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Peel Ports has formally opened what it describes as the UK’s first fully-automated steel terminal at the Port of Liverpool and has confirmed plans for a similar development at Sheerness in South-east England.
The a £9m investment at Liverpool’s Canada dock – with the support of Denholm Handling - will provide both increased capacity and improved handling facilities at the existing terminal. Liverpool is the closest deep sea port to the ...
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CMA CGM has increased the capacity on its West Coast Feeder service via Liverpool from a 900 to a 2,200teu vessel. The service begins in Antwerp and also calls at Greenock, Belfast, Dublin and Le Havre.
In late April, Liverpool owner Peel Ports celebrated the return of Maersk to Liverpool when ...
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Transport Minister, Andrew Jones visited the Port of Liverpool on 16 May to view the latest developments at Liverpool2 as the terminal approaches its opening. The minister received a tour of the site during a visit to the city to discuss prospective improvements to the major A5036 corridor.
Warren Marshall, Group ...
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Peel Ports celebrated the return of Maersk to Liverpool when its feeder vessel, Antwerp, arrived in port on 27 April.
The 1,100teu ship made its first call as part of a new service by Maersk’s Seago short-sea arm on a new route between Algeciras, Liverpool and Dublin. This is the first ...
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The first six cantilever rail-mounted gantry (CRMG) cranes arrived in the River Mersey on 1 May for the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal.
Produced by leading Chinese manufacturer ZPMC, which also supplied the five ship-to-shore cranes already on site, they are the first of 12 required for phase 1 of the terminal. ...
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Shipping Minister Robert Goodwill visited Peel Ports' Liverpool2 development on 10 March ahead of the container terminal's opening later this year.
Marine trials are due to begin later this month, with other elements of the build coming online throughout the second quarter of 2016.
The minister said: “Merseyside has a ...
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The new Liverpool2 deepwater container berth will handle its first commercial traffic from about April, owners Peel Ports revealed at a reception at the House of Commons last night (23 February). Chief executive Mark Whitworth told the gathering that with berthing trials expected to take place during March and the ...
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Newport Industries is investing £7m in a new bulk handling facility at Liverpool's Canada Branch Dock to handle imports of dry bulk chemicals to the glass, adhesive, detergents, chemicals and feed industries. Newport Industries has been a customer at Peel Ports’ Runcorn Docks site since 2009 and, with continued operations ...
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A heavylift ship carrying five Chinese-built ‘megamax’ quayside cranes for the new Liverpool2 container terminal is nearing its destination. The cranes can handle 30 moves per hour can operate in wind speeds of up to 55 miles per hour.
Liverpool's new container port is due to open in December.
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Following the completion of its new bulk terminal earlier this month, the Port of Liverpool despatched its first trainload of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station in Yorkshire.
A freight train with 25 specially-designed wagons carrying 1,600 tonnes of pellets left the port on 26 October for the 99-mile journey ...
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