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Liverpool gears up for terminal 2

The port of Liverpool has taken delivery of 33 new tractor units worth £2.6 million for its existing Royal Seaforth Container Terminal and the new Liverpool2 development. It is expected that the port will take an additional 15 tractors and trailers as throughput at L2 increases.   [+]

Bigger ship for Liverpool’s new Med link

Maersk subsidiary Seago Line has replace the 1,100teu Antwerp on its new Algeciras-Liverpool-Dublin, introduced in April, with a larger vessel, the 1,432teu Independent Accord. The service provides direct connections to and from the north west of England, Ireland and the Mediterranean, with a six-day transit time between Algeciras and Liverpool. Introduction of ... [+]

Biggest ever ship for Great Yarmouth

The biggest vessel ever to berth at Great Yarmouth in June also marked the start of a diversirfication process for the port, acquired by Peel Ports six months ago. The 64,000-tonne Glovis Spendor was carrying a cargo of 3,300 Hyundai cars for UK car dealerships. They were offloaded to dedicated ... [+]

Northern ports to speak with one voice

PD Ports, Port of Tyne, ABP Ports and Peel Ports have signed an agreement to ensure their collective voice is heard by Government and to improve freight and transport links across the North. Following regular roundtable discussions the ports brokered a ground-breaking pact announced in Liverpool on 29 June to pursue ... [+]

Award for Peel’s Mark Whitworth

Peel Ports chief executive Mark Whitworth has been named Business Person of the Year at the Liverpool Echo Regional Business Awards thanks to his role in facilitating more than £650million worth of investment at the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal. Whitworth joined Peel Ports in 2010 and ... [+]

Peel Ports ready for new weighing rules

Peel Ports has finishing construction of weighbridges at the port of Liverpool in time for the new SOLAS verified gross mass rules which come into force on 1 July. It involved considerable work to install multiple dynamic axle weighbridges at the terminal AutoGates linked with the terminal operating system. Similar arrangements ... [+]

Heavy metal in Liverpool

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 ... [+]

Port Salford opens for business

Peel Ports officially opened its Port Salford development on the Manchester Ship Canal on 31 May. Culina Group has taken the first warehouse unit, of 26,022 sq m (280,000 sq ft), with food firm General Mills as its anchor client. The site will act as a central hub for General ... [+]

More CMA space to Liverpool

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 ... [+]

Minister sees Liverpool’s new port

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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