News / Role of port-centric logistics still valuable, despite M&S pull-out, says PD Ports chief

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Yesterday’s news that Marks & Spencer is pulling out of its planned £200m investment in London Gateway, has reignited the debate over the role of port-centric logistics solutions.

M&S’s decision to cancel plan to develop a 900,000sq ft facility adjacent to the London Gateway deepsea container terminal and instead convert four regional distribution centres into national facilities illustrates the obstacles hub ports face in developing port-centric clusters.

“Port-centric in a regional port works because that port is trying to capture cargo which ...