News / Tilbury rejects A2B service level claim in spat over hub for new shortsea route

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The box port battle in the UK took a new turn last week when Dutch shortsea operator A2B-online appeared to opt for Thamesport over Tilbury in its choice of southern hub for its services to the Netherlands port of Moerdijk.

However, Tilbury’s management claim the port had rejected a request from A2B to service its vessels.

A press release from A2B-online, a copy of which has been obtained by The Loadstar, announcing the end-of-January launch of the service at Thamesport stated that ...