World shipping leader's flying visit to the Port of Liverpool and Manchester Ship Canal
For Immediate Release - 18 September, 2007
One of the most senior figures in the world of shipping took a fact finding flight over the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal with the man behind major renaissance schemes for the North West "Superport" region of England.
The Senior Partner of the international A.P. Møller - Maersk Group, Mr Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller, boarded a helicopter for a bird's eye view of projects and sites being developed by John Whittaker and his Peel ports and property group.
Picture shows: Mr Maersk Mc-Kinney Møller (centre) with John Whittaker (centre right), Peel Ports Director Ken Wharton (centre left), Chief Executive Officer of the Maersk Company, Jesper Kjaedegaard (right) and Maersk Line Executive Vice President Lars Erik Brenoe (left).
The flight went on to take in the Peel owned Liverpool John Lennon Airport and a range of developments on the Group's 36 mile long Manchester Ship Canal which includes the multi-modal Port Salford terminal for international trade and Media City:UK, future home for major sections of the BBC, at the heart of Greater Manchester.
Mr Møller arrived at the Port of Liverpool to visit his Group's Norfolkline Irish Sea terminal at Twelve Quays and met Maersk Line's 135 strong team at their offices in the city, before joining Peel's Chairman John Whittaker for talks and the helicopter flight.
"We were delighted," said Mr Whittaker, "that Mr Møller was able to take the time to see for himself Peel's expansion plans for the Port of Liverpool and the Manchester Ship Canal, linked to the development of this 44 mile long dynamic waterway handling 41 million tonnes of cargo a year."
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