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DP World breaks box record

DP World Southampton's handled 651 moves (54.25 crane moves per hour) during a 12-hour night shift, setting another UK productivity record. The feat was achieved on the Hyundai Ambition by the company’s D Team on quay crane 29. Managing director Chris Lewis, described its as “an excellent achievement” despite the poor’ weather conditions - high winds and rain had closed other ports during the day. [+]

Southampton welcomes giants of the sea

The Port of Southampton handled two of the largest and newest containerships simultaneously on 20 August when Hapag-Lloyd’s 13,000teu-plus Hamburg Express and UASC's  similarly-sized Jebel Ali berthed in tandem at the DP World terminal. The Port of Southampton has started redevelopment work to cement its ability to handle multiple numbers of ... [+]

Solid six months for DP World

DP World handled 28.2 million teu at its 60 worldwide terminals in the first half of 2012, 7.5% ahead of the same period last year. Like for like gross volume growth was up 5.4%. Most of the growth came from the Asia Pacific and Indian Subcontinent region where there was ... [+]

Southampton in Southampton

The 10,700teu APL Southampton made her maiden call at DP Worlds'  Southampton’s container terminal, and her visit to the UK, on 30 May. The third in a series of 10 new vessels of this size being delivered for the global container carrier, she sails on Loop 4 of the G6 ... [+]

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