Seaforth Dock

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Seaforth Dock
Seaforth Docks, Liverpool.jpg
Aerial view of Seaforth Dock
Location
Location Seaforth, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°27′33″N3°01′30″W / 53.4592°N 3.0250°W / 53.4592; -3.0250 Coordinates: 53°27′33″N3°01′30″W / 53.4592°N 3.0250°W / 53.4592; -3.0250
OS grid SJ319963
Details
Owner The Peel Group
Operator Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
Opened1971;51 years ago (1971) [1]
Type Wet dock
PurposeCargo transfer
Joins Gladstone Dock
Entries1
Gates1 pair
Area
  • 500 acres (2.0 km2) (including dockland) [2]
  • 85 acres (34 ha) (water) [1]
Width at entrance130 ft (40 m) [3]
Minimum depth50 ft (15 m)
Quay length10,000 ft (3,000 m) [2]
Cranes
Cargo type
Transport links

Seaforth Dock (also known as the Royal Seaforth Dock) is a purpose-built dock and container terminal, on the River Mersey, England, at Seaforth, to the north of Liverpool. [4] As part of the Port of Liverpool and Liverpool Freeport, it is operated by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company. Situated at the northern end of the dock system, it is connected to Gladstone Dock to the south, which via its lock entrance provides maritime access to Seaforth Dock from the river.

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History

Despite planning permission having been obtained almost sixty years previously, work commenced during the 1960s on Liverpool's largest dock facility. In part the work was intended to reconstruct or compensate for damage suffered during World War II. The dock was the largest built in the United Kingdom for some time, with 10,000 ft (3,000 m) of quay and a depth of 50 ft (15 m) and world's largest lock gates. [2]

Opened in 1971, [1] the site consists of about 500 acres (2.0 km2), [2] of which 85 acres (34 ha) is water. [1] Technological changes, such as containerization, caused the loss of numerous jobs on the docks. In the 21st century, the dock handles mainly containers, oils, timber, fruit and vegetables, grain and animal feed. The dock became a free port in 1984. [5]

A fruit and vegetable terminal opened at the dock in 2008. The terminal primarily received produce from Spain. However, this facility closed in 2013. [6]

Wind turbines

In 1999, Peel Energy installed six Vestas V44-600 kW wind turbines along the river wall for a total nameplate capacity of 3.6MW. [5] [7]

Rail connection

Seaforth Dock is served by one rail line, the Canada Dock branch line. The Olive Mount rail chord at Edge Hill junction was re-opened early 2009 to increase the throughput of the service to Seaforth Dock, giving direct access for freight from the Port of Liverpool to the West Coast Main Line. In May 2016 it was announced that the line's final section into the dock estate would be upgraded to double track from single track to increase capacity to the port. Combined with improved signalling at Earlestown, the improvements will enable up to 48 trains a day to enter the port. Work on the line is expected to be completed by 2019. [8]

Liverpool2

Liverpool2 is a Post-Panamax container terminal extension which opened in November 2016 as an expansion to Seaforth dock. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pollard & Pevsner 2006, p. 278
  2. 1 2 3 4 Agar, M.; Irwin-Childs, F. (1973). "Seaforth Dock, Liverpool: Planning and Design". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 54 (2): 255–274. doi:10.1680/iicep.1973.4931.
  3. ↑ "Seaforth Passage - Port of Liverpool" (PDF). PIANC. p. 7. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Royal Seaforth Dock History, Merseyside". Mersey Reporter. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Trading Places: Royal Seaforth Dock". Liverpool Museums. Archived from the original on 21 August 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
  6. ↑ Hodgson, Neil (22 November 2011). "42 jobs axed with closure of Liverpool Produce Terminal at Seaforth depot". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Royal Seaforth Dock (Wind, Operating)". Interactive Map of Renewable and Alternative Energy Projects in the UK. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Rail upgrades promised as part of Port of Liverpool developments" Rail Technology Magazine article, 16 May 2016
  9. ↑ "Official Opening Of Peel Ports £400 Mln Liverpool Container Terminal (Video) - Vesselfinder". www.vesselfinder.com. Retrieved 10 April 2018.

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