Port of Heysham News

Peel Ports Group (Peel Ports) launches UK’s first Green Automotive Hub, in order to enable sustainable manufacturing in Merseyside, United Kingdom (UK). Peel Ports Group has announced plans for a new £10million Green Automotive Hub in Merseyside, in order to help power sustainable vehicle manufacturing ambitions. Green Automotive Hub Located on Queen Elizabeth II Dock at Eastham, within Peel Port’s Mersey cluster, the project will facilitate a greener end-to-end maritime log...

Peel Ports Group has announced plans for a new £10million Green Automotive Hub in Merseyside to help power sustainable vehicle manufacturing ambitions. Located on Queen Elizabeth II Dock at Eastham, within Peel Port’s Mersey cluster, the project will facilitate a greener end-to-end maritime logistics service in the North West. The hub, believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, will sit on a 9.5-acre site on the River Mersey, adjacent to the Manchester Ship Canal, also operated...

The Port of Heysham, part of leading port operator - Peel Ports Group, has reduced the carbon emissions of its landside plant, equipment and vehicles by up to 90%, in what is believed to be a first for any UK port. The port has confirmed all its vehicles, plant equipment, forklift trucks, tug masters and ancillary equipment are now operating on either electricity or Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO). Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO) While using 100% renewable electricity is the ultimate goal...