In a presentation to British parliamentarians, Peel Ports has made the case for its new £350m (US$550m) Liverpool2 container terminal which is scheduled to open in December 2015.
The company’s chief operating officer Gary Hodgson pointed out that 65% of the population of the United Kingdom and Ireland lives within 150 miles of Liverpool in the North-West of England.
However, the British Isles’ three biggest container ports are all in the South-East of England: Felixstowe, Southampton and Tilbury.
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