News / Construction of fourth berth at London Gateway to begin next month

The UK is set to receive another injection of container port capacity: DP World announced today it would begin construction of a fourth berth at London Gateway next month.

The Dubai-headquartered port operator said this morning it would invest £300m ($415m) in the new facility, building on the £2bn-plus it has already ploughed into the UK’s newest deepsea port.

The operator said London Gateway handled 888,000 teu in the first six months of 2021, beating its previous first-half record by 23%, the ...