Port Salford – a tri-modal inland port facility and distribution park

Port Salford

A tri-modal inland port facility and distribution park

Port Salford is a £138 million project with planning permission to develop the UK's first tri-modal (served by road, rail and short-sea shipping) inland port facility and distribution park on the Barton Strategic Site adjacent to the Manchester Ship Canal.

Port Salford is a critical component of the Atlantic Gateway development, with Peel as the main private sector partner, and will provide a central North West distribution base to improve supply chains for businesses across the North West. It will enable direct barge access to the river terminal at the Port of Liverpool and will reduce the environmental impact of the terminal's expansion by reducing freight levels on road.

Port Salford will:

• include a 153,000 sq. m. warehousing facility and will create the Port Salford National Import Centre which will enable specialist goods handling and redistribution;
• incorporate the Western Gateway Enabling Scheme (WGES) which includes a series of essential transportation works to improve access to the site and surrounding areas including M60 junction improvements, a new dual carriageway link and a new bridge crossing over the Manchester Ship Canal;
• generate some 3,858 gross permanent jobs; and
• lower transportation costs for northern businesses which will improve competitiveness.

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Location

Road

Approximately one kilometre from Junction 11 of the M60 motorway

Rail

The site will be connected to the Manchester/Liverpool railway line which itself connects with the West Coast mainline at Newton-le-Willows

Sea

This terminal will benefit from berths on the Manchester Ship Canal enabling ships of 500 TEU capacity to load and discharge at the site

Air

Both Manchester and Liverpool John Lennon Airports are in close proximity.