DP World, a Dubai-government controlled holding company and one of the largest marine terminal operators in the world, awarded a £400m contract yesterday to British firm Laing O’Rourke and Belgium’s Dredging International for the development of the first phase of the new port at London Gateway and is the first major contract granted for the £1.5 billion project.
London Gateway will be Uk’s first deep sea container port for over 25 years and offers an exciting opportunity for the UK economy and shipping industry as a whole. It is set to be the most technologically advanced container port in the world and will be fully integrated with Europe’s largest logistics park.
The 1500 acre site is situated on the north bank of the River Thames near Thurrock in Essex. London Gateway will provide unrivalled shipping access for the world’s leading businesses through an integrated road, rail and sea network.
The project will lead to the creation of over 12,000 new jobs and will eventually handle an estimated 3.5 million TEU’s per year to help meet recognized demand for extra container capacity in the UK.
Actual construction will begin later this year and the logistics park is due to open in the second of of 2010, with the first ships are said to be arriving early 2011.
Sources: DP World, AFP,
Tags: · dubai, economy, london, london_gateway, port, teu
The following is posted by Fred Fry:
I mentioned back in Maritime Monday 103 that National Geographic is set to start airing a short series called America’s Port that was filmed in the Port of Los Angeles:
America’s Port
Mondays 10P et / 7P pt
America’s Port provides an unblinking view of this vibrant and colorful nerve center for global trade—the Port of Los Angeles. Get an inside look at this massive complex and the intrepid individuals charged with keeping it running smoothly and securely 365 days a year. It’s a dynamic and dangerous 24/7 operation.
As it says, the series is to air on Mondays. That’s great. To bad they were not so swift in mentioning early on that the series premiere airs Sunday 6 April.
More information including at least two video previews of the series can be found at the shows America’s Port Blog. And yes, episode II will be on Monday night.
Tags: · americas port, natgeo, Port Operations, television
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Being technologically oriented ship drivers we are easily excited by new web sites that combine these interests. Having worked closely with web based AIS (Digital Seas, EarthNC, ActiveCaptain, VslTrax… to name a few) providers during the Cosco Busan incident we are also increasingly becoming interested in digital ship tracking technology so to say we were excited to learn about the new and innovative AIS site Hi-Def San Francisco would be, well, an understatement. We will be sure to bring you more information on this site as details emerge but till that time enjoy the above image titled “30 Days of SF bay traffic“.
Tags: · ais, google_maps, San Francisco, san_francisco_bay, Web 2.0, Web Design
U.S. International Container Trades by Port, 2001-2006 Visualized (Thousand TEU’s)
Source: Port Import/Export Reporting System (PIERS). Detailed data available at www.piers.com.
More Visualizations (that you can play with!) over at IBM’s Many Eyes Project:
Tags: · Interesting, Ports
Do you think you can name this port? If so visit HERE to vote. This google map is brought to you by World Port Source which provides interactive satellite images, maps and contact information for 2,626 ports in 187 countries around the world.
Also click HERE to quickly find any port using their regional map of the world.
More interested in finding maps for boaters? Panbo has many great tips in his charting category found HERE.
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Tags: · countries_around_the_world, google_earth, google_maps, map_of_the_world, mariners, maritime_information, Ports, satellite_images, shipping, Ships, track_hurricanes, Web 2.0, world_ports
