Tesco into Teesport

HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short listed to fulfil a similar requirement.Teeside based PD Ports and UK retail giant Tesco have announced plans to build a 1.2m sq/ft import storage facility at Teesport, which they claim will create 800 jobs. The facility will be built on a brownfield site within PD Ports’ Tees Dock estate, beside the future Northern Gateway Container Terminal. Tesco plans to start construction this summer and open the facility in the autumn of 2009.