A contract notice has been published today in the EU Official Journal for main contracts to build a new quay wall, 850m long and 30m high and dredge a million cubic metres of material.
The new deep-water container terminal, to be called Liverpool 2, will accommodate two container vessels of up to 13,500 teu at a time. It is scheduled to open in 2015.
Liverpool 2 is the key project in the Mersey Ports Master Plan, the 20-year vision for growth and future developments at the Port of Liverpool and on the Manchester Ship Canal, launched by Peel Ports last summer.
The construction programme comprises of a new quay wall, the in-filling of the newly created land-mass, the dredging of a new 16.5m deep berthing pocket adjacent to the quay wall, the installation of ship-to-shore quay cranes and cantilever rail mounted gantry cranes and associated supporting infrastructure works.
The quay wall will require 30,000 cubic metres of concrete, 15,000m of steel piles and 6100m of new crane rails. Almost three million cubic metres of infill material will be required to create the new container area.
Associated infrastructure will require the construction of 3500m of new road, 230,000 square metres of surfacing and 2500m of fencing.
Further packages of work will be advertised during the second quarter of 2012 that will include design and consultancy services.
Peel Ports Mersey Managing Director Gary Hodgson said: "There is no doubt that this facility represents a transformational project for the business. It will bring jobs and economic prosperity to the Merseyside region along with the rest of the North West. The scale of these benefits is recognised by the name Liverpool 2 – with the new terminal being the biggest boost to the area since the construction of the Liverpool ONE development in 2008.
"By any standard it is a significant development and a major investment. By commencing the procurement process today, we have shown our commitment to the building of Liverpool 2.
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