Vehicle Export Terminal Opens at Port of Southampton

27th November 2017

Logistics BusinessVehicle Export Terminal Opens at Port of Southampton

A new vehicle export terminal, which is part of a £50 million investment by Associated British Ports (ABP) in the Port of Southampton, has been officially opened following the completion of a major expansion project.

The Pacific Terminal is the sixth multi-deck facility at the Port, and is one of two new car storage facilities recently completed by construction and infrastructure company Morgan Sindall.

The project was handed over three weeks ahead of schedule, while a seventh multi-deck storage facility, as yet un-named, was completed four weeks early with just seven weeks between each completion date. The projects were executed simultaneously and have a combined value of £24.5 million.

The facilities have created almost 10,000 additional spaces, ensuring that The Port of Southampton is the UK hub for automotive shipping by enabling leading British car manufacturers like Jaguar Land Rover to reach global marketplaces.

ABP is a major employer within Southampton docks, already the busiest port in the UK with almost one million vehicles passing through the port in 2017, an increase of almost 10 per cent from 2016.