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Thames Gateway

Duration:
30 minutes
First broadcast:
Thursday 02 August 2012

NEW GATEWAY
Britain is getting a new port on the Thames, the first for many years. When London Gateway opens next year, it will be able to handle several million containers a year.
Peter Day asks what impact this vast undertaking is likely to have on the way the country works and on the port's competitors.

Producer: Caroline Bayley
Editor Stephen Chilcott.

  • Contributors to this programme:

    Simon Moore
    Chief Executive, London Gateway

    Andrew Bowen
    Director of Civil Engineering, London Gateway

    Clemence Cheng
    Managing Director Central Europe Division, Hutchison Port Holdings

    Mark Cornwell,
    Operations Manager UK and Ireland, Maersk Line

    Neil Davidson
    Senior Advisor - Ports, Drewry

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    London Gateway
    London Gateway

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