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16th August 2016

UK Transport Minister Visits £400m Liverpool2 Development

The UK's new Transport Minister recently visited Peel Port's new £400m Liverpool2 terminal. The giant rail-mounted container gantry cranes arrived in May by ship from China

#UKtransportMinister - The UK Government's new Sectary of State for Transport met with operators Peel Ports to view the latest developments at the £400m Liverpool2 investment in the city’s deep-water container terminal.

The MP Chris Grayling, visited the Port of Liverpool earlier this month to view the developments at its new container terminal, Liverpool2 as previously reported on Afloat.ie where giant gantry cranes arrived by ship from China.

The visit provided an opportunity for the Minister to view progress on the project, which started handling its first containers last month as part of trials ahead of a phased opening throughout the summer. The Liverpool2 project forms part of a wider £750 million investment programme into biomass, steel, port-centric warehousing and infrastructure by Peel Ports at its sites in Liverpool and along the Manchester Ship Canal.

The Minister met Peel Ports’ Chief Executive Mark Whitworth to discuss the importance of investment in the north and issues on transport integration and infrastructure improvements to improve freight connectivity between the port and major logistics centres. Once completed, the port giant’s developments will create jobs and contribute to the rebalancing of the UK economy.

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