First new port in the UK for more than 20 years opens this week - FT.com

First new port in the UK for more than 20 years opens this week - FT.com:

"This week, a Dubai-based company will seek to restore some of London’s former glory as the centre of world trade, as the first new port in the UK for more than two decades opens on the river Thames.
London Gateway, a combination of a container terminal a of land large enough to build Europe’s biggest logistics park, is 39km east of the capital on the north bank of the river. It is the result of a £1.5bn investment by DP World, one of the largest port operators.
To the west, the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf and the City loom in the distance but in this part of Essex, the giant cranes dominate the skyline. On Thursday, they will unload the containers from the first ship to call here on a commercial service."

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