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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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Government looks to roll out PumpWatch scheme to prevent forecourt fuel hikes 
 
The government is proposing to roll out FairFuelUK’s PumpWatch across Britain’s forecourts as a way of preventing unfair fuel price rises. 
 
The proposal would see see forecourts across the country legally required to share live information on their pump prices within 30 minutes of any change in price, which could save motorists 3p per litre on fuel by helping them find the best deal at the pump. 
 
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New equipment added to fleet 
 
We recently took delivery of a brand new MAN TGX 26.520 to add to our growing fleet. This is the first MAN vehicle we have added to the fleet for over 10 years, and we hope to be adding more in the near future. 
 
This addition reinforces our commitment to investing into new equipment to align with our growth strategy, whilst improving our service offering to our customers. 
 
We are also committed to reducing our carbon footprint and adding more fuel efficient, lower emission producing vehicles to our fleet. This new addition as well as others, reaffirms this commitment for the long-term future sustainability of our operations. 
 
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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NOX EMISSIONS FROM HGVS FALLS BY 70% 
 
RHA estimates that NOx from HGVs has been slashed by around 70 percent since 2013. 
 
The improvements can largely be attributed to the introduction of cleaner Euro VI trucks onto the UK’s roads in the last decade. 
 
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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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