Port of Liverpool Welcomes Big Visitor

7th March 2017

The largest containership ever to call at the Port of Liverpool arrived yesterday. The 6,552 TEU HS Paris berthed at the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal at 04:30.

Previously, the Port of Liverpool’s existing container terminal could only accommodate vessels up to 4500TEU. The HS Paris is the first post-Panamax vessel to call at Liverpool following the phase 1 opening of Liverpool2 in November 2016.

Peel Ports recently announced that it had secured 150 advocates for its Cargo200 initiative. The campaign calls on importers and exporters whose goods begin or end their journey in the north of the UK to switch delivery of ocean freight from south-east ports to the centrally-located Port of Liverpool. It’s estimated that the initiative could save UK plc up to £200 million by 2020. It also aims to cut freight mileage by 200 million miles by 2020.

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