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Forth Ports applies for Tilbury2 order

[ December 18, 2017   //   ]

Forth Ports’ Port of Tilbury has applied for a development consent order for its proposed 152-acre Tilbury2 scheme on a former power station site.

Tilbury has doubled the size of its business in the past ten years and says it needs space to cope with a predicted doubling of volume across the quay, from 16million to 32million tonnes, over the next 10-15 years.

Tilbury2 will be operational in mid-2020 and will act as a satellite of the main port. It will comprise a ro ro terminal for containers and trailers, rail and road connections, processing and manufacturing facilities and storage for trade cars and other goods.

Tilbury2 is part of Tilbury’s £1bn investment programme, 2012-20 which includes the UK’s largest warehouse at its existing 70-acre London Distribution Park for Amazon UK, which began operating this autumn.

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