Feb 15, 2021 | Freight |
DP WORLD has announced that London Gateway, Britain’s fastest growing container terminal, is now the UK port of call for two new major international shipping services.
DP World – has created an integrated business in the UK comprising two deep water ports with freight rail terminals at London Gateway and Southampton, meaning greater flexibility and choice for shipping lines and cargo owners.
London Gateway is now the UK port of call for Sealand-Maersk’s North Sea service, which connects the key economies of Northern Europe with the Eastern Mediterranean. Previously calling at the Suffolk coast, this major international shipping service has a 42-day rotation stretching from Western Europe to Cyprus, Egypt and Israel. After London Gateway, the service calls at Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Wilhelmshaven, Hamburg, Antwerp, Limassol, Ashdod, Alexandria, Haifa, Mersin, and finally at Port Said East before returning to London Gateway.
River Thames Looking to Regain Lost Ground with New Shipping Services and Ambitious Plans
London Docks Aiming for a Modern Look
UK – It seems the River Thames is getting back towards past glories when it comes to the water borne carriage of freight. This week more news that tonnages are increasing, and the potential for future trade is growing.
Admittedly a London docker of the past would not recognise the giant container cranes and straddle carriers which move the intermodal tonnages so efficiently, but it seems the weather sheltered quay of DP World’s London Gateway deep water port is still steadily picking up business.