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Following the completion of its new bulk terminal earlier this month, the Port of Liverpool despatched its first trainload of sustainable biomass pellets to Drax Power Station in Yorkshire.
A freight train with 25 specially-designed wagons carrying 1,600 tonnes of pellets left the port on 26 October for the 99-mile journey to the power station, which last year provided more than 12 per cent of the UK’s renewable electricity.
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Lee McFadden of Peel Ports was named Logistics and Transport Student of the Year at the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport’s annual awards dinner in London on 22 October. Other freight industry winners included Mahesh Kurukulasuriya, managing director, GAC Group of Companies, Sri Lanka - Young Manager of ...
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Construction firm McLaughlin & Harvey has completed a bulk warehouse at the Port of Liverpool. Situated quayside on Alexandra Dock, McLaughlin & Harvey the 282,000sq ft building is 375m long and the length of three and a half football pitches. It contains over 5,500 piles, 11,000m3 of concrete and 1.35km ...
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Peel Ports has pledged to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant – a voluntary declaration from businesses and charitable organisations who wish to demonstrate their support for its personnel, veterans and spouses.
It will endeavour to aid the employment of members of the Armed Forces community within ...
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The currently disused Grade II listed Hydraulic Tower building, which once used to drive the lock gates and bridges in the Birkenhead Docks, is to be the centrepiece of a new project that aims to provide the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs to support the Northern Powerhouse agenda.
The private ...
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Chair of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee, Louise Ellman MP visited the Port of Liverpool on 7 August) to inspect progress at the £100m biomass terminal project. She met with senior representatives from Peel Ports and Drax Group on a tour of the new biomass terminal which will ...
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Peel Ports managing director Gary Hodgson told the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group session on 30 June that he was bitterly disappointed at Network Rail's announcement the previous week that electrification of the Transpennine rail route between Liverpool and Leeds had been put on hold.
New capacity on the ...
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Construction of the Port of Liverpool's new £300 million container terminal has passed a major milestone. Phase 1 of infilling to reclaim 12 hectares of intertidal area has been completed, with further infilling due to take place over the summer. Most of the 296 steel piles have now been driven ...
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Peel Ports has signed a letter of intent with Indian container terminal operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) to foster the exchange of information and expertise on port operations, port management and hinterland connections. They will also develop a series of modules in education and training of port operators, IT ...
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Six Peel Ports Group will find their sea legs this month as they embark on this year’s Apprentice Ship Cup challenge, spending six days and seven nights learning to sail the tall ship Pelican of London from Dublin on 14 June to Greenock via Whitehaven.
Apprentices from all over the UK ...
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