DP World Southampton’s quay crane rates hit a new high at the weekend. On Sunday, October 30, 535 boxes were handled by one crane in a 12-hour shift on the vessel OOCL Southampton, Cargonews Asia reports.
Through a concerted team effort on changes to working agreements, systems and equipment deployment, the South Coast container terminal has seen quay crane rates rise almost 25 percent this year.
Average quay crane rates across all vessels is now significantly improved over historic productivity numbers and places Southampton in a leading position in the UK.
Earlier this year DP World Southampton also set another productivity record on the OOCL Southampton with a total of 176 moves per hour over the total vessel call.
Similar improvements on landside operations have also resulted in Freightliner’s Maritime Terminal recording its highest ever daily throughput at Southampton since records began in 1997.
On Wednesday, September 14, 1,164 containers were moved to and from the rail terminal. This was achieved as a direct result of the completion of the rail gauge clearance project earlier this year which, across all three rail terminals in Southampton, increased the percentage of inland rail containers moves from 30 percent to 36 percent.