The Port of Liverpool stands to gain from a £100m investment into the steels and metals sector from Peel Ports Group. The project will see the ports giant move ahead with £32m in spending to add an additional 140,000 sq ft of storage at its Liverpool steel and metals terminals.

Collectively across the Ports of Liverpool and London Medway, warehousing capacity will expand by 50% from the existing 1m sq ft to establish an extra 500,000 sq ft of space. Additional proposals encompass developing a second automated terminal in Liverpool specifically for steel coils, alongside a new automated facility for the Port of London Medway in Sheerness.

These developments will incorporate rail connectivity through a new inland rail terminal in the Midlands. This latest investment by the port group comes

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