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Tilbury opens agri-bulk site

[ September 15, 2026   //   Chris Lewis ]

The Port of Tilbury has opened a bulk storage and handling facility at Berth 43 for long-term Forth Ports customer, Cefetra, one of the UK’s major traders of grains and animal feed raw materials.

The purpose-built facility, with a floor space of around 14,000 square metres – equivalent to two football pitches -will be used for the storage and handling of imported animal feed products including soyabean meal, up to 65,000 tonnes. The facility is designed for direct vessel discharge operations.

Tilbury is an important gateway for provides Cefetra with customers in the South and East of England. The partnership is part of a wider, long-term relationship between Forth Ports and Cefetra across the company’s UK port network including Cefetra’s major agri-hub at the Port of Rosyth.

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