Peel Ports

The Peel Group and its partner Rreef's interests in Peel Ports comprise:

Port of Liverpool

One of the busiest and most diverse ports in the UK handling 33 million tonnes of cargo every year.

Trade between the UK and the United States and Canada is heavily reliant on this port but it also serves more than 100 destinations around the world. Thanks to a new cruise ship terminal it is also a port of call for seafaring tourists now too.

Manchester Ship Canal

This 36-mile long inland port links and unites the two great cities of Liverpool and Manchester. It handles eight million tonnes of cargo a year although there is the capacity to double that.

The canal forms its link with the River Mersey at Eastham, on the Wirral, and runs to Salford Quays. Combined with the Port of Liverpool it provides a continuous water highway linking the Irish Sea with Britain’s second city. As a result it has a major role to play in removing freight traffic from our road network.

Medway Ports

The 27 navigable miles of the River Medway in Kent provide a gateway to the nation’s capital. Its diverse list of cargoes includes cars, liquefied natural gas and steel.

Clydeport

This international gateway serves Scotland’s industrial heartland. Clydeport consists of four ports – Hunterston, Greenock, King George V Dock and Ardrossan. They handle more than 12 million tonnes of cargo a year including coal, animal feed, fresh produce and scrap metal. Ardrossan provides a roll-on roll-off ferry service to the Scottish Isles.

Heysham Port

This Lancashire port is a major player in trade between Britain and Ireland. It also serves as a ferry terminal for sailings to Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland and is a major offshore supply base for one of the largest gas fields in the UK.

Peel Ports also operates container terminals in Belfast and Dublin and its short-sea shipping operation is one of the largest in Europe.