With the arrival of the MSC Sena, the berth began operations using an innovative fleet of fully electric vehicles and equipment. This includes four of Europe\u2019s largest quay cranes, electric straddle carriers and automated stacking cranes, setting a new standard for low-carbon port operations. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe arrival of the first ship at our new all-electric fourth berth is a huge landmark for DP World\u2019s ambitions in the UK,\u201d said Ernst Schulze, CEO of DP World UK.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new berth, alongside our GB\u00a31 billion investment in upcoming berths, will help us handle the largest vessels in operation and prepare for future megaships while advancing our goal to be net-zero by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boosted handling<\/strong><\/p>\n The 430-metre berth will increase container handling capacity by over a third, boosting trade efficiency and supply chain reliability for global markets.<\/p>\n As part of Thames Freeport, the new berth has also created 200 permanent jobs and is pivotal to DP World\u2019s plan to make London Gateway the largest container port in the UK within five years.<\/p>\n DP World\u2019s latest berth complements the site\u2019s vast logistics park, featuring multimodal links to both domestic and international markets.<\/p>\n This expansion follows DP World\u2019s GB\u00a31 billion investment announced at the UK Government\u2019s International Investment Summit, supporting the construction of two additional berths that will further enhance the company\u2019s port electrification and construction initiatives.<\/p>\n DP World currently operates in 78 countries and handles 10% of global trade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The first ships have arrived at London Gateway\u2019s new GB\u00a3350 million all-electric fourth berth, marking a milestone in port construction and port electrification in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4801,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,8],"tags":[249,1842,1835,515,657,637,48],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-4800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-projects-initiatives-greenport","tag-dp-world","tag-electric-berth","tag-electric-port-equipment","tag-london-gateway","tag-port-construction","tag-port-electrification","tag-shorepower-electrification"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4800"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4802,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4800\/revisions\/4802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4800"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=4800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}