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Amazon has announced that a new fulfilment centre in Tilbury, Essex, will open in 2017, creating more than 1,500 new permanent jobs next year. Amazon is increasing the size of its UK fulfilment centre network to meet increasing customer demand, expand its product selection of more than 150 million items …

London’s Deputy Mayor for Transport, Val Shawcross CBE has welcomed the launch of the Thames Vision, a framework for developing greater use of the Thames over the next twenty years. The Thames is already the UK’s busiest waterway for passengers and freight, home to the UK’s second biggest port and …

Port of Tilbury and Frontier Agriculture will mark the successful first year of their strategic partnership with the export of 55,000 metric tonnes of wheat, the largest of the season, aboard a Panamax bulk carrier this week. The 61k tonne vessel, the Ultra Trust, was loaded with wheat, destined for …

EMR, one of the world’s largest metal recycling companies has made a significant commitment to remaining in its existing Tilbury Dock facility. Not only has it just signed a new 25 year lease with the Port of Tilbury, it will be upgrading its facilities and investing around £3m in improved …

Port of Tilbury, London’s major port, has announced plans for a major storage expansion at the port’s Grain Terminal as part of the port’s growth strategy. The investment will see storage capacity increase to accommodate up to an additional 16,000 metric tonnes of both import and export wheat at the …