A new port has officially opened on the River Thames to serve freight traffic between the UK and continental Europe. Tilbury2, the Port of Tilbury’s newest port, fe ..
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The prime minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has visited the Port of Tilbury for the official opening of the country’s newest port, Tilbury 2, which is capable of handling containers and trailers.
Tilbury2 is a £250 million (US$340 million) investment by one of the largest port operators in the UK, Forth Ports Group on a former power station site spanning approximately 650,000m².
“It was an honour to officially open Tilbury2, the UK’s newest port, and meet with key workers and...
https://container-news.com/uks-newest-port-tilbury2-officially-opens/
Port of Tilbury owner Forth Ports said there were clear signs that cross-Channel sea freight was increasingly moving to unaccompanied shipping options, as shippers and their forwarders seek greater supply chain resilience.
The company reported it had seen a 20% year-on-year increase in unaccompanied freight volumes between Tilbury and Zeebrugge in December through its recently opened Tilbury2 terminal, leading P&O Ferries to add an additional vessel to cope with the higher …
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UK’s largest unaccompanied port set to transform ferry freight market
Tilbury2’s brand new unaccompanied* freight ferry terminal opened for business this week at a vital time for the UK’s freight industry. The 500,000-unit freight-only facility will inject state-of-the-art capacity into the country’s ports sector by utilising a truck driver-free operation* at a time when infection control is uppermost in everyone’s minds. [*Unaccompanied – freight transported into the UK without truck drivers]
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The UK’s newest and largest unaccompanied freight roll on/roll off (ro-ro) terminal at Tilbury2 […] The post UK’s new unaccompanied roro terminal at Tilbury2 passes ship trial…
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Tilbury2 will host the UK’s largest construction materials aggregates terminal.
The Port of Tilbury hosted the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid MP, and the Home Secretary, the Rt. Hon. Priti Patel MP, on August 1 for an overview of its expanding operations – including a new port terminal, Tilbury2 – and its contingency planning for the UK’s departure from the European Union.
Construction at Tilbury2 by Graham Construction is underway on a site which was part of the former Tilbury Power Station. Once operational, in spring 2020, Tilbury2 will be home to...
https://container-news.com/new-chancellor-home-secretary-visit-tilbury/
Construction of the new £200million port for London, Tilbury2, is underway and the Port of Tilbury has issued a CGI video which shows for the first time the facilities which will be ready in 2020.
You can see the video here.
Tilbury2 received development consent from the Secretary of State for Transport in February to build Tilbury2 – a new multimillion-pound port terminal adjacent to the current 930 acre site in Thurrock, on the outskirts of Greater London. GRAHAM are underway with the...
https://container-news.com/first-look-how-tilbury2-will-look-2020/
The Port of Tilbury appoints GRAHAM to carry out the construction work.