Tilbury adds capacity suited to infection control
Tilbury2’s unaccompanied freight ferry terminal opened this week.
The 500,000-unit freight-only facility will inject capacity into the country’s ports sector by utilising a truck driver-free operation at a time when infection control is uppermost in everyone’s minds.
After a year of construction, the facility will operate in exclusive partnership with P&O Ferries.
The bespoke terminal will import and export containers and trailers with vital supplies for the UK, including food, drink and medicines to and from continental Europe on P&O’s busy Tilbury-Zeebrugge freight route.
The new ro-ro terminal is part of a £250 million investment by owner, Forth Ports, which is creating a brand-new port, Tilbury2. The terminal is trusted trader Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) accredited and embraces the latest booking and border technology, such as number plate recognition, which ensures that the terminal is Brexit-ready to continue the smooth passage of goods, regardless of the eventual EU-UK settlement, says the firm.
