Finland – London short sea run inaugurated
NewsFinnlines is set to launch a new short sea freight service this month (Sept ’24) from Finland to Peel Ports London Medway and other destinations around Europe
Liverpool2 dredging commences
Peel Ports Group’s flagship £300M deepwater container terminal has taken an important step closer to realisation with Van Oord commencing dredging of the River Mersey estuary
The family-owned Dutch firm was awarded the dredging contract in March 2014 and the arrival of its HAM 316 Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger (TSHD) into Mersey waters marked the effective start of the operation.
The work entails deepening the navigable depth of the maintained approach channel (which extends to an overall area of 27 km²) from 6.9m bCD to 8.0m bCD producing an estimated volume of 5M m³ of dredged material. The dredged "arisings" will be put to beneficial use in the up-filling of the intertidal zone within the Seaforth triangle which forms the new Liverpool2 deep water container terminal. The balance of dredged materials will then be returned to nature and deposited at the offshore licensed disposal sites.
An Environmental Impact Assessment has been undertaken and the Marine Management Organisation, in collaboration with stakeholders, has granted the appropriate licenses. The dredging contractor will adopt best practice and employ mitigation strategies to minimise or remove any impact on the ecosystems and biodiversity of the marine habitat.
The Mersey Estuary dredging campaign is supported by a grant from the Government’s Regional Growth Fund of £35M. The official line is that the grant is not solely for Liverpool2, but is intended to approve the approach channel for the benefit of all river users.
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