Located close to a large part of the UK’s container market and the deep water channel in the Severn Estuary, already used by the port, Bristol has excellent rail and road links. The port claims it is the only major one in the UK with north, south, east and west motorway and rail connections.
The development in the Bristol Channel will help the port develop its role as a gateway container port for the UK and a transhipment point for the Atlantic seaboard and Europe. It is expected that some lines will terminate in Bristol whilst others will continue to the Continent.
The new £500m (US$769m) terminal is designed to service not only today’s largest container vessels, but also future generations of 14,000 teu (ultra large container ships) when they enter service.
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