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WELCOME TO
THAMES FREEPORT
THE BIGGEST OPPORTUNITY IN A GENERATION

Thames Freeport is a revolutionary venture that represents London’s most significant opportunity in a generation. It is a unique and transformative initiative that aims to stimulate trade, foster innovation, support energy transition, and improve people’s lives in London and the surrounding boroughs to the east.

Thames Freeport is closer to Europe’s largest and most economically important consumer market than any other enterprise zone. With 18 million people on its doorstep, it is the perfect place to grow your business.

Thames Freeport is committed to decarbonisation and the circular economy. With its intermodal capabilities across river, rail and road, it is the cleaner choice for logistics, manufacturing and investment in innovation.

A world-class industrial cluster is taking shape on the banks of the River Thames. Thames Freeport is a beacon for clean energy technologies, added-value manufacturing, and advanced logistics, with unrivalled global connectivity to over 130 ports in over 65 countries.

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Benefits

With a range of financial incentives, Thames Freeport is one of the most attractive destinations for businesses.

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Work with us

It’s the power of our ports plus our land, location and local partnerships that makes Thames Freeport unique.

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Our impact

A unique opportunity to help reduce the carbon footprint of logistics in London and the boroughs to its east.

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OUR PARTNERS

DP World London Gateway is the UK’s largest and most integrated logistics facility, with a container port handling over 2 million units per year, a rail terminal with over 60 weekly services and a 9.25 million square foot, well connected, logistics park.

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The Port of Tilbury is the largest of the Thames ports. Tilbury handles 16m tonnes of cargo per annum across 31 independent working terminals including the UK’s largest grain terminal and paper hub.

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Home to Ford Dagenham, the largest manufacturing site in London, this unique location gives access to regional manufacturing clusters, proximity to suppliers, and brings key production closer to the end market.

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Easy access to Europe’s largest consumer market connecting over 130 ports in over 65 international markets

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Thames Freeport offers 1,700 acres (689 Hectares) of development land in close proximity to the largest consumer market in Europe.

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Thames Freeport will provide around 21,000+ new jobs, with significant investment in training and skills.

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London is the largest port in the UK, handling over 52 million tonnes of cargo each year.

UNRIVALLED CONNECTIVITY

With 18 million people on its doorstep, Thames Freeport is closer than any other enterprise zone to Europe’s largest and most economically important consumer market. With unrivalled global connectivity to over 130 ports in over 65 countries, Thames Freeport is the perfect place to grow your business.

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LEADING THE WAY
TO NET-ZERO

Environmental responsibility is at the core of Thames Freeport’s objectives, and we are determined to play a leading role in the journey to net-zero emissions. By leveraging river and rail networks and facilitating greater operational efficiency, Thames Freeport actively supports its partners reduce their emissions.

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WHY THAMES FREEPORT?

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STRATEGIC LOCATION

Thames Freeport is strategically positioned along the River Thames in London. It offers easy access to Europe’s largest consumer market of 18 million people within 120 km and connects to over 130 ports in over 65 international markets. With its proximity to major transportation hubs and excellent connectivity by river, road, rail and sea, your products can reach consumers quicker and more cost effective than you expect.

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EUROPE’S LARGEST CONSUMER MARKET

London’s three iconic food markets – Smithfield, Billingsgate and New Spitalfields are all moving to a new combined site for wholesale food on our doorstep in Dagenham. Thames Freeport can facilitate a new era of low-carbon, river-borne logistics, serving a number of consumer markets.

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TAX & CUSTOMS BENEFITS

Enjoy a range of tax incentives, making it more affordable to set-up and operate your manufacturing or value-add processing facility within the Freeport. Setting up premises in the Thames Freeport offers simplified customs procedures, reduced tariffs, and access to streamlined logistics, reducing the time and costs associated with imports and exports.

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AT THE CENTRE OF A THRIVING ECOSYSTEM

We offer partnerships with local educational institutions for specialised training. Innovative skills programmes including degree apprenticeships, a Logistics Academy and Institutes of Technology combine to nurture and retain talented people in the region. Complemented by a multi-million pound Skills Fund.

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STATE-OF-THE-ART INFRASTRUCTURE

Our partners are world leaders in making trade flow and have invested over £2.5 billion in port and logistics infrastructure over the past 10 years, with over £3 billion of further investment planned. The Thames Freeport offers modern infrastructure tailored to the unique needs of manufacturers, including temperature-controlled storage, distribution facilities, and advanced production spaces. Investment in hydrogen and alternative fuel infrastructure will spur the development of a green logistics cluster with enormous growth potential.

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RESEARCH & INNOVATION

The UK has established itself at the forefront of innovation, collaborating with leading research institutions and industry experts to drive innovation in food processing and packaging, smart homes, retrofitting and hydrogen. In collaboration with South Korea, we will establish a Smart Homes Hub in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham to research homes fit for the future. This will provide R&D opportunities for the Thames Freeport.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS