DP World’s London Gateway will be offering new services to North America, South America East Coast & West Coast, the Middle East, and Europe with the opening of its second berth.
From the closure of the Coryton refinery to the opening of London Gateway; from the disappointment of a biomass power station that didn’t work out, to the triumph of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee river pageant; while all ports see their ups and...
DP World handled consolidated volumes of 26m teu in 2013, a 3.8% decrease over the previous total of 27.1m in 2012, despite record volumes handled in the UAE.
With DP World’s London Gateway gearing up to accept its first MOL vessel on 7 November, it appears there is still no obvious end to disagreements with organised labour in sight.
Profit at DP World rose 6.3% to $295m for the first half of 2013, its global container volumes falling nearly 6% driven by weaker conditions in Asia – Pacific and the Indian sub-continent.
The Multimodal exhibition held in Birmingham recently provided the usual heady mix of gossip and giveaways at the UK’s NEC, with ports, shipping lines, logistics operators and others jostling for position and potential customers. But with London...