Friday, October 10, 2014
Peel Ports ramps up construction of Liverpool2
Construction work has ramped up at Peel Ports’ Liverpool2 development as its late 2015 opening target draws near.
The $483 million project is a bit behind schedule since some of the worst winter storms to hit the Mersey delays schedules earlier this year. Delays had put work 60 days behind original targets, but project director Doug Coleman said they are now only 20 days behind their rescheduled program.
That includes 24-hour dredging to deepen existing channels in the River Mersey to allow the port to handle some of the world’s biggest container ships. Rotterdam-based dredger Ham316 arrived in July and works in the river for a month at a time, only returning to port to refuel and get supplies.
The work is so intense that the teeth on the drag head used to dredge the riverbed have to be replaced once a week.
Work is also being expedited on Liverpool2’s new container terminal and its two-vessel river berth, with nearly half the 345 piles already in place.
Logistics-wise, Peel announced in April a $161 million deal with Shanghai’s Zhenhua Heavy Industries for 17 mega cranes, including five massive 3,000-ton ship-to-shore cranes. The new cranes will be able to load or offload a container every 35-37 seconds compared with the minute it takes now.
For more of the Liverpool Echo story: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
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