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Sunday opening for Southampton

DP World Southampton is to open all day on Sundays from 24 August to give cargo owners an extra day to collect cargo in the run-up to Christmas. The container port will open its gates from 07.00 on Sundays (instead of 19.00) in preparation for the August bank holiday – which signals the start of the run up to the Christmas delivery ‘peak - to help businesses play catch up during ... [+]

London Gateway looking for ladies

DP World London Gateway is looking for 50 terminal operatives to drive a variety of high-tech cranes and vehicles to move goods from ship to shore and support all other aspects of the terminal’s operations. Applications are invited equally from men but to encourage diversity and dispel myths that ports are ... [+]

New ops director for London Gateway

Cosmin Carstea has been appointed operations director at P World London Gateway. Born in Romania, he first worked for DP World at the Port of Constanta and three years ago joined the senior global operations team at head office in Dubai. London Gateway is the fourth ‘newbuild’ port project he has ... [+]

London Gateway starts work on new site but loses M&S development

DP World has awarded Buckingham Group the contract to build the Common User Facility at London Gateway Logistics Park. With ground preparation and infrastructure development complete, Buckingham Group is now mobilising to start construction, with the new logistics centre planned for completion in early 2015. The 375,000sq ft centre will ... [+]

Updated: Keegan makes the London Gateway squad

Former Scunthorpe United, Liverpool and England star Kevin Keegan will be a guest of DP World London Gateway at this year's Multimodal freight and logistics exhibition in Birmingham from 29 April – 1 May. Kevin Keegan will be the special guest at DP World London Gateway’s VIP dinner at the Motorcycle ... [+]

Straddles for Southampton

DP World Southampton has taken delivery of six new Kalmar straddle-carriers worth over £3.6million as part of a £150m investment by Associated British Ports to prepare for the next generation of ultra large container vessels. The straddle carriers arrived fully assembled on board the ro-ro vessel MV Meri from Gdynia, Poland, ... [+]

DB Schenker to take over London Gateway rail ops

DB Schenker Rail UK is to take over track maintenance and rail operations at DP World London Gateway following the opening of the deep-water port.DBS will be responsible for controlling all rail movements and conducting safety checks at the rail terminal as well as providing dedicated ground staff services for ... [+]

London on Sea

London Gateway handled its first scheduled vessel, the ‘MOL Caledon’ from South Africa on 7 November, the culmination of over a decade of planning and construction on three square miles of development on the Essex bank of the Thames. The port's owner, DP World, says that London Gateway is closer to ... [+]

Southampton gets its retaliation in first

Not to be outdone by its sister port, London Gateway, Southampton marked the start of three new transatlantic services with the inaugural call of Hapag-Lloyd’s Kobe Express on 5 November, just two days before its new rival within the DP World group was due to open. The south coast terminal ... [+]

Unions keep up pressure on London Gateway bosses

Global dockworkers said they would step up their campaign against Dubai-based port operator DP World, when they met in Chicago on 8-9 July. They resolved to organise “a global campaign highlighting the need for DPW to engage with unions over trade union rights/representation in a number of countries,” particularly at ... [+]

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