The paradoxes of port productivity
This year, the port of Tianjin revealed that automation had provided a boost to the ...
Over the past year we have heard so much about the need for more UK port capacity. In this sponsored podcast, The Loadstar managing editor Gavin van Marle explores one project that will deliver just that: DP World’s decision to construct a fourth berth at its London Gateway complex in the UK.
Explaining why this is so important for UK plc – and European shipping and logistics – is guest Ernst Schulze, UK CEO of DP World. Ernst reveals more about the company’s ambitions to transform itself into an end-to-end supply chain operator.
Episode in more detail:
The investment rationale (1.45)
Investment size and timeline (6.05)
Customer benefits (9.09)
Rail outlook (10.19)
Innovations and decarbonisation (13.30)
The logistics of ports (17.03)
UK freeports (20.29)
E-commerce demand driver (22.18)
Job creation (24.27)
Digitalisation and supply chains (26.39)
DP World’s vertical integration (28.58)
Post-Covid supply chains (32.38)
This podcast is sponsored by DP World
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