Peel targets plywood imports

PEEL Group has completed a plywood terminal at the Port of Liverpool.

It said the 80,000 sq ft temperature-controlled warehouse at Seaforth and it will “radically” reduce costs and increase efficiency for construction firms.

Demand from builders and merchants is met from imports, predominantly from the Far East via the Port of Tilbury and distributed by rail and road.

Roy Merryweather, business development manager at Peel Ports said: “This is an opportunity for us to increase our share of a growing market. The construction sector beyond London and the southeast is finally emerging from recession and expanding rapidly and as a result we have seen substantial UK-wide increase in demand for plywood.”

He added: “The Liverpool Plywood Terminal is a great supply chain solution because it allows imported plywood to be distributed to sites north of Birmingham without costly road and rail transport, allowing our customers to benefit from substantial cost and carbon savings.”

The facility will employ 30 existing staff.