Liverpool City Region’s vision for the port to become a major international gateway has taken a step forward with plans for Liverpool SuperPort, Ifw-net reports.
The plans will see the port gain a post-panamax-capable terminal, new multimodal facilities and almost a million square metres of storage and distribution space.
Peter Nears, Strategic Planning Director for Peel Property, told delegates at Navigate’s second annual Port-Centric Logistics conference this week: “Port-centric logistics is about cutting costs, cutting carbon and cutting congestion.
“For a Liverpool SuperPort, port-centric logistics is not just about moving operations onto a port site, but about strengthening the supply chains into the port, airport and logistics sectors”
He said Liverpool SuperPort would create 1,200 new jobs and contribute £6.1 billion (US$10bn) to the region’s economy by 2020.
SuperPort will include the Mersey Multimodal Gateway, a 40ha expansion to the existing port, that will comprise 200,000sq metres of land for distribution centres.
A £300 million post-panamax terminal would increase the port’s capacity by 2 million teu a year.
Multimodal port access will be improved by rail gauge upgrades, electrification of the rail line between Liverpool and Manchester and a Mersey Gateway Bridge at Widnes/Runcorn.
Nears also told delegates of plans to increase the air cargo volumes handled by Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport by more than100,000 tonnes a year by 2020. They also include a World Cargo Centre and runway expansion.
The plans will see the port gain a post-panamax-capable terminal, new multimodal facilities and almost a million square metres of storage and distribution space.
Peter Nears, Strategic Planning Director for Peel Property, told delegates at Navigate’s second annual Port-Centric Logistics conference this week: “Port-centric logistics is about cutting costs, cutting carbon and cutting congestion.
“For a Liverpool SuperPort, port-centric logistics is not just about moving operations onto a port site, but about strengthening the supply chains into the port, airport and logistics sectors”
He said Liverpool SuperPort would create 1,200 new jobs and contribute £6.1 billion (US$10bn) to the region’s economy by 2020.
SuperPort will include the Mersey Multimodal Gateway, a 40ha expansion to the existing port, that will comprise 200,000sq metres of land for distribution centres.
A £300 million post-panamax terminal would increase the port’s capacity by 2 million teu a year.
Multimodal port access will be improved by rail gauge upgrades, electrification of the rail line between Liverpool and Manchester and a Mersey Gateway Bridge at Widnes/Runcorn.
Nears also told delegates of plans to increase the air cargo volumes handled by Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport by more than100,000 tonnes a year by 2020. They also include a World Cargo Centre and runway expansion.