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Lidl sets up shop at London Gateway

Supermarket chain Lidl is due to open a 187,000sq ft distribution hub at London Gateway from February next year. Lidl will occupy the warehouse areas of the Logistics Centre, which became vacant earlier this year. Lidl head of warehouse expansion Adrienne Howells, said the site would support new and existing stores throughout the country. Oliver Treneman, DP World’s property development director, added: “Our team of experts are able to assist with solutions ... [+]

CMA adds Liverpool-West Africa link

CMA CGM is introducing a new APEX service between Liverpool, Bristol, Dublin, connecting directly to its West African services in Algeciras in southern Spain. it will offer a much quicker routing for cargo bound for West Africa, says the carrier. At the same time, CMA CGM’s Nemo service to Reunion and ... [+]

Ports call for action on Thames crossing

A business coalition, including DP World London Gateway, Port of Tilbury, Port of Dover, Port of London Authority, Navigator Terminals, Eurotunnel, Claridon Group, the Freight Transport Association and the Road Haulage Association have written to the Chancellor calling for an urgent ministerial decision on the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) scheme. ... [+]

Fish, birds and boxes

As well as opening the UK’s newest box port, DP World London Gateway has also found time to turn a space equivalent to 82 football pitches into a nature reserve near its Thameside site. It has created 65 hectares of important intertidal habitat, which will provide feeding ground for wading ... [+]

Truck firm opens London Gateway base

Truck and trailer contract hire and maintenance specialist Hireco is to provide support service at DP World’s new London Gateway deep-sea container terminal and its adjacent logistics park. It will initially provide facilities for hauliers using the Port and Logistics Park with onsite ancillary services for their fleets Further discussions are ... [+]

London Gateway recruits retail expertise

DP World London Gateway has appointed Dean Hawkridge as head of commercial role at its Logistics Park. He was most recently group director of product supply for builders’ merchant Travis Perkins and prior to that head of international supply chain at DIY retailer B&Q and has also worked in similar ... [+]

Monsters in the Thames

DP World London Gateway is about to take delivery of two more of the UK’s most technically advanced quay cranes were brought up the River Thames on 15 June. The Chinese-built monsters are for the container port’s third berth, due to open later this year. When installed they will match DP ... [+]

Truckers welcome Thames tunnel plan

Highways England has chosen a tunnel between Tilbury and Gravesend – Option 'C' - as its preferred option for a new Lower Thames Crossing. It would provide a link between many of the south-east's major ports and the rest of the country, including Dover and the Channel Tunnel and Tilbury/London ... [+]

Maersk switches another service to London Gateway

Maersk Line has switched the UK call of its Samba South America service from Tilbury to DP World London Gateway Port. The first call on the service will be made by the Maersk Lanco on 21 March. The service includes calls at Santos, Paranagua, Itajal, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio Grande, Santos, ... [+]

UPS to build parcels hub at London Gateway – updated

Express logistics firm UPS is to build a  32,000sq m package sorting and delivery facility at the DP World London Gateway logistics site. At close to £120 million, this project it will be one of UPS’s largest infrastructure investments outside the US. The facility, expected to be completed in the summer ... [+]

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