The Manchester Ship Canal is one of the UK’s most vibrant trading hubs. Running from the Mersey Estuary into the heart of Manchester, it is a 36-mile-long seaway supporting a range of industries.
Unique inland logistics hub
he diversity of the Manchester Ship Canals offering means we can find the right solution for you and your business. Importantly, the canal provides supports low carbon goals, forming part of a carbon-efficient ‘Green Highway' which helps our customers make reductions in three important areas: costs, carbon emissions and road congestion.
Across the five terminals at Manchester Ship Canal, we handle 7.5 million tonnes of cargo. Each terminal specialises in a specific area, providing you with the solution you need:
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QEII Docks - Liquid berth
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Ellesmere Port - Bulks and Project Cargo
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Runcorn Docks - Bulks and Project Cargo
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Port Warrington – Multi-user warehousing
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Port Salford (Third party operated quayside, warehouse and bulk store)
The Canal is thriving, and each year it handles and stores millions of tonnes of cargo from wind turbine blades to animal feed and biomass, to aggregates, sand, salt and chemicals.
In addition to meeting your shipping needs, at Manchester Ship Canal we can also support you with production facilities or construction hubs, as well as a wide range of commodities. And with its superb position in the North West, it is ideally placed to allow customers access to the rest of the UK, as well as mainland Europe.
In addition, we have a wide range of berthing options, providing flexibility in size for vessel charter, along with existing manufacturing and production locations. With a uniquely experienced team, we have the expertise your business needs and offer several added value services including bagging, rip/tip to tanker, palletising of goods and loading into or out of containers.
Manchester Ship Canal commodities overview.
With a wide range of options, we’re confident we can find the right one for you.
Key commodities at Manchester Ship Canal include:
Agricultural products
Construction Materials
Timber
Liquid Cargo
Metals
Project cargo
Port-centric warehousing and logistics
QEII Dock
Located at the entrance of the Manchester Ship Canal near Eastham, QEII Dock is used by some of the UK’s largest organisations to handle chemicals and bulk liquids. The site is the UK’s largest enclosed oil dock and is non-tidal.
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Ellesmere Port
Ellesmere Port is fully multimodal facility with excellent road, rail, and sea connectivity. It’s operated by Peel Ports Logistics and is connected to Royal Seaforth Container Terminal (RSCT) and the Liverpool2 deep-water container terminal based at the Port of Liverpool, to provide seamless onward journey for all cargoes with direct access to a market of 35 million people.
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Runcorn Docks
Runcorn Docks is an inland terminal along the Manchester Ship Canal. The site is operated by Peel Ports Logistics and is suited to a wide range of cargoes including bulk powders and project cargo. Served by excellent connections to the M62, M56 and M57 motorways, the site allows rapid distribution to various locations throughout the UK.
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Port Warrington
Located along the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal near Warrington, this site has a 250,000 sq ft multiuser warehousing facility.
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Port Salford
Located next to the arterial motorway routes of the M60 and M62, it provides direct vessel access from Liverpool2 terminal at the Port of Liverpool, acting as a central logistics hub for the North West.
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Location
The North West is the industrial heartland of Britain and the Manchester Ship Canal is the perfect partner for businesses operating across the region.
Strategically located, the Canal has excellent road, rail and sea connections and is within very close proximity to some of the country's largest manufacturing and consumers bases. Accessible via the River Mersey, the canal enables lower transportation costs than would be the case with a more southerly port, while allowing for a greener supply chain.
Our location is changing too. We have more than 3 million sq. ft. of potential warehousing with planning consent which will allow us to go even further. That is in addition to warehousing space we already have through the Manchester Ship Canal, meaning you can have the confidence that we'll be with you for the long haul. You'll also be able to feel secure in your investment, with dedicated port police on hand 24/7.
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Services at Manchester Ship Canal.
Opened in 1894 and at one point the third busiest port in the UK, the Manchester Ship canal is still thriving. Every year, The Manchester Ship Canal handles and stores millions of tonnes of cargo from wind turbine blades to from animal feed and biomass, to aggregates, sand, salt and chemicals. But we think we can do better. With growing pressures on carbon reductions, an increase in congestion around the City centres we believe the Ship canal can offer a unique opportunity to innovate the way we use transport in our key supply chains such as waste and construction material. Take a look at the solutions we offer and get in touch to see how we think we can help your thrive.
Manchester Marine information.
At Peel Ports Group, our services don’t begin or end at the dockside when we offload or load your cargo. Helping you to get to us with the maximum ease and efficiency is just as important. That’s why we’re not simply committed to providing reliable, safe navigation for all users, we actually have a statutory duty to maintain and conserve the harbours.