A specialist steel storage terminal that will strengthen the North East manufacturing sector’s access to high-quality global steel supplies has welcomed its first shipments to the Port of Hartlepool.
The Hartlepool Steel Terminal, owned and operated by PD Ports, allows customers to discharge different steel products - including coil, steel plate, beams and pipes - on to the same berth, reducing both shipping and onward freight costs.
The 75,000sq ft facility has been upgraded to store steel coil and can hold individual coils of up to 30 tonnes. The warehouse is also serviced by two 40 tonne overhead cranes.
The development means that the Port of Hartlepool is the only North East coastal port that can receive both short sea and deep sea volumes of steel coil, offering capacity for more than 50,000 tonnes of the product.
The project represents a diversification for the terminal building, which previously supported the oil and gas industries - the change to steel storage will allow importers to reduce their carbon footprint and provide a more cost effective logistics solution by reducing road miles to northern customers.
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PD Ports is an award-winning UK ports business offering end to end supply chain solutions. With headquarters in North East England, PD Ports operates many key ports and logistics centres across the UK.
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16 окт 2023
