Shoreham port is set for expansion
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SHOREHAM's attraction as a Channel freight port is to be enhanced next year when a fully equipped container berth is commissioned at the Sussex port.
It will have space for ships of up to 600 tonne equivalent units (TEU), but a go-ahead on the plan still hangs on the passage of a private Bill through Parliament towards the end of this year.
The £3.2m first phase of the project will have capacity for 25,000 containers a year, and longer term plans call for up to 60,000 containers passing through Shoreham each year.
Shoreham's port authority is pinning its hopes on attracting a ro/ro ferry operator prepared to run freight and passenger services to the developing Spanish and Portuguese ports.
It also hopes to attract some support from the European Investment Bank.