 138 metres tall two and a half times the height of Nelson’s column at 138 metres tall, were delivered into the Thames ... [+]

Mothball London Gateway, says Unite union

Unite is accusing Dubai-based DP World of taking an anti-union stance at its new London Gateway deep-sea container port in the Thames estuary – and is calling for it to be mothballed until current over-capacity is reduced. Jane Jeffery, regional officer at Unite, said: “We have held a number of meetings ... [+]

Firms will seek north and south logistics solution

Shifts in global sourcing and the many new channels to market will force companies to seek out multiple locations for their stocks, DP World supply chain expert Peter Ward tpld a conference in Birmingham. Speaking at commercial property adviser Jones Lang LaSalle’s agents briefing on 9 November, he said that ... [+]

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