{"id":6093,"date":"2026-02-05T14:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2026\/02\/05\/pd-ports-powers-solar-logistics\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:21:00","slug":"pd-ports-powers-solar-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/products-services-greenport\/pd-ports-powers-solar-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"PD Ports powers solar logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Working with freight forwarders Fracht and Cargocare Global, the operator managed more than 220 containers of solar panels and 300 containers of lithium cubes through its Teesport terminal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project demonstrates how our expertise and infrastructure can support the UK\u2019s clean energy transition,\u201d said Mark Mulholland, commercial director \u2013 warehousing, PD Ports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy bringing together services from across our business and working hand in hand with our freight forwarding partners, we are enabling projects that will play a vital role in building the country\u2019s renewable energy capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Renewables supply chain<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The equipment supports large-scale solar farms across the North East, with integrated handling, storage and delivery designed to maximise renewable energy deployment and streamline complex clean-energy supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>Shipments were discharged at Tees Dock before being unloaded to road or storage and transported onward to site via a single point of contact.<\/p>\n<p>PD Ports said this coordinated model reduces risk, shortens dwell times and improves visibility across each stage of the journey, reinforcing Teesport\u2019s role in port electrification and renewable energy logistics.<\/p>\n<p>The imported components will be used in solar energy schemes built on vacant or unfarmed land, combining generation and battery storage to supply power to the grid when required.<\/p>\n<p>As one of Teesside\u2019s largest landowners and a national trade gateway, PD Ports said its infrastructure, land availability and supply chain expertise position it to anchor future clean-energy projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PD Ports has facilitated a major Teesport logistics programme for incoming solar energy imports which are flowing in to help strengthen the UK\u2019s renewable energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6094,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,22],"tags":[145,2468,181,48,2469,2467],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-6093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy-technology-greenport","category-products-services-greenport","tag-logistics","tag-pd-portts","tag-renewable-energy","tag-shorepower-electrification","tag-solar-panels","tag-teesport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6093"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6095,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6093\/revisions\/6095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6093"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=6093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}