Auteur: AIVP
Source: Port of Liverpool / BBC
Date de parution: Lundi, 09 Avril 2007
Type de Document: Actualité
Thème: 1.01 - projet d'aménagement portuaire, 1.02 - infrastructures conteneurs, 3.02 - politique de transport par pays
Langue originale: Anglais
Localisation: Europe : Angleterre : Liverpool
Langue: Français, Anglais, Espagnol

Le Ministère britannique des transports a donné son accord au Port de Liverpool pour la construction d'un nouveau terminal qui lui permettra de doubler sa capacité de traitement pour les marchandises conteneurisées. Liverpool deviendra ainsi le premier pôle du pays pour les échanges avec les Etats-Unis. Le projet, qui représente un investissement de 90 millions de livres sterling (132 millions d'euros), devrait renforcer l'économie régionale avec notamment la création de 180 emplois directs à court terme.

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The decision follows Peel Ports Group's, which owns the Ports of Liverpool, application to create the first facility capable of accommodating the new generation of larger container ships on the UK West Coast and in the north of the country.
Tom Allison, Chief Executive of Peel Ports – Britain's second largest ports group – welcomed the decision by the Government for what he described as "the most significant development for the Port of Liverpool since the construction of Royal Seaforth Dock in the late 1960s and early 1970s. "This project is a response to the growing recognition of the Port of Liverpool's strategic position as the gateway to the richest cargo generating region of the United Kingdom outside London," he said.
"It is also a project which we are convinced will have major long term economic and strategic benefits for the region, generating significant additional work and wealth."
Peel Ports Marketing Director Frank Robotham, added: "The new terminal will be a further significant boost to industry in the North of England and beyond. To date, post Panamax vessels have only had the option to berth in UK south coast ports. Once the new terminal is opened in Liverpool, then 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."
With a second container terminal, Liverpool is set to consolidate established trades and expand into new sectors, building on its ranking as the leading UK container port for trade with the United States of America and Canada and enlarging the range of more than 100 global destinations it already serves.
The new facility will also enhance the Port's role as the premier transhipment hub for Ireland, currently handling more than 40% of unitised freight crossing between Britain and Ireland.