The robots slide under a tower of shelves where products are kept, lifting and moving items.

Robots help speed order
processing time and reduce
walking time by moving the
shelves to employees, reducing
the time taken to stow items for
sale or pick them for new
customer orders.

more than 1,500 new permanent full-time jobs with competitive wages and comprehensive benefits starting on day one.”
The Tilbury fulfilment centre will be equipped with the
latest and most advanced Amazon Robotics technology, which launched earlier this year at centres in Dunstable and Doncaster.

said everyone
at his company was excited about the
new site.
He added:
“We are delighted to
be creating

of produce for British markets.
Head of commercial at LCT Ross McKissock said: “The MSC Sofia Celeste marks a step change in connectivity for Tilbury’s customers offering much improved links to the growing South American and Transatlantic market, allied with access to Europe’s largest portside chill store which NFT opened at the port this year.”

PLA chief harbour master, Captain Bob Baker said: “It is excellent to see this ship arrive in the Thames – underlining our shared commitment with London Container Terminal to

continue to grow trade and
new business opportunities.
The PLA continues to provide
the modern pilotage and
Vessel Traffic Service to
ensure the efficient arrival of
ships into this busy port.”

The Celeste was completed
in 2014 and is the first to use MSC’s redesigned South
America West Coast-USA-Northwest Continent service line. It stops in Chile, Peru, Ecuador, the Bahamas, Philadelphia and Rotterdam.

Online shopping giants
Amazon are opening a new distribution centre in Tilbury – with the promise of more than 1,500 new jobs.

Its 13th UK ‘fulfilment centre’,
or warehouse site, is set to
open in spring next year to
meet rising demand and Amazon chiefs say it will use
the latest robotics technology.

A growing number of small businesses selling on Amazon Marketplace has also driven
the expansion – which it’s
hoped will help add to the
150 million items already on sale through the popular site.
Amazon’s vice president of
UK Operations, John Tagawa,

The arrival of 299 metre-long MSC Sofia Celeste at Tilbury’s London Container Terminal (LCT) marked the first call of a modified service linking the Americas to Europe.
Guided by our pilotage and nav systems teams, the MSC Sofia Celeste is thought to be the first to arrive in the UK after sailing the newly enlarged Panama Canal.
Tilbury chiefs hailed the arrival of the ship to London Container Terminal (LCT). With a capacity of more than 8,800 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units, she had a mixed cargo which included a large load