Container Port

Container services

London Thamesport is well established as one of the leading short sea container ports in the Southeast of England, with a proven track record for excellent service delivery.
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London Thamesport is well established as one of the leading short sea container ports in the South East of England and offers excellent service levels in both quayside and landside operations.

Frequent short sea sailings connect to a variety of intermodal services reaching multiple hinterland locations across Europe and most notably: Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain & the Nordics.

Hutchison Ports London Thamesport is located on the River Medway near London, in the heart of South East England, 35 miles from Central London. The terminal provides road and rail links to the UK’s important manufacturing and distribution centres and is ideally positioned to serve as a port of entry for UK-bound short-sea container traffic, as well as infrastructure projects around London.

4 Quay cranes
quay cranes
5,400 TEU containers
TEU yard capacity
12.5m Metres draft
deep water draft
650 births
metre quay

WEC Lines ISS-PT

WEC Lines ISS-PT service connects the Spanish ports of Valencia, Alicante, Cartagena, Almería, Málaga, Gibraltar, Huelva and Cádiz, together with Nador in Morocco, to Setúbal and Sines in Portugal. Via Setúbal, cargo seamlessly connects to WEC Lines services serving Thamesport, Liverpool, Dublin, Montoir, Antwerp, Moerdijk, Rotterdam and Hamburg, providing customers with reliable import and export connections between South Spain and Northwest Europe.

Operated by two dedicated 868-TEU vessels in a 14-day rotation, the ISS-PT service offers customers greater schedule reliability and flexibility. A wide range of equipment is available, including 45ftHCPW and 40 & 45ft reefer containers for frozen and perishable cargo, enabling the service to accommodate a broad variety of commodities

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Experience counts

At London Thamesport, we provide the most experienced stevedoring services to safely work a variety of vessels.

The average length of service for our knowledgeable London Thamesport team is close to approaching 20 years.

Whether your cargo is containerised or arriving in bulk vessels, our people are vastly experienced in safe handling.

Container Yard Capacity

We have capacity for up to 5,400 TEUs located close to the quay for the most efficient vessel turnarounds. These are served by 8 yard cranes and reefer gantries with up to 200 reefer points.

This allows for haulier turnaround times at the port of under 25 minutes.

Specialist Handling Capability

Our Container Division also provides specialist cargo handling capabilities, with a highly skilled and experienced workforce able to deploy the port’s specialist lifting equipment. Non-unitised cargoes can be loaded and unloaded alongside the standard container operations as well as, more complicated heavy project and break bulk cargoes.