15 colleagues from our UK business took on two physical challenges for our charity partner Saints Foundation.

One team took up the Three Peaks Challenge with Francis Benali MBE whilst the other rode from St Mary's Stadium to Elland Road in the Big Bike Challenge, raising £45k in total!

We were delighted to take part in UK Warehousing Association 2024 North West Roadshow and join a panel of industry experts to discuss the property landscape in North West England and the capabilities that are important to occupiers when evaluating potential new facilities.

#UKWARoadshow

Eight #electric straddle carriers have arrived at our London Gateway #logistics hub, to form part of the first all-electric fleet at any port in the world, ahead of our soon-to-be-opened £350m fourth berth.

Read more here: ow.ly/Qc5y50RnT8N

The share of freight units moved by #rail instead of road at our #Southampton logistics hub increased by two-thirds (21% to 35%) from September to February, thanks to our Modal Shift Programme trial.

Find out more and how your business could benefit here: ow.ly/1IJw50R8jcK

Learn what it will take to #decarbonise #shipping by 2050 and the critical role P&O Ferries Pioneer and Liberté play in reducing carbon emissions and improving the #sustainability of its fleet by listening to The Naked Scientists latest podcast here: ow.ly/wMXY50QxkMF

We have raised the incentive fee for our Modal Shift Programme to help customers move import-laden containers via rail to a railhead within 140 miles of our Southampton hub, as a lower carbon alternative for their UK supply chains.

Learn more here: ow.ly/nqZg50QvpOh

Meet the Innovation in Safety Award Entrants: DP World - UK (Southampton Container Terminal)- Safe Padding Area

Safe fitting and removal of twist locks – protecting workers undertaking 'pinning' operations.

Full details: ichca.com/meet-the-innov…

#safety #innovation #award

Both of our UK logistics hubs are now fossil free, following the removal of fossil diesel from our operations at London Gateway earlier this month.

To find out more, visit: ow.ly/pPXL50QrlXL

#Sustainability #Decarbonisation #FossilFree

We held our first UK Consultants Day at our new warehouse in Bicester.

As Utopia Music’s de-facto centre for music and home entertainment distribution in the UK, it was the ideal place to showcase how we build creative solutions and deliver on our customers' #supplychain needs.

Today P&O Ferries announced a new RoRo #freight route between London and Rotterdam from March 2024.

With customer-focused sailing times, the new route is another significant development in our provision of end-to-end #supplychain solutions.

Find out more: poferries.com/en/news

Thanks to the generosity of our teams and their loved ones at our staff ‘Winter Wonderland’ events, we have donated 507kg of food to Thurrock foodbank and 754.81kg to FareShare Southern Central to help support vulnerable people in our local communities this Christmas.

Our team has raised over £6k for Southampton City Council’s annual toy appeal to purchase gifts for 450 children aged 0-18 so that they can receive a present on Christmas Day.

A huge well done to everyone who helped make this year’s appeal so successful.

#Community #Christmas

We've broken ground on a new £15m state-of-the-art driver welfare facility at our Southampton logistics hub.

Once complete, it will accommodate over 120 lorries and provide amenities, including a restaurant, café, bathrooms, and showers.

Read more here: ow.ly/6qbb50QhvT5

We recently visited St Vincent's Centre, Southend to see how our support has helped their new kitchen feed 2,850 people every month between their lunch and dinner services and provide a safe and happy place where people can receive practical support and advice #Community #Volunteering

We visited Ortu Corringham Primary School Arthur Bugler and Abbots Hall Primary to deliver World's Largest Lesson to their year 5 and 6 pupils.

420 students took part and learned what could be done to make the world a better place in line with the Sustainable Development Goals and left feeling inspired.

We are delighted to share our latest #Sustainability Update, detailing the major steps our UK business has taken over the last 12 months, which we hope to accelerate and expand to create real change in the industry.

Read our Sustainability Update here: ow.ly/QoK450Q8hH8

Our London Gateway logistics hub has received 4 new ASCs to service our all-electric fourth berth when it opens next year.

Their arrival coincided with the hub's 10th anniversary and marked an exciting moment in the development of our end-to-end offering: ow.ly/Mbwi50Q558H

We’re celebrating a decade since operations commenced at London Gateway. From a former oil refinery to the UK’s most technologically advanced container port and rapidly growing logistics park, our end-to-end logistics hub proves what can be achieved when you #ChangeWhatsPossible

We partnered with Port of London Authority to give students from Essex and Kent the opportunity to see our passive debris collector.

They saw how we are helping to tackle pollution in the Thames Estuary and had the chance to see our London Gateway hub operational from the waterside.