DPW Southampton expands

News-in-print 1 Sep 2016 by WCN Editorial

DP World Southampton is growing to meet the needs of mega vessel calls by providing new land, container handling equipment and quayside cranes. The operator has taken over an extra 11.2 acres of land at the northeast edge of the terminal, creating 640 extra ground spaces to store containers, and bringing the size of the terminal to almost 100-ha.

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As well as creating more container capacity, the 11.2 acres supports operations at SCT 5, the terminal’s newest and largest deepwater berth, which opened in March 2014. The new land behind this berth enables shorter run distances for straddle carriers taking containers to and from the stack, improving overall productivity. The surface upgrade works on the new land were carried out by Earlcoate Construction and Plant Hire.

Nick Loader, CEO of DP World Southampton, said: “Container ships are getting bigger all the time. The 11.2 acres of new land will allow us to increase the utilisation of SCT 5. It will also help us to be much more efficient so that we
can continue to load and unload vessels faster than any other container terminal in the UK. Our customers tell us that we are the most productive terminal in the UK, and we intend to stay that way.”

The terminal operator’s expansion plans also include: ?

Investment in 17 new straddle carriers, being manufactured by Kalmar in Poland, to replace older equipment and to bring DP World Southampton’s fleet more up to date. ?
The purchase of two additional new post-neo-Panamax cranes, scheduled for delivery in early 2018.

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This complete item is approximately 300 words in length, and appeared in the September 2016 issue of WorldCargo News, on page 8. To access this issue download the PDF here.