DP World London terminal dredging to start

DP World London terminal dredging to start    A large dredger to help build DP World’s new London Gateway terminal arrived in England over the weekend and the Times of London said it was expected to begin operation Wednesday.
   The terminal in Thurrock will have a capacity of 3.5 million TEUs and will be one of the most automated in the world, according to DP.
   DP World said most of the dredge spoils will be used to reclaim land to develop the new port and logistics park. For the first six weeks the dredging will take place adjacent to the new port site, but the company said dredging would continue to take place over the next three to four years in parts of the Thames Estuary.
   DP said that when the 1,500-acre terminal is completed, the world largest containerships will be able to dock closer to London than existing ports, cutting out millions of road freight miles on the United Kingdom's road network.