Here’s a new time-lapse video showing operations at the DP World London Gateway port complex.
Britain’s new hub port recently celebrated its first birthday by expanding its network of shipping links and destinations, attracting a series of new container shipping services from companies like Mediterranean Shipping Company, Hamburg Süd and CSAV.
London Gateway will grow to include six new deep-water berths for an annual capacity of 3.5 million TEU, making it one of Europe’s busiest container terminals with an ideal location just 25 miles east of the U.K. capital and close to vast rail and road networks.
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Fossil fuel and agriculture industry executives on Wednesday criticized a plan by President Donald Trump's administration for big fees on China-linked ships entering U.S. ports, arguing at a hearing in Washington that the move would hobble their ability to export everything from coal to soybeans.
The US said Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea and to work out mechanisms for implementing their ban on strikes against energy infrastructure.
The U.S. Trade Representative is gearing up for hearings this week on the proposed port fees targeting Chinese vessels. Industry and maritime executives are expected to detail the adverse effect the levy would have on the U.S. economy and global trade as a whole.
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