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Peel Ports poised to start Hunterstone hub work

Peel Ports Clydeport has secured permission for redevelopment of the Hunterston marine yard into a hub for the renewables industry. Work is expected to start in early 2025 and last for around two years and will include substantial upgrades to the marine yard, including infilling the current dry-dock basin and the creation of a new quay wall. Highview Power recently announced it is to construct the world’s largest Liquid Air Energy Storage ... [+]

Peel Ports to invest £30m in new Sheerness ro ro berth

Peel Ports Group investing £30million in a new in-riverro ro berth at Sheerness. The in-river vessel berth and floating pontoon developed will increase capacity for wheeled cargo and cater for larger vessels exceeding 230 metres overall length. Expected traffic are automotive, paper reels and timber, construction machinery and building materials, project cargo, ... [+]

View from space to make shipping safer

Peel Ports, the National Oceanography Centre and the Channel Coastal Observatory are collaborating in a project use satellites to monitor coastal changes and create safer navigation channels. They will use satellite surveillance to assess where maintenance is needed over a six-month period. Funded by UK Space Agency Small Business Research ... [+]

Peel Ports turns the screw on greenhouse gas emissions

Peel Ports Group’s Queen Elizabeth II Dock at Eastham near Ellesmere is to use hydropower as part of its drive to become net-zero across its network and operations by 2040. The port operator has partnered with Czech renewable energy specialist Hydropol to install a twin Archimedean screw generator, at the site's ... [+]

We’re having the builders in, says Peel Ports

Peel Ports Group is inviting contractors to submit bids for a major long-term programme of construction works across its UK and Ireland sites, worth a total of £750 million. The projects are across the group’s entire portfolio of UK and Ireland ports, Liverpool, Heysham, Manchester Ship Canal, London Medway, Clydeport, Great ... [+]

Peel Ports invests on the Clyde

Peel Ports has invested over £11m to upgrade facilities at Inchgreen Marine Park in Inverclyde to help attract new tenants to the site. The work includes new utility connections, new roadways and even the purchase of extra land to make the site more usable. The improvement works at the facility in Greenock ... [+]

Retailers call for twin-port shipping strategy

A group of retailers, including Home Bargains owner TJ Morris, have joined Liverpool operator Peel Ports Group to call for shipping lines to introduce a new North/South, two-port UK strategy for delivering deep-sea containerised cargo.  Around 90% of deep-sea containerised cargo enters the UK via southern ports, despite 60% of these ... [+]

Seminar to rethink retail supply chains

Peel Ports is urging retailers to import goods via UK ports closer to their end destination, to reduce carbon emissions and supply chain inefficiency. The Liverpool, Ellesmere Port and Medway owner says that 90% of deep-sea containerised cargo the UK via southern ports, despite 60% of these goods being destined for ... [+]

Peel Ports appoints commercial director

Peel Ports Group has appointed Marcus Connolly as strategic commercial director. He joins the port operator with more than 25 years’ experience in international container shipping and logistics, having held roles at AP Moller–Maersk and the NYSHEX digital shipping platform.  Based at the Port of Liverpool, he will be responsible for ... [+]

Peel Ports joins British Retail Consortium

Peel Ports Group says it has become the first port operator to join the British Retail Consortium (BRC) as an associate member. The UK’s second largest port operator will also host a series of webinars for BRC members to provide insight into the pivotal role ports play in improving supply ... [+]

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