DP World Southampton receives capacity boost with crane rail project completion

DP World Southampton has completed its crane rail extension, which will allow the world’s largest cranes to service the full length of the quay.

As part of the operator’s £40m (US$55m) investment this year in Britain’s second largest container terminal, the 120 m crane rail extension has foundations reaching 26 m below the ground and took 16 weeks to build.

It will facilitate the movement along the quay of some of the terminal’s 12 Liebherr cranes which stand up to 130 m high, prioritising stability.