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Fears that the UK is heading towards an era of sustained overcapacity in its major container ports may have been overcooked, according to a leading industry analyst.

Neil Davidson, senior analyst of ports and terminals at Drewry Maritime Research, told delegates at this week’s TOC Container ...

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  • John

    October 12, 2014 at 2:43 pm

    Firstly, Over 60% of the containers entering southern England ports are destined for the north of the country.

    The under construction Liverpool 2 terminal can handle the largest of any container ship and is not dependent on tides. Liverpool will be the only container port on the west coast to accommodate these large ships. The widening of the Panama Canal will change trading patterns. The upgrade of the Liverpool rail network to cope with more freight. All these will contribute to increase Liverpool container traffic to levels of Felixstowe.

    J.

  • John Burns

    June 04, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    Liverpool2 is being deepened while under construction to take the world’s largest container ships.