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Peel Ports' shortsea and feeder subsidiary BG Freight Line is to increase the frequency of its services between Rotterdam, Liverpool and Ireland following a surge in demand.
The Jork Ruler and Doris Schepers will join the Margareta B to provide an express twice-weekly connection between Rotterdam and Liverpool. The Jork Ruler service will also service Dublin, while the Doris Schepers and Margareta B will serve Belfast. The upgrade comes a year ...
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Ship Canal shuttle service to slash supply chain road miles by 85%
In a deal that includes flexible ‘on demand’ warehousing at the Port of Liverpool, Kellogg will substantially increase the efficiency of its supply chain and take hundreds of trucks off UK roads.
The global cereal company, which has long-stated its ...
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Peel Ports is backing what it describes as the UK’s only Low Carbon and SuperPort University Technical College, which has just entered into its consultation period.
The port group hopes that the University Technical College – UTC – which is due to open in 2014, will give young people in the ...
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Less than a year after its last vessel upgrade in May 2012, Peel Ports has invested in a still larger vessel for its Manchester Ship Canal container service – thanks to a marked increase in demand from customers including Kellogg, Princes Foods and Kingsland Wine.
The Coastal Deniz can carry 260 teu ...
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Peel Ports has gained a Marine Management Organisation licence to build its
Liverpool2 £300 million deep water container terminal in the River Mersey at Seaforth. Work will get underway in the New Year, said the port.
Managing director of Peel Ports Mersey, Gary Hodgson, described the news as “a fantastic boost not ...
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Peel Ports has completed a £1.6bn refinancing deal to fund its growth plans, including the Liverpool2 container port development. It has raised the money from a variety of banks and private investors - including £150 million from the European Investment Bank.
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Peel Ports is investing £3 million in its steel terminal at Liverpools Gladstone Dock. It gains the latest-generation CareGo warehouse optimisation and crane automation system and a fully automated warehouse and web portal, giving round-the-clock instant ordering. A vehicle booking system will minimise paperwork and haulier turn-around time. Customers will ...
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Peel Ports has appointed international property and infrastructure group Lend Lease as principal contractor for its Liverpool2, £300m deep-water container terminal.
As principal contractor, Lend Lease will be Peel Ports’ construction partner for the development, and a will drive the overall programme, support operations, and will collaborate with Peel Ports’ team ...
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The Liverpool region has the potential to outstrip the UK national average growth levels for the first time in years, says the boss of the local enterprise partnership – provided it is not held back by a lack of space and buildings for the logistics industry.
Mark Basnett, from the Liverpool ...
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The European Investment Bank has approved funding for the Liverpool 2 project to build a major container hub at the city's port. The EIB grant is for €180 million (£150m) out of a total cost of about €365m. The scheme would ready Liverpool's Seaforth docks for the latest generation of ...
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