Manchester Ship Canal expands role as conveyor of Kellogg's cereal
PEEL Ports, the private operator of the Manchester Ship Canal, is regenerating Britain's longest inland waterway by increasing the use of container shuttle for US breakfast and cereal producer Kellogg.
The Ship Canal shuttle service already serves other major retail names such as Princes Foods, Kingsland Wine, Tesco, Typhoo, Regatta and a major global sportswear brand.
The movement of 2,500 TEU of Kellogg's cargo along the North of England's long-standing ship canal built in 1887, will act as a feeder service for its Irish and Spanish markets moving cargo from its distribution hubs of Manchester, Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula.
It will take advantage of the canal's starting point at the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool where it will use on demand warehousing at the port offering 7,000 pallets space for its cereal.
For Michigan, US-headquartered cereal producer, the container shuttle will reduce road miles in its UK supply chain by 85 per cent at 40,000 road miles, equating to 61 tonnes of CO2 annually.
Peel Ports aims to increase its annual throughput along Manchester Shipping Canal to 100,000 TEU through the development of mini ports and multimodal logistics hubs along the way, said its business development manager for containers and barge, Paul McCoy.
PEEL Ports, the private operator of the Manchester Ship Canal, is regenerating Britain's longest inland waterway by increasing the use of container shuttle for US breakfast and cereal producer Kellogg.
The Ship Canal shuttle service already serves other major retail names such as Princes Foods, Kingsland Wine, Tesco, Typhoo, Regatta and a major global sportswear brand.
The movement of 2,500 TEU of Kellogg's cargo along the North of England's long-standing ship canal built in 1887, will act as a feeder service for its Irish and Spanish markets moving cargo from its distribution hubs of Manchester, Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula.
It will take advantage of the canal's starting point at the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool where it will use on demand warehousing at the port offering 7,000 pallets space for its cereal.
For Michigan, US-headquartered cereal producer, the container shuttle will reduce road miles in its UK supply chain by 85 per cent at 40,000 road miles, equating to 61 tonnes of CO2 annually.
Peel Ports aims to increase its annual throughput along Manchester Shipping Canal to 100,000 TEU through the development of mini ports and multimodal logistics hubs along the way, said its business development manager for containers and barge, Paul McCoy.