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Garston building for the future

22 years ago

Associated British Ports (ABP) is to invest £ 750,000 in a new handling and distribution facility at Garston for a leading supplier to the UK construction industry, Maxit LWA Ltd formerly known as Optiroc U which started importing lightweight aggregates through Garston in 2002, and is seeking to expand its operations at the port. The new facility, set to become operational in April 2005, will comprise 13,000 sq metres of open and undercover storage and will be equipped with an automated bagging and palletising plant. Maxit is investing £ 800,000 in high-tech plant and packaging equipment.

BCT has ordered an additional ship-to-shore gantry crane, and has already started some infrastructure works in connection with the new quay.

Garston has also won business handling sea-dredged aggregates for Hanson Aggregates t. On the back of a 20-year agreement with ABP, Hanson is investing over £1m in a new processing plant at the port.