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Chancellor backs Lower Thames Crossing 
 
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves, set out the government’s commitment to delivering the Lower Thames Crossing. 
 
She said: “We will work with a private sector to deliver the infrastructure that our country desperately needs. This includes the Lower Thames Crossing which will improve connectivity at Dover, Felixstowe and Harwich, alleviating severe congestion as goods destined to export come from the North, and the Midlands and across the country to markets overseas. 
 
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Gemini picks London Gateway for UK port calls 
 
As a part of developing the network for the Gemini Cooperation, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have reviewed all ports and terminals in their current networks. During this optimisation process and the review of the Asia – Europe services, they have concluded that London Gateway is the most optimal port to serve their customers importing/exporting cargo to/from the UK. 
 
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DP World delivers UK rail freight boost with carbon and road mileage reduction 
 
DP World’s innovative Modal Shift Programme in Southampton has removed 64,300 truck journeys from UK roads and cut carbon emissions by more than 17,000 tonnes in its first year, significantly advancing more sustainable logistics in the country. 
 
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DP World doubles rail links with new London Gateway-Southampton service 
 
DP World is expanding its rail capacity between two of the UK’s largest container ports with the launch of a second weekly rail service connecting the London Gateway and Southampton logistics hubs. 
 
This critical expansion is set to enhance UK supply chain resilience while slashing carbon emissions by cutting more than one million truck miles a year. 
 
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GB RAILFREIGHT LAUNCHES NEW RAIL FREIGHT SERVICE CONNECTING LONDON GATEWAY TO IPORT DONCASTER 
 
GBRf has started a new intermodal service this week, connecting London Gateway with iPort Doncaster. 
 
This new service by GBRf will be utilising their brand-new FEA-G intermodal wagons, each of the new high-density twin wagons can carry six twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) on each service, significantly increasing the volume of cargo that can be transported on each journey. 
 
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DP WORLD GOES FOSSIL DIESEL FREE AT LONDON GATEWAY 
 
DP World has gone fossil free at both its UK logistics hubs with the removal of fossil diesel from its operations at London Gateway. 
 
Diesel-engine equipment and installations were switched over to run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) at the start of January as part of London Gateway’s sustainability drive, which made significant progress last year towards electrification and the use of more carbon-efficient energy sources. 
 
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THAMES FREEPORT CELEBRATES £600M OF INVESTMENT IN FIRST TWO YEARS WITH MINISTERIAL VISIT 
 
Thames Freeport is celebrating £600m of private sector investment committed to the project in its first two years, which is resulting in the creation of over 1,000 news jobs throughout the region. 
 
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DP WORLD INVESTS £12M IN FULLY ELECTRIC STRADDLE CARRIERS AT LONDON GATEWAY 
 
DP World is investing £12m in eight new straddle carriers to service the ground-breaking new fourth berth at its London Gateway logistics hub. 
 
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DP WORLD’S INNOVATIVE RAIL INCENTIVE TO DRIVE DECARBONISATION OF UK SUPPLY CHAINS 
 
DP World is taking the innovative step of directly incentivising customers to move their imported goods off the road and onto rail in a major new initiative, strengthening its ambition to be the most sustainable logistics business in the UK. 
 
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