DP World Southampton has taken over an extra 11.2 acres of land at the north east edge of the terminal, creating 640 extra ground spaces to store containers and bringing the size of the facility to almost 100 ha.
The new land will support operations at SCT 5, the terminal’s newest and largest deep-water berth, which opened in March 2014.
The area behind this berth enables shorter run distances for straddle carriers taking containers to and from the stack, improving productivity overall.
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