Peel Ports
PR (Peel ports): EXPANSION PLANS FOR HEYSHAM WITH £10M FACILITY INVESTMENT
A new link-span bridge at the Port of Heysham is set to increase throughput at the Lancashire port by allowing it to accommodate larger RoRo vessels operating on the Irish Sea. The £10m investment by owners Peel Ports will create a fourth berth for freight and passenger traffic and help operators to respond more effectively to growing demand. The funding will also see a new pontoon built to support offshore crew transfer vessels, a new port entrance created and various improvements to the port IT and terminal operating systems. Work will begin in November and is expected to be completed by October 2017. A new link road connecting the port and the M6, bypassing congestion in Lancaster, is set to open on the 31 October. Heysham is also the closest port for several major offshore infrastructure projects including the proposed National Grid connection of Moorside nuclear power station in Cumbria ... Read more