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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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DP WORLD ACHIEVES 66% INCREASE IN FREIGHT MOVING FROM ROAD TO RAIL AT ITS SOUTHAMPTON HUB 
 
The Modal Shift Programme trial, introduced last September, is designed to increase the attractiveness of intermodal rail for customers through carefully considered financial incentives. From September to February the share of freight units being moved by rail instead of road at DP World Southampton has increased by two-thirds, from 21% to 35%. 
 
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DP WORLD RAISES INCENTIVE TO £100 FOR CUSTOMERS SWITCHING FREIGHT FROM ROAD TO RAIL 
 
DP World is increasing its financial incentive by almost 50 per cent for customers taking advantage of its ‘Modal Shift Programme’. The scheme was introduced in September last year and is designed to increase the attractiveness of intermodal rail for customers through carefully considered financial incentives. 
 
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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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DP WORLD BOOSTS SAFETY WITH WORLD'S FIRST REMOVE PINNING STATION AT SOUTHAMPTON HUB 
 
In a major step forward for employee safety, DP World has introduced a remote pinning station at its Southampton hub, the first of its kind in the world which will improve safety and productivity during a vital part of port operations. 
 
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PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON RAIL PROJECT WINS DOUBLE AWARD FOR DRIVING RAIL FREIGHT GROWTH 
 
Solent Stevedores £17.5 million rail freight growth at the Port of Southampton is now double award winning following a successful night at the RFG Awards. 
 
The award-winning project will complete at the end of the year creating an 18-acre site linking existing intermodal rail transport site with laden and empty container handling, storage, maintenance, and repair within a single site boundary. 
 
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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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DP WORLD SETS NEW SOUTHAMPTON RECORD FOR HANDLING CONTAINERS ON SHIP 
 
DP World’s team at Southampton has broken its all-time move count record after handling more than 9,000 containers on a ship which visited the logistics hub last week. 
 
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ABP ACQUIRES SOLENT GATEWAY 
 
Associated British Ports has announced an agreement to acquire Solent Gateway Ltd, the operator of Marchwood Port on Southampton Water. The deal is focused on delivering the vision of the Solent Gateway, with ABP’s record of port operation and investment supporting SGL’s plans for development and job creation. 
 
Today’s agreement also paves the way for development that would also substantially upgrade Marchwood’s capabilities as a defence facility serving the Ministry of Defence. 
 
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DP WORLD INVESTS £15M FOR SOUTHAMPTON DRIVERS 
 
DP World has agreed to lease a 7,500 sq. m site next to its Southampton container terminal to develop state of the art facilities for lorry drivers, as the leading provider of smart logistics solutions continues its major investment programme in the UK. 
 
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