New kids on the dock are speculating to accumulate at south-east's new port

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Smaller entrepreneurs are hoping that London Gateway will boost business for them as well as attracting the long-established names in shipping.

After the fanfare of the SAECS-deployed MOL Caledon’s maiden call at DP World London Gateway, this past weekend saw a second scheduled call by the much less heralded 5,057 teu Safmarine Nokwanda, operated by one of the pioneers of the South African containerised trade.

Tilbury-based shipping agency MK Shipping is port agent for Safmarine and Maersk calls and reported an incident-free ...