Retail giant Marks and Spencer is to create up to 700 jobs at its new logistics centre in South Essex.
The centre will be based at the new London Gateway container port near Tilbury and will open in 2016.
London Gateway will be the biggest container port in Europe, covering a bigger area than the Olympic Park, and Marks and Spencer will distribute goods from it across the country.
Construction on the 900,000 sq ft centre is due to start next year.