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Felixstowe Applies for New Box Terminal
01 Dec 2003
Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd (HPUK) , on behalf of its subsidiary Port of Felixstowe, formally applied last month to Suffolk Coastal District Council for planning permission to reconfigure the southern part of the port.
Proposed works will involve the creation of a new deep water container terminal on the site of the existing Dock Basin, the ex-P&O North Sea Ferries terminal and the port's Landguard Terminal. Subject to the necessary consents, the terminal could be operational in 2006.
The new facilities will have 1,350m of quay dredged to 16m alongside and will be equipped with 13 ship to shore gantry cranes. The application also includes the provision of a new rail terminal at the northern end of the port.
The Felixstowe South reconfiguration is one of a number of proposals to create additional container port capacity in the UK. It fits well with Government policy to redevelop existing facilities in preference to building new ones.
Commenting on future demand, HPUK Managing Director Richard Pearson said, 'The UK Government will be faced with a number of key decisions on port development in the near future.
It is vital for the future of the UK economy that the right facilities are built, supported by the right infrastructure connections, in the right place. We firmly believe that this can best be achieved by considering the various alternative proposals that have been put forward in the south east quadrant of the UK at the same time. This will ensure the best strategic outcome for UK plc.'
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