Port of - Port of Handbook 45 A 3.5-acre haulage parking area has parking area haulage A 3.5-acre 2015, the UK Green In March The partners said up to 370 jobs would commitments tie Those environmental Green initiatives Green our with forward still pushing are “We including port, the at initiatives green says 2015,” during ‘softer’ changes some four port operates Glading. The Perry MW with 2.3 turbines, each wind of the generating half together capacity, electricity requirements. port’s at London been opened recently creating Park – important for Distribution port for hauliers the space around more and local roads the and keeping trucks off out of laybys. Irish utility group Investment Bank and for a £190 million ESB announced plans at the Port of electricity plant renewable Tilbury The Power facility, Green Tilbury. Cargill site, will being built on the former than more use waste wood to product enough to a year, 300 GW of electricity than 70,000 homes. power more during the construction phase be created and nearly 50 permanent jobs once the plant is operational. Up to 270,000 tonnes per year of waste wood fuel will the local catchment area from be sourced at an onsite facility. and processed commitment in with the Port of Tilbury’s enabling and supporting cost- to creating, low-carbon and flexible supply effective, chains. “Tilbury for a is the critical hub vast array of port-centric supply chain on the door are solutions,” he says. “We step of a rapidly expanding capital city and we continue to invest and innovate in and ever more to meet the growing order of London complex logistics requirements and the wider region.”

In terms of CSR, job creation is a prime In terms of CSR, job creation Tilbury was highly commended in The Academy provides pre-employment pre-employment The Academy provides More jobs, more training jobs, more More says Perry Glading. “At driver at Tilbury, the beginning of 2015, approximately employed by the port 3,500 people were another 900 community; during the year, also have many We created. jobs were in the port this year.” apprentices more the 2015 Containerisation International its new East of for Awards The port spent nearly Logistics Academy. the former London £250,000 refurbishing Organising Committee of the Olympic and a Paralympic Games building to create for logistics-related new dedicated centre education and training. training, traineeships and apprenticeships training, traineeships and apprenticeships Council, in partnership with Plus and Ixion Holdings, part of Jobcentre Anglia Ruskin University. (RWE) Tilbury 2 facilities map Frontier Agriculture took control of took control Agriculture Frontier A new weekly service into Tilbury

l l port-centric logistics, linked to the NFT development. With work construction finished at the end of 2015, the NFT is due to be operational in March centre 2016 and will handle up to 25,000 pallets per week. the grain terminal. “Working with Tilburythe grain terminal. “Working a range of able to offer means that we are our position new markets and strengthen in terms of global exports,” said wheat Rogerson. trader Marc was announced by container group CMA CGM. The Euraf1 service between provides Africa West and NorthernEurope competitive transit times and is particu- larly in demand for transport of bananas into the UK. The route, Africa West from served by six 3,500 teu vessels has a Dunkirk, Antwerp, of Tilbury, rotation Med, Tanger Montoir de Bretagne, Algeciras, Dakar and Abidjan, and back again via Dakar and Algeciras. The PortThe of Tilbury Fort Park Fortress Distribution Park Cruise Fortress London Terminal Distribution Rail Unit 1 Terminal Riverside Estate Industrial Berth Centre Ro-Ro Enterprise Distribution Car Terminal The Port of Tilbury port hosted a The construction of a £20 million leading one of the UK’s Pentalver, station 25/26

Berth Barge Tilbury Town Tilbury Town Investments and announcements 2015 was a busy year of big announce- as the port continued ments at Tilbury, to expand in terms of both volumes and variety... l l l briefing and networking day for retailers, briefing and networking day for and logistics providers manufacturers, food importers, to discuss the rapidly of temperature-controlled developing area temperature-controlled distribution temperature-controlled in a long-term partnership with centre NFT Distribution was announced. The foot building is next door 230,000 square – one of the to London Container Terminal container facilities in Europe, largest reefer points and than 1,400 reefer with more onsite examination services for Customs for devel- clearance… the perfect recipe oping chilled port-centric distribution. announced container logistics providers, relocating from a significant investment – the depot it had operated at Tilbury for seven years, to a new purpose-built facility designed with a high level of auto- facility at Berth 43 is mation. The 6.6-acre close to London Container Terminal. 17 24 30 - 18 18 23 19 16 Main 22 20 9 21 entrance 15 Park 10 London 31 14 Distribution Travis Perkins 13 8 11 12 Bulk Terminals 7 House 32 Leslie Ford Leslie Ford 6 M25 7 miles 5 1 33 (A13) A1089 36 34 35 38 37 In January, a new five-year agreement a new five-year agreement In January, In the same month, a strategic partner 40 Grain and animal feeds new partners to Tilbury2015 brought in both the grain and animal feed operations. was announced with Cefetra, one of the leading supply chain managers in the into UK, to handle animal feed products The the port for the East Anglian area. will see the terminal at Tilburyagreement handling thousands of tonnes of animal feed each year; the port has also provided a dedicated 60,000 tonne storage facility on the quayside. ship was announced between the port Jointly owned Agriculture. and Frontier by Associated British Foods and Cargill, inputs largest crop is the UK’s Frontier and grain marketing business. On the of the grain took control day that Frontier its first sale. it also agreed terminal in July, loaded 6,000 The vessel, the Aasfjord, tonnes of feed wheat two weeks later, with the cargo destined for Rotterdam. 42 39

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