Britain's second largest group of ports, Peel Ports, is strategically located to serve the whole of the United Kingdom...
...five major gateways handling a broad spectrum of international trade amounting to more than 65 million tonnes of cargo a year.

Peel Ports Group

1 Clydeport serves Scotland's industrial heartland.

2 Heysham in Lancashire provides a significant springboard for trade between Britain and Ireland.

3 4 At the centre of the country and at the centre of the Group are the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal, now one continuous water highway forming a single port facility of major strategic significance forged under the banner of Peel Ports.

5 Medway Ports sit on the doorstep of the nation's capital in the prime South East Region of England.

6 7 The Group also includes the operation of container terminals in Belfast and Dublin and its short-sea shipping operation handling nearly 500,000 teus per annum, is one of the largest in Europe.

The Peel Group

The Peel Group is a leading infrastructure, transport and real estate enterprise in the UK with assets in excess of £5bn.  The Group holds significant investments in a number of growing businesses including Ports, Airports, Media, Energy, Land, Developments, Investment Property, Environmental assets, Hotels, Utilities and Advertising as well as a portfolio of investments in quoted companies of around £500m.

In the North West, the Group's proposed £50bn regeneration initiative for the Ocean Gateway spanning the next 50 years, aims to create an integrated approach to planning and delivery of major projects in the region which stretches over 50 miles, encompassing the North West's great cities of Manchester and Liverpool.