PORTS AND TERMINALS INDUSTRY NEWS


enough for three million homes and around 12% of the UK’s renewable generation capacity. The power station is supplied with sustainable biomass shipped directly by rail from the terminal, with each service carrying around 1,700 tonnes of compressed wood pellets manufactured and imported from North America as a by-product from forestry and the sawmill industry. The terminal has created nearly 50 extra permanent jobs at the Port of Liverpool. David Huck said, “This project is strategically important to us for a variety of reasons. It is making better added value use of the extensive rail facilities we have at the port. It supports our aim of shifting freight from road to more sustainable forms such as rail or water and it’s also a very tangible East-West partnership in the linkages connecting the Northern Powerhouse”.


He added, “Clearly, our primary market is in providing


New £100 million Port of Liverpool biomass facility to support the EU’s largest decarbonisation project at Drax power station (picture courtesy of Peel Ports).


efficient logistics connectivity within the North-West, which has a significant concentration of consumers, manufacturers and supply chain facilities. However, our customers also need the flexibility to go further in the UK than our immediate hinterland and our direct rail capacity at the


port is crucial to that”. In addition to the trans- Pennine rail links used for the Liverpool to Drax flows, the port’s proximity of 25 miles to the West Coast Main Line provides efficient access and journey times to markets in Scotland, the Midlands and South-East England. For


intermodal traffic, the port has W10 gauge clearance capability, allowing 9 ft 6 in containers to be conveyed on standard deck height rail wagons. In addition, available train path capacity to the port is currently amongst the highest of all major ports within the UK.


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