Frontier Agriculture, the UK’s largest arable marketing business, has extended its agreement to use the deepwater grain terminal at the Port of Tilbury for a further five years. Tilbury, on the River Thames in Essex, is one of seven...
Port of Tilbury
Ten new silos for the Port of Tilbury
The Port of Tilbury’s grain terminal, operated by Forth Ports, has completed major construction works with the commissioning of ten 30 metre steel silos and a flat store with a combined storage capacity of 36,000 tonnes. The...
First phase of Tilbury rebuild complete
The Port of Tilbury has completed the first phase of the reconstruction work at its grain terminal, after the fire last year that destroyed half of its storage capacity. Forth Ports, which owns the facility - the UK’s largest grain...
Tilbury Grain Terminal rebuild underway
Major building work is underway at the UK’s largest grain terminal at the deepwater Port of Tilbury following the fire last year which damaged its grain silos. The Tilbury Grain Terminal, owned by Forth Ports, handles some 2 million tonnes of UK grain exports and...
Tilbury ships oilseeds direct to ADM Erith
UK oilseed crusher ADM Erith is now receiving imported rapeseed via the River Thames from the Port of Tilbury, which saves the need for road transport. The two businesses have launched a twice-daily coastal barge operation to deliver oilseed rape from the port’s grain...
Tilbury to restart grain operations after fire
The Port of Tilbury is ready to restart operations after the explosion at the Tilbury Grain Terminal on Friday July 3rd. Peter Ward, commercial director at the Port of Tilbury says there will be a phased start-up of operations from Monday August 10th at the facility....
