News / DP World to set entry fee for older trucks collecting boxes at Southampton

DP Word Southampton will impose a charge on older trucks calling at the UK container terminal next year.

In a letter to customers, DP World UK commercial director Aart Hille Ris Lambers explains that after cancelling a plan for a city-wide clean air zone (CAZ), Southampton City Council “asked DP World Southampton to introduce a scheme that helped them to put an alternative case to government”.

It would also help hauliers avoid a much larger – potentially £100 a day – fee for ...