  the fourth year in a row of tonnage growth. That’s a rise of 4% on the previous year’s 5.3 million tonnes. Dutch dredger Scelveringhe delivers thousands of tonnes of sea-sourced gravel to West India Quay, proving how important the tidal Thames is to London’s infrastructure. The load was shipped to Canary Wharf Group’s New Phase development site (formerly Wood Wharf) where it’s pictured being dropped into a cofferdam. That’s The site is earmarked for 3,200 new homes, nearly two million A Canary Wharf group spokesperson said: “We are in the fortunate position of being able to receive large cargoes of this sort by river. This reduces road traffic, significantly reducing noise and air pollution.” Continued growth of freight on the Thames has kept more than half a million lorry trips off London’s roads in the past two years. Our latest figures show that the volume of cargo being moved between wharves on the Thames rose to 5.5 million tonnes in 2014,    A bitumen distribution centre, supplying the UK’s road-building and construction industry, Bulk liquid transportation, storage and distribution firm Trafigura is behind the £15 million move, which involves four tanks – each containing 5,000 tonnes of bitumen (which becomes asphalt when combined with aggregate). It’s a key component in road building and road maintenance, as well as a waterproofing product in roofing felt. Trafigura’s UK and Ireland commercial manager, John Bell, said: “Bitumen is an increasingly global product with long range arbitrage becoming ever more common. This terminal will allow us to widen the UK’s supply options.” Global energy company, Puma Energy, in which Trafigura is a key shareholder, plans to supply high quality bitumen products to UK customers. Puma Energy currently operates a bitumen distribution network as well as terminals across Africa, Asia Pacific and Central America. |
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