Dover Cargo
About us
State-of-the-art facilities
Port of Dover Cargo specialises in the handling, storage and distribution of temperature-controlled commodities. Dover Cargo Terminal is ideally situated for fast shipments of perishable goods by both sea and road.
Lying at the closest geographical point to the European continent and close to all of the Channel’s main shipping lanes, Dover Cargo Terminal offers minimum deviation for vessels and fast onward journeys to all other parts of Europe.
Dover is also directly connected to the M2 and M20 motorways which inter-connect to the M25 London orbital route, giving fast and smooth access to central London as well as all other parts of the UK.
Dover Cargo Terminal offers a wide range of facilities including 24-hour access, no locks or tidal restrictions and a minimum quay water depth of 8 metres. As a result, vessels can berth at any time – day or night – taking as little as 40 minutes.
Facilities features
Dover Cargo Terminal is also ISO 9001 accredited and offers the following facilities which ensure fast, efficient and flexible turnarounds:
Flexibility
Flexibility to handle container and general cargo vessels with under-deck palletised volumes.
New berths
2 x new berths opened at the end of 2019. Capacity to handle container and breakbulk vessels up to 300m, LOA and a draft of up to 8 metres (9.5m available alongside but dredge required in fairway).
Mobile cranes
3 X harbour mobile cranes (2 new Liebherr in 2020 and 1 new one currently on order) with a maximum lift capacity of 100T.
Large capacity
Capacity of 9,639m2 temperature-controlled warehousing.
Chambers
8 chambers individually controlled (5,500 pallets).
Temperature controlled chambers
Temperature controlled between +1°C and 15°C.
Maximum capacity
Maximum capacity of 693 pallets per chamber.
Temperature controlled loading area
Temperature controlled out-loading area with 20 out-loading doors.
Plug-in points
210 plug-in points for refrigerated containers.
Stevedoring service
Port of Dover Cargo Limited is ideally positioned to perform a wide range of stevedoring and freight forwarding tasks on behalf of its clients.
A key to the success of the port services division is a vastly experienced team. Port of Dover Cargo Limited offer a comprehensive range of services, from customs entry and clearance, liaison with ships’ agency and stevedores, cargo sorting and handling, ambient and temperature controlled storage, box end labelling, as well as full and part load transport and freight forwarding to UK and other European destinations.
A dedicated handling team achieves an average discharge rate of 120 pallets per hour with peak discharge rates far in excess of this. With the majority of vessels discharging part cargoes at Dover, a quick dispatch and the port’s unique position adjacent to the shipping lanes in the Dover Strait allow vessels to discharge and sail to ports such as Antwerp (12 hours), Zeebrugge (6 hours), Rotterdam (10 hours) or Hamburg (24 hours), often in time for a next morning commencement.
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