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London's Tilbury Dock seeks consent to build a new terminal
LONDON's Tilbury Dock is seeking government permission to develop a new terminal, known as Tilbury2, next to the port of Thurrock on a 152-acre site.
Scheduled to begin operations by the second quarter of 2020, Tilbury2 will feature a roll on/roll off ferry terminal for import and export containers and trailers; a facility for importing, processing, manufacturing and distributing construction materials; a storage area for exported and imported cars; and a new national rail and road connection into the site, reported American Shipper.
"Expansion is needed to cope with rising demand for construction materials and aggregates from the UK's building sector, imported and exported cars, as well as an increase in ferry traffic, which carries consumer goods, perishables (food and drink) and steel between Europe and the UK," said the port, which has applied for a development consent order.
Tilbury2 is at centre of Tilbury's US$1.34 billion investment programme through 2020, which also includes the 70-acre London distribution park for Amazon UK, which began operations this autumn.
The investment programme was launched in 2012 as Tilbury's cargo volumes are forecast to double from 16 million to 32 million tons over the next 10 to 15 years, the port said.
Scheduled to begin operations by the second quarter of 2020, Tilbury2 will feature a roll on/roll off ferry terminal for import and export containers and trailers; a facility for importing, processing, manufacturing and distributing construction materials; a storage area for exported and imported cars; and a new national rail and road connection into the site, reported American Shipper.
"Expansion is needed to cope with rising demand for construction materials and aggregates from the UK's building sector, imported and exported cars, as well as an increase in ferry traffic, which carries consumer goods, perishables (food and drink) and steel between Europe and the UK," said the port, which has applied for a development consent order.
Tilbury2 is at centre of Tilbury's US$1.34 billion investment programme through 2020, which also includes the 70-acre London distribution park for Amazon UK, which began operations this autumn.
The investment programme was launched in 2012 as Tilbury's cargo volumes are forecast to double from 16 million to 32 million tons over the next 10 to 15 years, the port said.
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