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Freight Sites Neighbouring the Liverpool City Region Manchester Ship Canal (L21 1LA c/o Port of Liverpool): The Liverpool City Region is home to a strong and vibrant maritime cluster of strategic importance centred around the Mersey Ports and shipyards. The cluster comprises major companies including Peel Ports, Associated British Ports, Stobart Group, Atlantic Container Line, Bibby Line Group, G.L. Watson & Co. Ltd, Graham & Woolnough Naval Architects, Cammell Laird Shipyard, Carmet Marine Shipyard, Dong Energy, Stena Line, Seatruck Ferries, P&O Ferries, Isle of Man Steam Packet, etc. This cluster in turn supports a vibrant supply chain sector in the City Region including logistics and professional services. 95% of the country's international trade is handled through British ports and they are significant drivers of growth. Peel Ports Group plays a major role in the UK port industry with six major maritime gateways strategically located across the UK: the Port of Liverpool, the Manchester Ship Canal, Heysham, London Medway, Great Yarmouth and Clydeport’s Scottish ports, complemented by a container terminal in Dublin. Additionally Peel Ports Group has interests in Cammell Laird and the A&P Group (Austin & Pickersgill) which has major shipyards in Tyneside, Teeside and Falmouth. Together, Cammell Laird and the A&P Group comprise a dominant force in the UK shipbuilding and shiprepair industry. The Manchester Ship Canal is a 36-mile long seaway linking Liverpool and Manchester. It’s a unique, innovative, ‘green highway’ into the heart of the UK, carrying around 8 million tonnes of cargo a year, removing freight from overcrowded roads and rail. The Manchester Ship Canal is the UK’s largest inland seaway. The Port of Liverpool and Manchester Ship Canal now operate 'as one' integrated waterway providing a truly multimodal solution to the heart of the UK population, significantly reducing congestion on major UK road and rail networks. This unique logistics platform was enhanced in 2016 with the opening of the Liverpool 2 Container Terminal at the Port of Liverpool. Peel Ports currently operate an innovative container ship shuttle service from the Port of Liverpool to Manchester along the Ship Canal. The MV Coastal Deniz carries up to 260 TEUs between Liverpool's Seaforth Container Terminal, Ellesmere Port, and Irlam Container Terminal in Salford. The Ship Canal shuttle service is the most environmentally-friendly bulk logistics solution on offer in the UK, and already serves major retail names such as Kelloggs, Princes Foods, Kingsland Wine, Tesco, Typhoo, Regatta and a major global sportswear brand. The shuttle service makes an important contribution to the UK's carbon footprint reduction targets by delivering waterborne goods right to the heart of the country. Peel Ports Group have aspirations to expand the potential of the Manchester Ship Canal as this "Green Highway" by reinstating or creating rail links to its current and proposed port terminals along the Manchester Ship Canal such as Port Wirral (Eastham / Ellesmere Port Docks), Port Cheshire (Bridgewater Paper Mills), Port Ince (Protos Energy Park), Port Runcorn, Port Warrington, Port Irlam (Irlam Container Terminal) and Port Salford. Peel Ports are committed to developing rail as part of a multi-modal logistics offer and they are planning © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
for significant growth in rail freight in and out of the Port of Liverpool and Manchester Ship
Canal.
http://www.peelports.co.uk
http://www.peellogistics.co.uk
http://www.peelgroup.global
www.superport.co.uk
Ellesmere Port Docks, Manchester Ship Canal: (CH65 1AF)
Terminal Owner / Operator: Peel Ports Group
Transport Modes available: Sea, Rail and Road
Open Access or Private Terminal: Open Access
RAIL SERVICES TO / FROM ELLESMERE PORT DOCKS:
COAL TRAINS - Ellesmere Port Docks to Fiddlers Ferry Power Station (ceased
June 2015 along with the coastal shipping service from Hunterston to Ellesmere Port)
Imported coal is transhipped by coastal vessels from Hunterston Bulk Terminal deepwater
port (Clydeport) near Fairlie on the Firth of Clyde, where it is imported from overseas, to
Ellesmere Port for onward transfer by rail. The major sources overseas of this imported coal
are Australia, South Africa and South America. Coal trains operate regularly taking coal from
the Coal Terminal at Manisty Wharf in Ellesmere Port to Scottish & Southern Energy's
(http://sse.com/) Fiddlers Ferry Power Station. These trains are operated by Freightliner
Heavy Haul. This traffic is likely to diminish in the future, depending on Government
national energy policy, as coal fired power stations are decommissioned.
In June 2015 the last coastal shipping service taking coal from Hunterston Bulk Terminal on
the Clyde to Ellesmere Port was operated. Consequently rail freight from Ellesmere Port to
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station has now ceased. Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) anticipate
that Fiddlers Ferry power station will continue in operation until 2020 when it will close.
Peel Ports Group in their Port Master Plan have outlined various aspirations to reinstate or
create rail links to its current and proposed port terminals along the Manchester Ship Canal
such as Port Wirral (Eastham / Ellesmere Port Docks), Port Cheshire (Bridgewater Paper
Mills), Port Ince (Protos Energy Park), Port Runcorn, Port Warrington, Port Irlam (Irlam
Container Terminal) and Port Salford.
www.peelports.co.uk
www.peellogistics.co.uk
www.peelgroup.global
www.superport.co.uk
© Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)www.freightliner.co.uk Port Salford, Manchester Ship Canal: (M30 7RT) Terminal Owner / Operator: Peel Ports Group Transport Modes available: Sea, Rail and Road Open Access or Private Terminal: Open Access PORT SALFORD is a £138 million new port facility on the Manchester Ship Canal which is the UK's first tri-modal (served by road, rail and short-sea shipping) inland port facility and distribution park. The new terminal is located near key sites for distribution of goods such as Manchester and Trafford Park. The terminal has excellent transport connections to road, rail and water including berths on the Manchester Ship Canal and links to the Port of Liverpool and the new Liverpool 2 Container Terminal at Seaforth. Port Salford opened in 2016. The first two clients are General Mills UK & Ireland and Culina Group. 280 jobs will be created at the logistics centre, which is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2016. The anchor client is General Mills UK & Ireland – responsible for a range of market-leading brands, including Old El Paso, Green Giant, Betty Crocker and Nature Valley. The site will act as a central hub for General Mills’ ambient brands arriving by short sea freight from Europe. The company expects to save 600,000 road haulage miles each year whilst providing a “future proof” solution to market trends. The other client is Culina Group who offer co-packing and other value-enhancing services, including online visibility and systems integration along with full client support and 24/7/365 customer service functions. However, it will also provide further efficiencies to outbound journeys by consolidating loads from multiple manufacturers, meaning 9 out of 10 journeys from the site are full loads. The first phase of development has a total area of 50 hectares (150 acres). Further plans are in preparation for Phase 2, which will bring the total site to 101 hectares (250 acres), with 370,000 sq. m. (4 million sq. ft.) of development opportunities. On completion, the warehousing element of the Port Salford development will extend to 148,699 sq. m. (1,600,000 sq. ft.), enabling specialist goods handling and redistribution throughout the North West. Around 3,860 permanent jobs will be created as part of the scheme. The latest client is freight logistics giant Rhenus Logistics which has confirmed the beginning of construction work on its new headquarters and warehouse facility at Port Salford, Manchester. Expected to be fully operational by the end of Q4 2017, the development will create up to ten new jobs. With 13 sites located across the UK, Rhenus has enjoyed strong and sustainable growth, with the past year seeing a 10% increase in volumes. As a result of this, Rhenus is opting to relocate its headquarters from Trafford Park to Port Salford, which will see a 60,700 sq ft site built. The impressive facility will include 50,000 sq ft of logistics and warehousing space, 10,000 sq ft of offices, along with parking for 16 trailers. © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
Port Salford offers significant advantages to companies exporting to the UK, especially those
with goods arriving at the Port of Liverpool. An integrated supply chain, close to their end
destinations, will help them ship their cargo quicker and more directly to customers in the
UK’s commercial heartland of the UK
Peel Ports Group in their Port Master Plan have outlined various aspirations to reinstate or
create rail links to its current and proposed port terminals along the Manchester Ship Canal
such as Port Wirral (Eastham / Ellesmere Port Docks), Port Cheshire (Bridgewater Paper
Mills), Port Ince (Protos Energy Park), Port Runcorn, Port Warrington, Port Irlam (Irlam
Container Terminal) and Port Salford.
Peel Ports Group are committed to developing rail as part of a multi-modal logistics offer and
they are planning for significant growth in rail freight in and out of the Port of Liverpool and
Manchester Ship Canal.
http://www.peelports.co.uk
http://www.peellogistics.co.uk
http://www.peelgroup.global
http://www.generalmills.co.uk/
http://www.culina.co.uk/
www.superport.co.uk
Vauxhall car plant, Ellesmere Port: (CH65 1AL)
Terminal Owner / Operator: Vauxhall Motors
Transport Modes available: Road / Rail
Open Access or Private Terminal: Private
RAIL SERVICES TO / FROM VAUXHALL CAR PLANT:
AUTOMOTIVE TRAINS - Ellesmere Port to London EuroHub at Barking and
Germany via High Speed 1 and the Channel Tunnel
The Vauxhall Car Plant in Ellesmere Port originally opened in 1962 and employs over 2,200
people and since 1981 has produced the best selling Astra range including Astra vans. The
plant has been chosen to produce the new generation Astra and production will begin at the
Cheshire plant in 2015 and run until at least 2020. It is one of only four General Motors
plants around the world awarded the project. It is also being considered as a location for
construction of the new Ampera electric car. The Vauxhall Ampera will be the first tailpipe
emission-free, electrically driven vehicle in Europe to be suitable for everyday driving.
© Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)In June 2014, the Vauxhall car plant in Ellesmere Port celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the first car rolling off its production line back in 1964.The plant has also been responsible for many industry achievements. It was the first to equip all petrol-engined cars with catalytic converters and Vauxhall was the first vehicle manufacturer to offer cars for sale on the internet. Vauxhall Motors in the UK has been part of General Motors since 1925. General Motors have two car plants in the UK under the Vauxhall Motors brand, one is the Ellesmere Port car plant and the other is the Luton car plant which manufactures vans and commercial vehicles. The Luton car plant used to also make cars but ceased making cars in 2002 and now only makes vans and commercial vehicles. The UK's second best-selling car brand celebrated a significant milestone in September 2015 as Vauxhall's new generation Astra started to roll off the production line at the Ellesmere Port plant, 36 years after the original. Vauxhall's flagship model has always been one of Britain's most popular cars: more than 25% of British drivers have either owned or driven an Astra. Almost three million have been so since the car was first introduced in 1979. The production of the all-new Astra has secured 2,000 jobs at Ellesmere Port until at least 2020. At full capacity, the plant will build 40 cars per hour from 2016 which is 680 cars per day. That's 120,000 vehicles a year, but they could build 180,000 on three shifts. Over half the cars will be exported to 25 European markets. Vauxhall says 52% of its Astra output is destined for European export under its Opel badge, with the rest earmarked for its home market here in the UK under the Vauxhall badge. Having built over five million vehicles since 1964, the factory has been a significant contributor to the wider economy and the continued investment at the facility is set to boost UK manufacturing, utilities, construction, transportation and storage companies by at least £70 million. Ellesmere Port is the lead plant for the launch of the new Astra model; three other international sites are also building the car, in Gliwice, Poland, Shenyang, north of Shanghai in China, and in Lords Town, Ohio, in the USA. In China it is badged as a Chevrolet, in Continental Europe it is an Opel and in the US as a Chevrolet and a Buick. It is the same car, built on the same platform. The Vauxhall car plant is rail connected via the freight line into Ellesmere Port Docks. After many years not using rail, General Motors has returned to rail. On 15 Jan 2016 under a new contract, DB Cargo UK hauled their first automotive train for General Motors from Ellesmere Port down to the London EuroHub at Barking. DB Cargo UK’s London Eurohub in Barking is the only rail linked facility of its type, crucially connected to HS1 and the UK rail network. It has the ability to accommodate the unloading, storage, preparation and distribution of finished vehicles. The terminal is primarily for import and export, with an initial capability of handling up to 150,000 finished vehicles per year. After a pause at the London EuroHub at Barking the train then continues on to Germany via High Speed 1 and the Channel Tunnel. The service takes Vauxhall / Opel cars manufactured in Ellesmere Port into Germany and brings Vauxhall / Opel cars manufactured in GM Russelsheim car plant into the UK. New cars built at Vauxhall Motors car plant in Ellesmere Port are also distributed from Ellesmere Port by road to various seaports across the UK for export overseas globally as well as to local dealerships across the UK for sale. The Vauxhall Motors car plant at Ellesmere Port is vital to the automotive sector in the North West and is a very major employer. In March 2017 GM agreed a deal with PSA Peugeot Citroen to sell them the GM Europe operations including Vauxhall-Opel. This deal is expected to be completed by end of 2017. © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
www.vauxhall.co.uk
http://www.gm.com/
https://www.groupe-psa.com/en/
http://uk.dbcargo.com/
ENCIRC Rail Freight Terminal, Elton / Ince, Ellesmere Port: (CH2 4LF)
Terminal Owner / Operator: Encirc (formerly Quinn Glass)
Transport Modes available: Rail and Road
Open Access or Private Terminal: Open Access
RAIL SERVICES TO / FROM ENCIRC ELLESMERE PORT:
SAND TRAINS - Sibelco (Middleton Towers Quarry) Kings Lynn to ENCIRC
Ellesmere Port
Most silica sand in the UK is transported by lorry and bulk tanker vessels. The only silica
sand operation in the UK today with a dedicated rail link is Middleton Towers, Kings Lynn in
Norfolk. This quarry is operated by Sibelco UK Ltd and they have a number of sites across
the UK. From the Middleton Towers site in Kings Lynn, freight trains are used to transport
the sand to glass manufacturers in Northern England such as Encirc’s in Ellesmere Port.
Sibelco UK Ltd (http://www.sibelco.co.uk/) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sibelco Group
(http://www.sibelco.com/), a privately owned Belgian group with silica sand interests
worldwide.
Freight trains operate regularly taking sand for glass making from Sibelco UK Ltd’s
Middleton Towers quarry in Kings Lynn in Norfolk to Encirc (formerly known as Quinn
Glass) in Ellesmere Port. Quinn Glass was rebranded as Encirc in 2014. Encirc is a subsidiary
of the Spanish group Vidrala. These freight trains are operated by Freightliner Heavy Haul.
There may also be opportunities in the future for transporting additional raw materials
deliveries (40,000 tonnes Limestone) as well as bulk consumer liquids imported from abroad
to Encirc for their filling hall. There may also be future opportunities for transport of finished
glass products by rail on container trains if loading gauge issues on the line to Ellesmere Port
can be resolved as the line is only W7 loading gauge currently. It has 600 people employed.
http://www.encirc360.com/
www.freightliner.co.uk
Stanlow Refinery Petrochemicals Complex: (CH65 4HB)
Terminal Owner / Operator: Essar Energy
Transport Modes available: Sea, Pipeline and Road
© Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)Open Access or Private Terminal: Private The Mersey Ports have a strategic importance in petrochemicals dominated by the oil industry, through the Tranmere Oil Terminal connected by pipeline with the refinery at Stanlow and the Eastham Refinery via The Manchester Ship Canal. The Liverpool City Region also has a strategic national importance in the petrochemicals industry with major assets such as Stanlow, Eastham and Runcorn located in the area involving major companies including Essar Energy, Nustar, Nynas, Shell and INEOS. The Stanlow Refinery is one of around 8 refineries in the UK and is the second largest after Fawley. It employs 960 people. Its origins date back to 1924 when a small bitumen plant was set up there. The Stanlow Manufacturing Complex lies on the south side of the Mersey Estuary and plays a key part in the national economy by supplying over 15% of the UK's transport fuels. This equates to an annual production of over 2 billion litres of jet fuel, 3 billion litres of petrol and 3.5 billion litres of diesel. They process over 11 million tonnes of crude oil each year, making them the second biggest refinery in the country. The Stanlow Manufacturing Complex is an integrated oil refining and chemicals plant. Crude oil refining is carried out at the refinery's southern site. Distribution of end products is carried out at the northern site. Refined fuels from Stanlow are distributed across the UK, mainly by road and pipeline but also by waterway. Of the total production about 30% is distributed via road and 40% is distributed through the UK Oil Pipeline (UKOP) which is managed by the British Pipeline Agency (http://www.bpa.co.uk). The remaining product (30%) is distributed via the Manchester Ship Canal with ships berthing adjacent the Stanlow site at the Stanlow Oil Docks No 1 & 2. The UKOP was opened in 1969 and stretches from the Mersey down to the Thames Estuary via oil terminals at Buncefield and Kingsbury with spurs to oil terminals in Northampton and Uttoxeter. The pipeline also links to London Heathrow Airport and London Gatwick Airport. (See this link for a map of the UKOP pipeline network: http://www.linewatch.co.uk/map- PDF/map-BPA.pdf). At Buncefield and Kingsbury there are further connections with the wider pipeline network in the UK. At the Thames Estuary end of the UKOP originally there were the Shell Haven and Coryton Refineries (now since closed) which also supplied refined fuel into the system along with Stanlow. The Shell Haven Refinery closed in 1999 and now is the site of the DP World London Gateway container port which opened in 2013. The Coryton Refinery closed in 2012 and was sold to the Vopak, Shell and Greenenergy consortium and they have converted the site into a state of the art oil import and distribution terminal which is now called the Thames Oil Port (http://vopak.co.uk/pages/thames-oilport) as part of Thames Enterprise Park (http://www.thamesenterprisepark.co.uk/). Another part of the former Coryton Refinery site will be developed by the British Airways- Solena Fuels partnership (http://www.solenafuels.com/) will build the GreenSky London facility. This facility, which will convert landfill waste into jet fuel, will open in 2017. GreenSky London will convert approximately 575,000 tonnes of post-recycled waste, normally destined for landfill or incineration, into 120,000 tonnes of clean burning liquid fuels. British Airways has made an 11-year commitment to purchase all 50,000 tonnes of jet fuel produced by the facility each year at market competitive rates. © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
Thus Stanlow Refinery has pipelines linking it to the Tranmere Oil Terminal and Eastham Oil Terminal on the River Mersey and the Amlwch Marine Terminal on Anglesey. Additionally it also has pipeline networks to distribute refined fuels to Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Manchester Airport as well as the UKOP supply pipeline as far as the Thames. In addition to the oil pipelines there are also other pipelines serving the site. It is connected to the North-Western Ethylene Pipeline (NWEP) which is operated by Essar to petrochemical facilities in Runcorn, Carrington in Greater Manchester (former Shell chemical works site which closed in 2007) and Grangemouth Refinery in Scotland. (See this link for a map of the Essar pipeline network http://www.linewatch.co.uk/map-PDF/map-Essar.pdf). In turn the petrochemical facilities in Runcorn are also connected by the SABIC pipeline to those at Wilton in Teeside (see this link for a map of the SABIC pipeline network http://www.linewatch.co.uk/map-PDF/map-Sabic.pdf). Hydrodec Group and Essar Oil UK have plans to collaborate on a European oil re-refining centre at Stanlow in Cheshire which will result in an expansion of the Stanlow Refinery site. Two re-refining operations are set to be established with a potential combined capacity of up to 130 million litres per year and revenue of $150m. Hydrodec intends to establish a transformer oil re-refining business which is capable of processing around 27 million litres of new, branded SUPERFINETM transformer oil from used transformer oil. Hydrodec is set to establish the lubricant oil pilot plant for the new general used-oil technology in the Stanlow area in the first half of 2014. The company then intends to create a lubricant oil re-refining business at Stanlow in partnership with Essar Oil which is capable of processing up to 100 million litres of used lubricant oil into high grade Group II+ and Group III base oil for sale into the UK and continental Europe by 2016. Hydrodec’s technology is a proven, highly efficient, oil re-refining and chemical process initially targeted at the multi-billion US$ market for transformer oil used by the world’s electricity industry. Spent oil is currently processed at two commercial plants with distinct competitive advantage delivered through very high recoveries (near 100%), producing ‘as new’ high quality oils at competitive cost and without environmentally harmful emissions. The process also completely eliminates PCBs, a toxic additive banned under international regulations. Hydrodec also propose to establish their European Headquarters and build a used oil re-refining plant at Eastham Locks on land adjacent to the QE2 Dock and the Nustar Terminal. The development will re- introduce the production of base oil to the Wirral (an activity previously undertaken at the Stanlow Refinery). In 2011 the Stanlow complex was acquired from Shell by Essar Energy. Essar Energy are part of India's Essar Group. Today, Stanlow and the River Mersey remain a major hub of strategic importance for the UK petrochemicals industry and they continue to play a vital role in the UK's oil refining and distribution network. www.peelports.co.uk www.peelgroup.global www.essarenergy.com www.essar.com http://www.hydrodec.com/ © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
www.superport.co.uk Omega Warrington (no postcode): Terminal Owner / Operator: Omega Warrington Ltd Transport Modes available: Road Open Access or Private Terminal: Open Access Omega, comprising 226 hectares straddling the M62 Motorway in Warrington is a major new industrial and business park. The site comprises a large part of the former RAF / US Air Force Burtonwood Air Base. Burtonwood airfield opened in 1940 and was used by the RAF until 1942. It then transferred to the United States Army Air Forces until 1946. Burtonwood was the largest airfield in Europe during the Second World War with the most USAAF personnel and aircraft maintenance facilities. The roar of the engines in the test beds could be heard for miles around, especially at night. By the end of the war 18,000 servicemen were stationed at Burtonwood. The base returned to the RAF in 1946 but use by the US Air Force continued until 1965. After many decades of decline the site finally closed in 1994 after being declared surplus to military requirements. The former air base is now being regenerated as a major industrial and business park as well as for housing. A new junction on the M62 (junction 8) was built in anticipation of the development. The whole site will provide 650,000 sq m of offices, manufacturing and distribution space along with ancillary leisure/retail facilities, hotel and conference facilities. Around 24,000 jobs are likely to be created over the lifetime of the scheme to make one of Europe's largest business parks. The site is being developed in two phases Omega North and Omega South. Omega North extends to 52 hectares (129 acres) and Omega South extends to 181 hectares (446 acres). Omega North is almost complete with businesses now operational. In 2014, the focus will switch to Omega South and the new Masterplan which will deliver a mix of more business space and new homes plus retail and leisure opportunities. Omega is being delivered by Omega Warrington Ltd (OWL), a joint venture between Miller Developments and KUC Properties Ltd (part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Real Estate Asset Management), in partnership with landowner the Homes and Communities Agency and supported by Warrington Borough Council and the Cheshire and Warrington LEP. http://omegaopportunity.com/ Port of Mostyn (CH8 9HE): Terminal Owner / Operator: Port of Mostyn Transport Modes available: Sea, Rail and Road © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
Open Access or Private Terminal: Open Access The Port of Mostyn Ltd is a privately owned and operated port located in Flintshire in North Wales in the outer estuary of the River Dee. The Port of Mostyn has modern facilities and is centrally located in the Irish Sea. These factors allow Mostyn to offer versatile services to its clients varying from Ro Ro operations to handling heavy-lift specialist cargoes and also, wind turbine assembly facilities. The Port of Mostyn is a key construction and service base for the offshore renewable energy sector in the Irish Sea. In recent years the Port has developed its infrastructure to provide a base for offshore windfarm construction and support services in the Irish Sea. Because of its initial success as an Operations & Maintenance (O & M) base for the North Hoyle and Rhyl Flats windfarms, RWE Innogy UK have chosen the Port of Mostyn as its construction and maintenance base for their Gwynt y Mor windfarm. The £1.76 bln investment in the Gwynt- y-Mor wind farm project is forecast to create over 150 jobs during construction and over 100 long-term skilled engineering O & M jobs for the 25 year operational life of the project. Offshore renewable energy clients which have used the Port of Mostyn include wind farm developers (such as RWE Innogy UK, E.ON UK and Dong Energy), major contractors and turbine manufacturers (such as Siemens Energy - Wind Power and Vestas Wind Systems) and lastly major construction contractors (such as Van Oord Offshore Wind Projects and MT Hojgaard). Additionally, the Port is also home to the Airbus A380 wing transfer facility. The Airbus UK factory in Broughton is located some 15 miles upstream from Mostyn on the River Dee. The A380 wings are transported by road from the Airbus UK factory in Broughton and then by river barge along the River Dee to the Port of Mostyn, where they are loaded onto a custom- built roll-on, roll-off ferry "Ville de Bordeaux" for the trip to Pauillac in Bordeaux. The "Ville de Bordeaux" (built in 2004) is one of a fleet of three roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ships leased to Airbus; the others being the "City of Hamburg" delivered in 2008 and the "Ciudad de Cadiz" delivered in 2009. Collectively they operate a ferry service between Hamburg, Mostyn, St Nazaire and Cadiz to Bordeaux transporting A380 aircraft parts between the Airbus factories in Germany, UK, France and Spain to Bordeaux. From Bordeaux the aircraft sections are taken by river barge up the River Garonne from Pauillac (Bordeaux) to Langon and then onwards by road to the Airbus assembly plant at Toulouse, France. The Port of Mostyn has its own rail sidings within the port estate, although there are no freight trains serving the port at the moment. These freight sidings are currently disused having been taken out of service in 2008. It has good road access via A548 and good rail access onto the North Wales Coast Line so is ideally located for multimodal freight logistics. http://www.portofmostyn.co.uk/ http://www.rwe.com/web/cms/en/86134/rwe-innogy/ http://www.eon-uk.com/ http://www.dongenergy.co.uk © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
http://www.energy.siemens.com/hq/en/renewable-energy/wind-power/ http://www.vestas.com/ http://www.airbus.com/ Wrexham Industrial Estate (LL13 9UT): Terminal Owner / Operator: Wrexham Industrial Estate Transport Modes available: Road Open Access or Private Terminal: Open Access Wrexham Industrial Estate is an industrial estate in North Wales, situated in Wrexham on the eastern outskirts of the town. It covers approximately 550 hectares (1,359 acres) and in geographical terms is the largest in Wales, and second in the UK after Trafford Park Industrial Estate in Manchester, and one of the largest industrial estates in Europe. There are around 300 businesses, providing employment for approximately 7000 people. The estate will be the location of a new £250 million super prison that is due to open in 2017. The site has its origins as a munitions factory during the Second World War when it was a Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF Wrexham) which employed 13,000 workers. The site was chosen for its distance from German bomber bases in Europe while having good rail networks and a rural location that provided a good supply of labour. The munitions factory closed in 1945. Today the industrial estate is home to a number of large manufacturing facilities and other businesses including Kellogg’s, Calypso Soft Drinks and JCB. The Kellogg’s factory (LL13 9UT) produces the more 'health-oriented' of their range of cereals - All-Bran, Bran Flakes, Special K, Optiva. The rest of Kellogg's produce in the UK is made at their factory on the Trafford Park Industrial Estate in Greater Manchester. Calypso Soft Drinks (LL13 9QA) moved to their purpose built plant in Wrexham, North Wales in 1998 and produce 500 million soft drinks and freeze drink products every year. The Calypso family of brands account for over 70% of the business, plus a strong licensed portfolio such as Disney, Scooby Doo and The Simpsons. JCB has its headquarters in Rocester, Staffordshire and is a major manufacturer of equipment for construction, demolition and agriculture. It is the world's third-largest construction equipment manufacturer. It produces over 300 types of machines, including diggers (backhoes), excavators, tractors and diesel engines. JCB have several manufacturing plants across the UK. As well as its headquarters, Rocester in Staffordshire is also home to their factory that produces backhoe loaders and telescopic 'Loadall' handlers. There are a further three factories in nearby Cheadle, Staffordshire (JCB Earthmovers, JCB Landpower and JCB Compact Products), three in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire (JCB Cab Systems, JCB Attachments and JCB Heavy Products), one in Foston in Derbyshire (JCB Power Systems) and one in Wrexham in North Wales (JCB Drivetrain Systems) (LL13 9UF). In July 2013 the company opened a dedicated JCB Logistics Hub in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Staffordshire. This facility is the central hub for component distribution to production facilities. They also have the JCB © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
World Parts Centre in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire which distributes spare parts to dealers and customers. In September 2013 it was announced by the Ministry of Justice that a new £250 million Super Prison will be built on the former Firestone site on the Wrexham Industrial Estate. The new HMP Berwyn is due to open in 2017 and will be capable of handling 2000 prisoners. http://www.wrexhamindustrialestate.co.uk/ http://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/home.html http://www.calypso.co.uk/ http://www.jcb.com https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice Deeside Industrial Park (CH5 2NU): Deeside Enterprise Zone is in Flintshire, North Wales, one of the most modern, high skills driven manufacturing areas in the UK. The ambition is to secure and continue the process of transformation to make Deeside acknowledged as a centre for advanced manufacturing and technology on a world scale. This will be an area where recognised excellence is anchored in the fields of aerospace, automotive and process engineering, electronics, pharmaceuticals, construction, food, paper and packaging and sustainable energy. The Enterprise Zone is already the preferred location for many of the UK's top companies such as Airbus, Tata Steel, Toyota and UPM. Advanced manufacturing is in the area’s DNA with cutting edge knowledge of new materials linked to innovation and research already taking place, and plans to develop an Advanced Manufacturing Centre and Park. Deeside Industrial Park is also home to Deeside Power Station which is a 498 MWe combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station (http://www.deesidepower.com/). Deeside Power Station receives the majority of its gas from Britain’s gas transmission network, the National Transmission System (NTS), which is the high pressure gas network which transports gas from the entry terminals to gas distribution networks, or directly to power stations and other large industrial users. This transmission network is owned and operated by National Grid Gas plc (www.nationalgrid.com). The power station is owned and operated by International Power which is a subsidiary of GDF Suez (http://www.gdfsuez-ukeurope.com/). Nearby there is the Connah's Quay Power Station which is a 1,420 MWe combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station owned and operated by E.ON UK (http://eon-uk.com/). Connah's Quay Power Station receives the majority of its gas from the Irish Sea oil and gas installations including the Douglas Complex. The Douglas Complex (serving Douglas gas field, Hamilton gas field and Lennox gas field) is a 54-metre (177 ft) high system of three linked platforms in the Irish Sea, 24 kilometres off the North Wales coast. The Douglas oil field was discovered in 1990, and production commenced in 1996. Now operated by Eni (www.eni.com), the complex consists of the wellhead platform, which drills into the seabed, a processing platform, which separates oil, gas and water, and thirdly an accommodation platform, which is composed of living quarters © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
for the crew. The Douglas Complex is also the control hub for other platforms in the area,
and provides power for all platforms. It also offers recreational, catering and medical
facilities for up to 80 personnel. Oil from the Lennox, Hamilton, and Hamilton North
unmanned satellite platforms is received and blended at the complex.
Gas is sent through a pipeline 33.5-kilometre (20.8 mi) long to a processing plant at Point of
Ayr, in Flintshire, North Wales. After processing, almost the entire output is sold to E.ON to
fire the combined cycle gas turbine power station at Connah's Quay, on Deeside, in
Flintshire. Oil produced in Liverpool Bay is sent through another pipeline, 17 km long, to the
Offshore Storage Installation, a permanently anchored barge which acts as a floating oil
terminal, capable of holding 870 thousand barrels of oil. From the floating terminal oil is
transferred to tankers approximately once every month for shipping to refineries around the
world.
Finally as part of the North Wales Residual Waste Treatment project
(http://www.nwrwtp.org/) there is a proposal for the Parc Adfer "Energy from Waste" (EfW)
power station to be built at Deeside Industrial Park. The project is currently working through
the final stages of the procurement process to select a preferred bidder to deliver this waste
solution. One bidder remains, Wheelabrator Technologies
(http://www.wheelabratortechnologies.co.uk/) who if commissioned will develop the Parc
Adfer "Energy from Waste" (EfW) power station on Deeside.
http://business.wales.gov.uk/enterprisezones/enterprise-zone-locations/Deeside
Dee Marsh Rail Terminal / Penyffordd Cement Sidings, Shotton:
(no postcode)
Terminal Owner / Operator: Tata Steel UK
Transport Modes available: Rail and Road
Open Access or Private Terminal: Open Access
RAIL SERVICES TO / FROM DEE MARSH RAIL TERMINAL (SHOTTON):
STEEL TRAINS - Margham (Port Talbot) and Llanwern in South Wales to Dee Marsh Rail
Terminal (Shotton)
PAPER TRAINS - Dee Marsh Rail Terminal (Shotton) to Russell Group (Barking Freight
Terminal) London
COAL TRAINS - New Cumnock Colliery (Ayrshire) to Penyffordd Cement Sidings (Shotton)
Steel trains operate from Margam (Port Talbot) and Llanwern in South Wales, serving Tata
Steel UK’s South Wales steelworks (Port Talbot and Llanwern), to Dee Marsh Rail Terminal
for Tata Steel UK’s Shotton Steelworks on a weekly basis. These trains carry cold reduced
steel coil (semi finished product) from Port Talbot and Llanwern steel works for further
processing at Shotton Steel Works. These trains are operated by DB Cargo UK and are routed
usually via the Welsh Marches Line. Tata Steel UK also has tonnage to several destinations
© Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)that currently goes by road that could be converted to rail if there was a viable service and a suitable terminal. In 2009 a rail freight flow started transporting paper from UPM Paper Milling at Shotton to Russell Group's Barking Freight Terminal near London. This freight train is operated by DB Cargo UK. The Penyffordd Cement Sidings in Shotton, which serve the Padeswood cement works owned by Hanson UK (part of the Heidelberg Cement Group), has occasional, usually weekly, trains of coal from New Cumnock colliery in Ayrshire, Scotland. These freight trains are operated by DB Cargo UK. www.tatasteeleurope.com www.upm.com www.hanson.co.uk http://uk.dbcargo.com/ Tata Steel UK, Shotton (CH5 2NH) Terminal Owner / Operator: Tata Steel UK Transport Modes available: Rail and Road Open Access or Private Terminal: Open Access The Shotton Site in Deeside is one of the largest of its type in Europe, and is the largest in Tata Steel’s Building Envelope business that comprises 20 sites in 10 countries. Shotton is also the headquarters of this highly international market leading concern. Once a steelmaking site with a proud heritage dating back to 1896, the site now specialises in the manufacture of galvanised and pre-painted steel products that are used to make roof and wall components for a variety of building types. Over 50% of the products manufactured are exported to Western Europe, Central and Eastern Europe and selected global markets. The business works with all areas of the supply chain to enable high performance high aesthetics buildings to be delivered, and its premium products are the most specified in the world with industry leading guarantees of up to 40 years. Also on the site are a range of building components businesses that have either been re- located here or started up here as new ventures, a particularly good example of the latter being the Colorcoat Urban® residential roofing business that was started in early 2009. Some years ago Tata Steel Europe embarked on a strategy to innovate in sustainable building solutions, based on its already strong credentials in this area. The strategy is to functionalise the whole building envelope by making smart coated products and smart roof and wall components that can capture, store and release renewable energy. In short to create buildings that are power stations. To spearhead the delivery of this strategy Tata Steel has established three renewable energy based development centres with partners, two of which are on the Shotton site and one of which is in South Wales. © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
The PV Accelerator Centre was established in Shotton in 2008 to develop new photovoltaic products on steel that would work particularly well in Northern European markets such as the UK. Having achieved all of its objectives from the first 3-years of the project, which was sponsored by a £5m grant from the Welsh Government, the project is now in the pre- industrialisation phase and the facilities and resources are being expanded. In 2011, the Sustainable Building Envelope Centre (SBEC) was established in partnership with the Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) and the Welsh Government. Its aim is to design, model, prototype and test a range of roof and wall components that will work on all building types and which will be suitable for retrofit and refurbishment projects as well as for new buildings. The two enabling technologies in SBEC are photovoltaics and solarthermal, and two first generation systems have already been launched on the market. Tata Steel UK is also working with partners to develop energy from waste activities on the Shotton site, which will take residential and commercial wastes and turn them into solid derived fuels that can be combusted and provide renewable electricity for the site. The Tata Steel UK site at Shotton has access to the Dee Marsh Rail Terminal as required (see above). Tata Steel UK is part of India's world renowned Tata Group. In April 2016 Tata Group put Tata Steel’s assets in the UK up for sale so their future is somewhat doubtful. www.tatasteeleurope.com www.tata.com UPM Shotton (CH5 2LL) Terminal Owner / Operator: UPM Paper Milling Transport Modes available: Rail and Road Open Access or Private Terminal: Open Access The UPM Shotton mill was developed on part of the former British Steel works in 1983. Starting up in 1985, the mill became one of the largest most efficient newsprint production facilities in the UK. UPM Shotton was one of the first large manufacturing companies to be situated on Deeside following the closure of much of the Shotton steel works. The mill was the first foreign investment of the Finnish paper manufacturer UPM. Today, the mill has made major step changes which have delivered significant change and benefits to operations. Converting to 100% recycled fibre production in 2003, the mill also started up a highly efficient combined heat power plant in 2006 delivering a substantial 75,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions reduction. In total since start up the mill has reduced its CO2 emissions by 600,000 tonnes per annum since start up. UPM Shotton has now developed from manufacture of a single product to being a key part of the UPM Biofore strategy – the bringing together of the bio and forest-based industries. The latest investment into the site, £17m, has created a state-of-the-art materials recovery and © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
recycling facility. Built to BREEAM highest standards, the facility will recover, sort and process up to 270,000 tonnes of comingled material each year. Engineered by UPM to achieve the highest efficiency, the facility already has a recovery rate of 99.5 per cent: the highest in the UK. The UPM Paper Milling site at Shotton has access to the Dee Marsh Rail Terminal as required (see above). www.upm.com Toyota Engine Plant, Deeside (CH5 2TW) Terminal Owner / Operator: Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd Transport Modes available: Road Open Access or Private Terminal: Private Toyota is a major global car manufacturer based in Japan. Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK Ltd is the UK car manufacturing operation of Toyota and was established in December 1989. They have two manufacturing facilities in the UK. The first is a car plant at Burnaston in Derbyshire. The processes at Burnaston include stamping (pressing panels from rolls of steel), welding, painting, plastic mouldings (bumpers and instrument panels/dashboards) and assembly. The first car off the production line was a Carina on 16 December 1992. Since then production has included Avensis, Corolla and Auris models. Production of the Auris Hybrid, the first full mass-produced hybrid in Europe, began in 2010. The second is an engine manufacturing plant located on Deeside in North Wales. The processes at Deeside include machining, assembly and aluminium casting. In 2007, Toyota announced a £100 million investment in its Deeside factory to build a petrol engine for the Auris. This engine also has a hybrid version and is used as part of a Hybrid Synergy Drive system. In 2013, a total of 203,310 engines were produced for the Burnaston Auris & Auris Hybrid vehicles and exported to other Toyota plants around the world. The Deeside engine plant currently exports engines and machine components to Toyota car plants in South Africa, Turkey, Brazil and Japan and it was the first overseas plant to produce Toyota's class leading hybrid engines. The plant has now gone on to become Toyota’s first Centre of Excellence for Manufacturing outside Japan. http://www.toyotauk.com/deeside.html © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA),
MOD Sealand, Deeside (CH5 2LS)
Defence Electronics & Components Agency
Terminal Owner / Operator:
(DECA)
Transport Modes available: Road
Open Access or Private
Private
Terminal:
DECA was formed an executive agency owned by the Ministry of Defence in April 2015.
DECA is a world leading electronic and components business and a key agency supporting
the MOD. As an in-house capability for the Ministry of Defence, DECA specialises in
electronic and component maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade. They already support
Tornado, Chinook and tri-service calibration equipment. It aims to deliver best value for
money services that sustain the Armed Forces at home and during deployment. DECA’s
headquarters and main operational centre at MOD Sealand in North Wales supports around
400 jobs with thousands more in the wider supply chain. In addition, DECA is the MOD’s
hub for all tri-service calibration and repair activity, as well as offering medical and dental
services, cryptographic support and general engineering activities from their satellite site at
Stafford and deployed locations around the UK.
In November 2016 it was announced that the UK has been chosen by the F-35 Program
Office to be a global repair hub providing maintenance, repair, overhaul and upgrade services
for F-35 avionic and aircraft components. Over the lifetime of the programme, components
for hundreds of European-based F-35 aircraft will be serviced and maintained at MOD
Sealand in North Wales. The winning UK solution will be based on an innovative partnership
enterprise between Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA), BAE Systems and
Northrop Grumman, supported by key F-35 Original Equipment Manufacturers. The work
will be centred at the UK Government-owned, Defence Electronics & Components Agency
(DECA), based at MOD Sealand, on Deeside in North East Wales. The new global avionic
and aircraft component repair service is expected to be operational from early 2018.
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/defence-electronics-and-components-agency
Airbus, Broughton (CH4 0DR)
Terminal Owner / Operator: Airbus UK
Transport Modes available: Air, Sea and Road
Open Access or Private Terminal: Private
Airbus is the world’s leading commercial aircraft manufacturer whose customer focus,
commercial know-how, technological leadership and manufacturing efficiency have
© Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)propelled it to the forefront of the industry. Airbus is the leading global manufacturer of the most innovative commercial aircraft. Its product line comprises aircraft that range in size from the roughly 100-seat single-aisle A318 to the over 500-seat A380 widebody aircraft. Today, Airbus consistently captures about half of all commercial airliner orders. Airbus is headquartered in Toulouse in France and is a subsidiary of Airbus Group (formerly known as EADS). EADS, parent company of Airbus, was rebranded as the Airbus Group in 2014 and is a European industrial flagship which unites the capabilities of three market leaders: Airbus, Airbus Defence and Space and Airbus Helicopters. The Airbus Group is a global pioneer in aeronautics, space and defence related services, creating cutting-edge technology. Combining European heritage with global outreach, the diversity of our talent and technology drives innovation, integration and internationalisation. It has a growing footprint globally. But as the largest aerospace and defence company in Europe, the Airbus Group is proud of its European roots and achievements. It makes a vital and growing contribution to the economies of its home countries (France, Germany, Spain and the UK) and helps to preserve European competitiveness in the world market. Airbus has a strong presence in the UK. Through its two sites in Broughton, North Wales and Filton near Bristol, Airbus UK is a world leader in wing design, engineering and manufacturing and is a key centre for the testing and integration of fuel systems and landing gear. The Airbus Broughton site was originally founded in 1939 during the Second World War as a Shadow Factory for Vickers-Armstrong Limited. The factory produced 5,540 Vickers Wellingtons and 235 Avro Lancasters. Post-war the factory was used by Vickers to build 28,000 aluminium prefab bungalows. After the War, the De Havilland Aircraft Company took over the factory and it was used to produce various aircraft, including the Havilland Mosquito and the Comet. The De Havilland Aircraft Company became part of Hawker Siddeley Aviation in the 1960s and the production of the Hawker Siddeley HS125 business jet, designed by de Havilland as the DH.125, became the main aircraft type produced by the factory for nearly forty years. Hawker Siddeley Aviation merged with the British Aircraft Corporation in 1977 to became British Aerospace. British Aerospace later became BAE Systems in 1999. When Airbus was incorporated as a joint stock company in 2001 BAE Systems transferred its UK Airbus facilities in return for a 20% share of the new company. Thus the Filton and Broughton sites became part of Airbus UK which is a subsidiary of Airbus Group. Today the Broughton plant is responsible for assembling the wings for all Airbus civil aircraft, including the new A350 XWB and the A380 Super Jumbo. Producing over 1,000 wings a year, the site employs more than 6,000 people – primarily in manufacturing, but also in engineering and support functions such as procurement and finance. The International Centre of Excellence in wing technology is also located at the Airbus Broughton site. In 2003 Airbus opened a £350 million new aerospace factory at Broughton. The 83,500 square metre (over 900,000 square feet) facility, reckoned to be the largest factory built in the UK in recent years, has been constructed alongside the existing Airbus factory in Broughton, © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
North Wales. Known as the 'West Factory,' it has been built to house wing assembly for the double-deck, 555 seater A380 airliner as well as other aircraft manufacturing activity. In 2011 Airbus located its first fully composite wing manufacturing facility at Broughton. This new state-of-the-art facility for wing assembly of the new A350 XWB (Extra Wide Bodied) aircraft. The wings of the A350 XWB are made primarily from cutting edge composite materials. This transfer to composites technologies has been supported by the innovative research and training being undertaken at Airbus’ Advanced Composites Training and Development Centre, opened in 2010 in conjunction with Deeside College and Glyndwr University at Hawarden Aerospace Park. The Airbus site at Broughton is also home to Chester Hawarden Airport. After assembly at Broughton, the aircraft wings are transported by A300-600ST (Super Transporter) Beluga freight aircraft to Toulouse in France. The Beluga was developed to carry complete sections of Airbus aircraft from different production sites in the four countries (Germany, UK, France and Spain) around Europe to the final assembly lines in Toulouse or Hamburg. The five-aircraft fleet of Belugas is operated by Airbus Transport International (ATI). This system is used for the production of most aircraft in the Airbus range. However, because the Airbus A380 Super Jumbo is so huge a dedicated logistics system had to be introduced linking the Airbus factories across the four countries to the Toulouse Airbus Factory. So in the case of the A380 these wings are transported by road and then by river barge along the River Dee to the Port of Mostyn, where they are loaded onto a custom-built roll-on, roll-off ferry "Ville de Bordeaux" for the trip to Pauillac in Bordeaux. The "Ville de Bordeaux" (built in 2004) is one of a fleet of three roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ships leased to Airbus; the others being the "City of Hamburg" delivered in 2008 and the "Ciudad de Cadiz" delivered in 2009. These three vessels (Ciudad de Cadiz, City of Hamburg and Ville de Bordeaux) operate a ro-ro ferry service for Airbus linking its A380 factories in the UK, Spain, Germany and France. They are fundamental to the A380 logistics process. There are three routes: Central Route (Bordeaux - Pasajes - Portbury - Mostyn - St Nazaire - Bordeaux): Ciudad de Cadiz usually operates the Central route every two weeks, collecting wings from Mostyn and taking them to Bordeaux. This also includes a call at Pasajes in Spain to pick up Vauxhall cars for Portbury during Bordeaux to Mostyn sailings. At Portbury the cars are dropped off and wings for the A400M military plane, manufactured at Filton in Bristol, are picked up. It then calls at Mostyn to pick up the A380 wings and finally sails to Bordeaux to unload the A380 wings, and to St Nazaire where the A400M wings are unloaded. From time to time the A400M wings are taken directly to Seville 55 miles inland on the River Guadalquivir. Northern Route (Bordeaux - Pasajes - Hamburg - St Nazaire - Bordeaux): City of Hamburg usually operates the Northern route, taking the central and rear fuselages from Hamburg to Bordeaux via St Nazaire where the cockpit is added. This route also calls at Pasajes on the way from Bordeaux to Hamburg to collect Opel cars built in Zaragoza. © Written by Merseytravel (March 2017)
Southern Route (Bordeaux - Tanger Med - Cadiz - La Goulette - Bordeaux):
Lastly the Ville de Bordeaux is usually operating the Southern route from Cadiz to Bordeaux
transporting the tail plane and undercarriage. This route also includes a call at La Goulette in
Tunisia to collect components manufactured by Aerolia in Tunis. The route is also available
for freight and is marketed as "The Milk Run". The route also calls at Tanger Med to collect
cars built at Renault's Melloussa car plant near Tangier and taken to Tunis and France.
In between these sailings the three vessels are also available for regular charters. So
collectively these three routes comprise Airbus's own Motorway of the Sea network.
The A380 components are built at various Airbus plants across Europe.
The rear and forward fuselage are built at Finkenwerder in Hamburg. There is a ro-ro
berth on the River Elbe.
The wings are built at Broughton. These parts are taken by river barge Afon
Dyfredwy operated by Holyhead Towing along the River Dee for 28 km to Mostyn.
The cockpit and nose sections are joined to the Hamburg built fuselage at St Nazaire.
The tail plane and undercarriage are built in Puerto Real in Spain and taken by road to
Cadiz.
Each component is ultimately transported by ro-ro ship to Pauillac near Bordeaux and
transferred to river barges Breuil or Brion for the move 95 km along the River Garonne to
Langon. From there the components are taken by road the last 240 km to Toulouse for final
assembly of the A380. Once in France, the wings from Broughton are joined with the rest of
the A380 aircraft on the final assembly lines at the Toulouse Airbus Factory.
Once the aircraft is completed and test flights undertaken, the finished aircraft is then
delivered from one of Airbus’ two delivery centres: Hamburg (for European and Middle-East
customers) or Toulouse (for Africa, Asia and the Americas customers).
http://www.airbus.com/
http://www.airbus-group.com/
http://www.chesterairport.co.uk/
http://www.portofmostyn.co.uk/
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