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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 rail freight operators using the facility.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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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’ ...
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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 ...
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