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Work starts on London Gateway’s latest warehouse

DP World has started work on a new 231,000sq ft warehouse at its London Gateway Logistics Park. LG231 on the north of the 9.25million sq ft Logistics Park, will be ready for occupation in December. It will comprise 218,945sq ft of warehouse space and 11,970 sq ft of offices with space in the hard for 68 trucks. .It will have 12.5 metre clear eaves height, 28 dock levelers – and 50kn/m² ... [+]

London Gateway wages war on plastic waste

DP World London Gateway has set up a taskforce of suppliers and local businesses to help reduce the amount of single-use plastic being used in their supply chains. It has already secured agreement from 21 of its suppliers to help eradicate unnecessary plastic use and it is engaging with a ... [+]

DP World cleans up

DP World handled 71.4 million TEU at its global container terminals in 2018, an increase of 1.9% year-on-year on a reported basis and 2.9% on a like-for-like basis. Strong performers included London Gateway, Yarimca (Turkey), Prince Rupert (Canada), Dakar (Senegal) and Sokhna (Egypt). The UAE was softer due to ... [+]

Ports are cooking with gas again

Truck waiting times at major UK ports have had a bad press lately, but when an ATL Haulage driver at DP World London Gateway went head-to-head with Rugby champion and Celebrity MasterChef winner Phil Vickery, it was the former who came out on top. The competition was to see whether ... [+]

Truck park for London Gateway

A new truck park has opened at DP World London Gateway Port. The five-acre, Hireco-operated site offers short and long term parking for to up 170 trucks. Services to be introduced at the park over the next couple of months include a restaurant open every day, showers, toilets, WiFi, vending machines, ... [+]

Solent on Thames

Solent Stevedores has formally opened its new empty container depot at DP Wolrd London Gateway. Work on the new facility started in 2017 with operations beginning in April. The stevedoring company’s five-acre off-dock yard will offer a range of empty container handling and storage services at Berth 7, outside the terminal’s ... [+]

London Gateway cuts greenhouse gases

DP World London Gateway Port reduced its carbon emissions by 28% per teu in 2016 over 2015, according to its certification programme, The Planet Mark. The reduction was due to a significant increase in the number of containers being handled by the port – ensuring savings through increased efficiencies and economies of scale ... [+]

New Zealand and Latam links for London Gateway

The joint CMA-CGM and Marfret Panama Direct Line (PAD) service – also known as North Atlantic South Pacific – has started calls at London Gateway. It will be the only direct service between the UK and New Zealand when Seatrade joins the existing partners later this autumn, says port operator ... [+]

New London Gateway/South America service

MSC and Hapag Lloyd are introducing a new service between South America’s east coast and Northern Europe, improving port coverage and transit times. The new NWC/SAEC service will call at London Gateway and ports in North-West Europe, Rio Sepetiba, Santos, Navegantes, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Rio Grande, Navegantes, Paranagua and returning ... [+]

Pentalver starts work on London Gateway upgrade

Pentalver Transport has started work on phase two of its container facility at DP World London Gateway Berth Seven, the first phase of which opened in 2015. The second phase will add 40% more capacity. It follows yesterday's announcement by logistics company Wincanton that is to build a 2.5-acre container haulage ... [+]

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