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World Service,01 Sep 2012,28 mins

New Gateway

Global Business

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Britain is getting a new port on the River Thames near London, the first for many years. When London Gateway opens next year, it will be able to handle several million containers a year. Peter Day asks what impact this vast undertaking is likely to have on the way the country works and on the port's competitors.

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