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About Us
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DP World in the UK
DP World is the only terminal operator to provide a choice of two deep water terminals in the UK – DP World Southampton on the south coast and DP World London Gateway, on the River Thames estuary. Together we provide unrivalled, quick and easy access to the key consumer markets in the UK.
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Meet DP World UK’s senior management team. Together, they bring extensive experience from across the shipping and logistics industries. It’s a very special blend of enthusiasm, innovation and confidence to challenge the status quo.
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Sustainability
We believe that working in a sustainable and responsible way is essential for building a strong business for our customers, our people and our society. Our World, Our Future is our global programme to bring sustainability into every aspect of our work.
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Supply Chain
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Modal Shift Programme
A trial programme at DP World Southampton to help cargo owners rail more boxes and reach their net zero ambitions quicker.
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Help reduce your CO2 emissions in line with net zero targets, with our highly efficient and reliable rail freight solutions in the UK.
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Why Us?
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Deep Water Facilities
Our customers are introducing ever-larger ships on the main Far East trade routes. DP World Southampton understands the pressures they face to reduce costs and save fuel and our response is to offer better productivity and flexible berthing windows when calling at Southampton.
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Look around DP World Southampton and get a good feel of the scale of our operations.
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Our Approach
DP World’s ‘Our World, Our Future’ sustainability strategy guides our approach. It helps us to work in a responsible way that prioritises sustainability and the impact on the people, communities and environment in which we operate.
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We’re embedding sustainability into our business so that it becomes part of everything we do and working with partners to contribute to a more greener and cleaner community.
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Terminal Information
The UK’s most productive container terminal
The DP World Southampton terminal covers an area of almost 100 hectares, all situated within its own secure compound.
Huge amounts of investment have gone into bigger cranes, deeper berths, an expanded fleet of terminal vehicles, and upgraded IT systems.
We offer:
Terminal
- 1.92 km of deepwater quay (up to 16 metres depth alongside)
- Accommodates vessels up to 430 metres in length
- 17 quayside cranes with state of the art super post panamax capability (24 wide).
- Fleet of hybrid straddle carriers
Inland distribution
- Choice of three rail operators – DB Cargo, Freightliner and GB Railfreight
- 22 trains a day to key inland destinations
- Excellent motorway connections
- Average sub 35 minute turnround of trucks
Destinations
- Connected to major ports throughout Asia, including four weekly calls from Hong Kong, five from Shanghai and six weekly calls from Singapore
- A weekly service from the Indian subcontinent, taking in the ports of Mumbai, Karachi and Dubai
- A weekly service to the North American ports, calling New York, Norfolk and Charleston
- Regular, scheduled feeder connections with Ireland, Scotland and mainland Europe
Certifications
- ISO 28000:2007 - Security
- ISO 9001:2015 - Quality
- ISO 45001:2018- Occupational Health and Safety
- AEOF – Customs simplications/Security and Safety
- ISO 14001:2015 - Environment
Shipping Services and Destinations
Visit our interactive map for the latest services calling Southampton and to see how connected our terminal and logistics businesses are throughout the world.
View MapUnrivalled Road and Rail Connectivity
DP World Southampton benefits from fantastic road and rail links, enabling swift onward transportation of containers and their contents throughout the UK.
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