Peel Ports, ACP Panama MoU

Stena Line has confirmed plans to launch a new freight service between Dublin and Birkenhead (Liverpool) starting mid-February 2024. In addition, Stena Line has signed a deal with Peel Ports to continue calling at the Port of Heysham for the next 77 years

Container shipping companies are responding to the rising cost of using the Panama Canal by charging their customers additional fees.

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has had to impose further restrictions on vessel transits as a result of the country’s driest October in 73 years. Since April, the ACP has been forced to cut the navigable draught in the canal and the number of daily transits because of the region’s drought and to ensure the safe passage of its customers’ ships.

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) continues to implement measures to ensure that a sufficient supply of fresh water is available in the lakes and reservoirs for both the country’s population and the locks in the canal.

Peel Ports Group has announced plans for a new £10M “Green Automotive Hub” ro-ro terminal on Queen Elizabeth II Dock at Eastham, within Peel Ports’ Mersey cluster

Dutch shipping company WEC Lines has expanded its existing service into the Port of Liverpool with a new series of weekly calls into the port from Northern Spain, Portugal, North Africa and the Canary Islands