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SCH wins Liverpool car contract
[ November 19, 2018 // Chris ]Ro ro cargo specialist SCH has secured a contract to discharge Ford vehicles arriving at the port of Liverpool from the US and Europe. The shipments from the US and Europe are carried on ACL con-ro ships, with predicted volumes of over 25,000 vehicles per annum.
SCH, which already handles 200,000 ro ro units a year at other ports, also carries out cruise ship work in Liverpool.
The same personnel now have the opportunity to join the ro-ro team, which is supplemented by local agency staff.
SCH director Ian Morrison commented: “Throughout the group, we handle over 200,000 ro-ro units a year in addition to port terminal and railhead management activities. This extension of our business to include Ford models arriving in Liverpool further underlines our credentials as a leading UK handler of vehicle cargoes.”