Logistics company SCH has agreed on a multi-year lease with Peel Ports Group as part of a major expansion of a car storage and transporter park at the Port of Liverpool.
According to Peel Ports, the project, worth over US$1.2 billion will see the facility increase in size by more than 25%, from approximately 32,000m² to over 40,000m², to deal with growing demand for the processing of vehicles at the site.
The new transit hub continues a long-term partnership with SCH and will increase the volumes that can be processed from across Europe and the United States.
The agreement will see newly manufactured vehicles arrive at the United Kingdom’s port on a ro-ro vessel, and then SCH staff will unload and store the cars at the new hub prior to onward delivery by car manufacturer’s transporter fleets to customers via their dealer network
Moreover, Peel Ports Group used a sustainable alternative to conventional asphalts as it built the extended hub.
Phil Hall, Mersey Port director at Peel Ports Group, said, “We’re really pleased to grow our partnership with SCH at the Port of Liverpool, given how it has gone from strength to strength in recent years.”
