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UK NORTH WEST\\\ >> 18


opportunity to position the area


at the forefront of the UK’s future global trading relationships. A free trade zone for the


Liverpool City Region will contribute around £850m to the local economy and create 14,000 jobs, as well as leading on solutions to meet local Net Zero Carbon targets for 2040. We see our role at the Port of


Liverpool as being the largest global gateway to the new


Issue 3 2021 - Freight Business Journal new investment, create jobs,


support the wider economy and increase levels of innovation. As well as the potential relating specifically to international trade, there are opportunities in hydrogen, offshore wind and tidal power. Throughout the pandemic we


regional freeport, helping the wider city region to achieve the greatest possible benefit from


its freeport status. It is hoped that the initiative will help the Liverpool City Region to attract


Peel hails Freeport success


Peel Ports hailed the Liverpool City Region’s successful application for freeport status, unveiled by the Chancellor on 3 March, describing it as “an opportunity to position the area at the forefront of the UK’s future global trading relationships”. The Liverpool owner and


operator said that a free trade zone for the Liverpool City Region will add around £850m to the


regional economy and create 14,000 jobs, as well as leading on solutions to meet local Net Zero Carbon targets for 2040. Managing director, David Huck,


said: “While we are only one of the partners in this public and private sector joint initiative, the Port of Liverpool is clearly the largest global gateway to the new regional freeport. How we see our role is in helping with the wider


city region to achieve the greatest possible benefit from its freeport status. “The £400m investment we


have made in the Liverpool2 container


terminal is a huge


enabler. It’s the combination of the outstanding facilities here and the freeport status for the region that will really make the difference.” The bid enjoyed widespread support from the private sector


have continued to drive forward with planned investments in


our people, processes


and technology. Our £400m investment at our Liverpool2


container terminal with our partner global terminal business, Terminal Investment Limited Sarl,


is further increasing our


capabilities and supporting increased demand. Liverpool2 is today capable of


handling the largest container ships in the world, while supporting the UK haulage sector with the very latest landside automated gates and vehicle booking systems. We recently welcomed the


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second delivery of 10 new cantilever rail-mounted gantry cranes to complete the set of 22 CRMG cranes operating at Liverpool2 project and provide additional capacity for growing volumes of cargo. Work on the second phase of


the landside Liverpool2 project is expected to be fully completed in the summer 2021 and will be supported by the creation of more than 150 new skilled jobs in Merseyside this year.


maritime history and unique position as a Western-facing port with established Transatlantic and Irish Sea trade links. Huck added: “In line with


and was supported and formally endorsed by the Liverpool City


Region LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership), building on the area’s


our existing corporate ethos, we are fully committed to the principles of a sustainable freeport as laid out by the UK Major Ports Group, supporting continued high standards in environmental regulations, labour rights and other aspects of being a responsible business community.”


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