DP World London Gateway, which has been described as the UK’s most integrated logistics facility, has now added Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) West Africa Service to its list of weekly services.
This provides a fast link for shippers between the UK and Northern Europe and Senegal, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, with transit times of under 22 days to ports of call in those countries, including Dakar, Abidjan, Lagos and Tema.
James Leeson, the DP World London Gateway’s Head of Port Commercial, said: “Shippers using this MSC service to export to West Africa can be assured of the very best in port service, with access to our Where’s My Container application, class-leading resilience and reliability and use of the very best port technology, all of which ensure we’re well placed to offer greater speed, visibility and improved supply chain certainty.”
The port now has 15 weekly services calling into the terminal, with direct, deep-sea access available to and from more of the world’s locations than any other UK container port.
Michael Collins, UK Commercial Director at MSC, explained that, following the reconfiguration of its West African services it has decided that its UK link to West Africa should DP World London Gateway.
“This will enable us to offer market-leading, direct transits and enhance our nationwide coverage while improving our London and South-East services,” he went on.
Located just 10 miles from the M25 and with a rail terminal providing direct services daily to all of the UK’s major rail freight hubs, the terminal, which opened in November 2013, is already handling cargo from across the globe.
