Inchcape Shipping Services has been appointed by DP World as port agent for the vessel M/V Pictor J, which will be used at London Gateway as a training vessel to teach operational skills to staff at the port.
The first commercial vessels will arrive at the port after the official opening in Q4 later this year.
ISS also provided port agency for the arrival in March of the giant quay cranes at London Gateway on the heavy-lift vessel operated by Shanghai Zhenhua Shipping Co, the Zhen Hua 26. These quay cranes, the largest in Britain are bigger than the London Eye and weigh 2,000 tonnes each.
