The facility which now has capacity for 140,000 tonnes of animal feed, will serve livestock industry in the Port of Liverpool’s hinterland of the Midlands, Wales and the North of the UK. The port has invested in six new JCB wheel loaders for the animal feed facility and has upgraded its automated grain facility control system, which will drive efficiencies in the discharge and transit of material from ship to warehouse. A major upgrade to the terminal management operating system by port technology specialist DBIS will include the automatic accrual of storage and handling charges, vessel discharge optimisation and the ability to provide real-time key performance indicator reports on both operational and customer service.
David Huck, Port Director at Peel Ports Liverpool, added: “This investment is just one in a series of significant customer investments we are making across our port group. As a service industry business, we are constantly assessing our offering to make sure our customers benefit from a best-in-class process handling and a consistent quality of delivery.”