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Vlersey container terminal projed will boost prospects
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Jreen light for E90m terminal which will double container capacity at the
'ort of Liverpool and is set for a 2010 opening. Chris Tindall reports.
HE GOVERNMENT has given le go-ahead to the creation of a )Om container terminal on the iver Mersey:a project it describes "the most significant developlent for the Port of Liverpool" uring the past 40 years.
Peel Ports Group, which made le application to the Department ar Transport (MT). says that .hen the terminal opens-which it due to do towards the end of MO it will provide more work )1. logistics companies throughout le North and the Midlands.
The Dn. predicts 180 jobs will e created directly, with many Lore jobs generated indirectly in Le local area. The container terminal will double container capacity at the Port of Liverpool currently Britain's third-ranking deep-sea container port. It will be created by reclaiming 17 hectares (42 acres) from the Mersey and the foreshore in front of the Royal Seaforth Dock in Bootle.
There will be an annual capacity of more than 500,000 TE Us (2011 container units) and it will be capable of simultaneously accommodating two large ships.
Gillian Merron,Ualer Secretary of State at the DfT, approved the proposal and said she was pleased that the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, part of the Peel Ports Group, had worked with Natural England and the Highways Agency to reduce the adverse impacts of the proposed development.
Merron says: "I'm satisfied that the case has been made for a new terminal to serve larger vessels in Liverpool's growing Atlantic container trade."
Peel Ports' marketing director Frank Robotham says: -Industry throughout the North and Midlands can enjoy the dual benefits of being able to respond to the demands of international logistics through their own local port,utilising these larger vessels which bring their own economies of scale."