DP World opens empty container park in Southampton

DP World has opened an 11.5 acre empty container park at Southampton, aiming to increase storage capacity and maintain service levels for customers during the peak pre-Christmas season.

The new £3m (US$4m) facility will be able to hold additional empty containers to meet customers’ requirements, helping to keep supply chains moving at a time when dwell times at terminals across the UK have increased.

Ernst Schulze, UK chief executive of DP World, said: “The new £3m (US$4m) empty park is part of DP World’s ongoing £40m (US$55m) investment this year at Britain’s second largest container terminal – designed to take it up to the next level as a smart logistics hub – which will provide customers with speed, security, reliability and flexibility.