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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 6 (September 1, 1934)

The London Docks

The London Docks.

Improved handling equipment installed at the London docks is facilitating materially the movement of the immense quantities of meat, fruit and other produce arriving from New Zealand. The London docks are controlled by an independent body known as the Port of London Authority, and all the mainline railways have direct connections with the Thames-side docks and wharves. Every year about 35,000,000 tons of traffic is handled at the Port of London, and the annual arrivals and departures of shipping total approximately 56,000,000 net. reg. tons.

New Zealand meat imports are mainly brought to the Royal Albert Dock, where there are specially-equipped berths and large cold stores. The biggest cold store holds the equivalent to 250,000 carcases of mutton. At Tilbury Docks, too, much New Zealand produce is handled, while meat, fruit and dairy produce also finds its way to the King George V. Dock, the largest on the Thames. Altogether, the London docks cover an area of 4,203 acres, with a water area of 722 acres. There are forty-five miles of quays, all linked up with the main-line railways, and the dry dock, warehousing, and carnage equipment is unexcelled in the world.