THE FUTURE of the Gravesend to Tilbury Passenger Ferry has been secured for a further 12 months following the injection of a further £20,000 of support from the Port of Tilbury. This is the third year that the Port of Tilbury has provided financial support for the ferry, which is viewed as an important link between the north and south banks of the River Thames and is the last publicly accessible crossing before the Thames reaches the sea. It is estimated that as many as 90 employees of the Port of Tilbury and its tenants make the crossing each day to work at the Port.
THE PORT of Tilbury Police Force has been shortlisted in the Public Sector and Not-For-Profit category at the second St John Ambulance First Aid Awards.
They’ll find out if they’ve been successful at a glittering event in London on Monday 19 November, hosted by survival expert Ray Mears who has himself used first aid many times.
FREIGHTLINER has achieved a new daily throughput record of 481 containers handled in Tilbury.Managing director Adam Cunliffe said: “Since 2009, year on year we have seen our volumes at Tilbury steadily increase.
The port and SSE renewables will be holding a public exhibition about the plans at the London Cruise Terminal, in Ferry Road, Tilbury, on Thursday, September 20, from 4pm to 8pm.
The application to the TEN-T Executive Agency is based on the removal of trucks from western and southern Europen roads, the development of short sea shipping between Spain and the UK and the increased efficiency and volume of freight from the Iberian Peninsula to the United Kingdom.
