Fortunes set to return to forgotten cargo facility

摘要

Large quantities of imported aggregate could soon arrive at a large 'virtual quarry' near London to boost a well connected port that fell on hard times. Mike Walter looks at London Thamesport's plans to bounce back. Few people will have heard of London Thamesport in north Kent and especially so in recent years. The economic downturn took its toll and ever larger container ships began to head elsewhere to bigger berths including those at London Gateway and Felixstowe in Essex.