The proposed terminal will accommodate the largest container vessels currently in operation with none of the delays due to tidal locks at Portbury and Avonmouth. It has been designed to handle vessels of up to 14,000 teu and 16 metre draught, giving deep water berthing at all tides.<\/p>\n
The terminal is to be located on a brownfield site and reclaimed land of a former oil terminal and tanker jetty. Its capacity when fully operational will provide throughput of about 1.5m teu per annum. This compares with forecast volumes for the UK of about 20m teu by 2030.<\/p>\n
The project will mean widening and deepening the existing estuary approach channel and creating a turning area for manoeuvring container vessels. Further, the new development will give extensive container handling and storage space, and links to the port’s existing rail and road connections.<\/p>\n
Construction could start in 2010 bringing the terminal into operation in just three to four years.<\/p>\n
The proposal has been subjected to detailed investigation in a series of Bristol Port Company studies of its economic need and benefits, environmental impacts and engineering requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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