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ddie Stobart has announced a new container transport base at DP World London Gateway
port.
The logistics firm believes the location will provide Eddie Stobart with a strategic operational base to
support growth in the south of the UK.
As well as being on the doorstep of London and the South East, London Gateway will allow Eddie Stobart
to serve destinations across the UK, using road and rail solution to provide shipping lines and cargo owners
the opportunity to reduce mileage and costs as well as supporting their overall carbon reduction agendas
and increasing supply chain reliability.
Alex Laffey, the company’s CEO, said of the announcement: “We see the potential at DP World London
Gateway and the opportunity to offer our customers greater cost efficiencies and environmentally friendly
supply chain solutions. As a multimodal transport and warehouse provider, we believe that London Gateway
provides a natural strategic fit with the growth plans for our business. We look forward to working in
partnership with the DP World team so that we can jointly offer world class transport solutions.”
London Gateway CEO Simon Moore commented: “We are delighted to welcome Eddie Stobart Logistics to
DP World London Gateway. It’s great to see a leading brand realise its growth plans here at Britain’s newest
port and logistics park, which reduces costs from supply chains by allowing customers to ship closer and save
money.
“We welcome Stobart’s commitment to provide competitive prices for deliveries into the UK market. The
team are highly professional and I’m confident Eddie Stobart will provide UK cargo owners and shippers the
very best in service and deliver real savings across the industry.”
The port and logistics park is located closer to the midlands and the location also enables quicker access to
the biggest consumer market in the UK, London. The capital is expected to grow from 8.7 million to 10
million consumers in the next 15 years.
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utchison Port Holdings (HPH) subsidiary Barcelona
Europe South Terminal (BEST) moved 15,000 TEU via
rail in August, breaking its previous record of 13,000 TEU
set in March of this year. During August BEST serviced
nearly 300 trains, a 25 percent increase on its monthly
average.
The terminal is equipped with two rail mounted gantry cranes
allowing trains to be loaded in an average of 1.5 hours per train
and unloaded in one hour. Each train has 22 wagons with
capacity for 72 TEU.
Guillermo Belcastro, general manager of BEST, said it was an
important milestone for BEST and the Port of Barcelona. “With
the continued hard work and support from the stevedores and the
Barcelona Port Community we hope to sustain this trend for
growth,” he commented.
Rail traffic at BEST has increased significantly in recent years,
increasing from 7.17 percent of local traffic in 2010 to 19 percent
currently.
BEST has an eight-track railway facility, the biggest on-dock
railway terminal of any port in the Mediterranean. The rail
facilities currently serve a large hinterland within a 600km radius
of Barcelona. The potential market for rail has expanded in recent
years supporting the strategic objective of the Port of Barcelona to
become the Mediterranean’s alternative access point for European
markets.
Best operates an average of 65 weekly services to and from
main destinations; Azuqueca (Madrid), Lisboa, Noain (Pamplona),
Selgua, Zaragoza Plaza, Zaragoza TMZ, Villafría (Burgos),
Tarragona and France.
At the same time TCB Railway, a rail freight company belonging
to stevedore Grup TCB, increased freight container traffic at the
Port of Barcelona by 16.6 percent in the first nine months of this
year. Between January and September, it handled 109,873 TEU,
while during the same period last year the volume was 94,218
TEU.
The company expects to exceed 140,000 TEU by the end of year,
which would be a record for TCB Railway, exceeding last year’s
figure by approximately 10 percent. The company says its growth
stems from offering tailor-made and high quality services, who
gain access to Spain’s inland markets thanks to dry ports and
intermodal transport. The recovery in imports and exports is one
of the factors behind the rise of this mode of transport.