en.Wedoany.com Reported - DP World has received two of Europe's largest ship-to-shore cranes in Southampton as part of its £60 million (approximately $79.3 million) capacity enhancement plan, aimed at preparing one of the UK's largest container terminals for larger vessels and higher trade volumes.

The two fully assembled cranes arrived by sea on June 19 and are expected to be directly unloaded at the Southampton Container Terminal quayside early next week.

Each crane weighs over 2,000 tonnes and stands nearly 150 meters tall, more than 50 meters higher than Big Ben. They are the first of two pairs of cranes scheduled to arrive in Southampton in 2026, with the second pair expected later this year, bringing the port's total number of cranes to 16.

These cranes can handle the largest container ships currently in operation, including 24,000 TEU vessels, as well as even larger ships yet to be built. They can lift two 40-foot containers simultaneously in a single operation, and DP World expects this investment to improve efficiency, boost productivity, enhance customer reliability, and reduce vessel turnaround times.

Southampton is the UK's third-largest container port, with shipping connections to Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas. The terminal handled over 2 million TEUs in 2025, contributing to DP World's total container volume of more than 5 million TEUs across the UK national market, which processed over 9 million TEUs in total.

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