Forth Ports to install digital berth planning tool at London Container Terminal

Forth Ports, a port owner of the port of Tilbury in the United Kingdom, has decided to use Portchain Quay as Port of Tilbury’s London Container Terminal-wide berth planning tool, including intelligent projections.

The installation of Portchain Quay is expected to be a significant step in the London Container Terminal’s digitisation journey, as various critical planning procedures will be digitised to increase real-time information interchange, transparency, and process efficiency throughout the...

https://container-news.com/forth-ports-to-install-digital-berth-planning-tool-at-london-container-terminal/

Norway’s NCL launches direct shortsea service to Tilbury as Brexit looms

Shortsea carrier North Sea Container Line (NCL) is to launch a direct weekly service to Tilbury’s London Container Terminal (LCT) this month.
The Norwegian-headquartered carrier will deploy the geared 657 teu Rumba.
With its first call stemmed to arrive at LCT on 23 September, NCL said it would link some 15 ports on the west coast of Norway with the UK.
“The original ambition of NCL was to move fresh salmon off the …

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https://theloadstar.com/norways-ncl-launches-direct-shortsea-service-to-tilbury-as-brexit-looms/

London and Grangemouth container terminals invest in Kalmar equipment

Investment in Forth Port’s busy container terminals in Grangemouth and London continues with a multimillion-pound order of eleven new Kalmar straddle carriers across the group.

London Container Terminal (LCT) took delivery of six new Kalmar machines this week (image) and Grangemouth will receive five new machines in early 2020.

In London, three of the six new straddles are part of LCT’s equipment replacement programme, with the other three going into service to meet the increase in container...

https://container-news.com/london-grangemouth-container-terminals-kalmar-equipment/

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