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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 Estuary this morning, after a two month voyage from China. A further 21 of the 1,848-tonne cranes will be delivered ...
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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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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 ...
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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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