Seaforth Dock
| Seaforth Dock | |
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Aerial view of Seaforth Dock
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| Location | Seaforth, Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 53°27′33″N 3°01′30″W / 53.4592°N 3.0250°WCoordinates: 53°27′33″N 3°01′30″W / 53.4592°N 3.0250°W |
| OS grid | SJ319963 |
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| Owner | The Peel Group |
| Operator | Mersey Docks and Harbour Company |
| Opened | 1971 |
| Type | Wet dock |
| Purpose | Cargo transfer |
| Joins | Gladstone Dock |
| Entries | 1 |
| Gates | 1 pair |
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| Width at entrance | 130 ft (40 m) |
| Minimum depth | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Quay length | 10,000 ft (3,000 m) |
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Seaforth Dock (also known as the Royal Seaforth Dock) is a purpose-built dock and container terminal, on the River Mersey, England, at Seaforth, to the north of Liverpool. As part of the Port of Liverpool and Liverpool Freeport, it is operated by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company. Situated at the northern end of the dock system, it is connected to Gladstone Dock to the south, which via its lock entrance provides maritime access to Seaforth Dock from the river.
Despite planning permission having been obtained almost sixty years previously, work commenced during the 1960s on Liverpool's largest dock facility. The dock was the largest built in the United Kingdom for some time, with 10,000 ft (3,000 m) of quay and a depth of 50 ft (15 m) and world's largest lock gates.
Opened in 1971, the site consists of about 500 acres (2.0 km2), of which 85 acres (34 ha) is water, and deals mainly in containers, oils, timber, fruit and vegetables, grain and animal feed. The dock became a free port in 1984.
A fruit and vegetable terminal opened at the dock in 2008. The terminal primarily received produce from Spain. However, this facility closed in 2013.
In 1999, Peel Energy installed six Vestas V44-600 kW wind turbines along the river wall for a total nameplate capacity of 3.6MW.
Approximately 70% of North West England's freight passes through Liverpool. Seaforth container terminal is the prime container terminal for North America. Seaforth Dock is served by one rail line, the Canada Dock branch line. The Olive Mount rail chord at Edge Hill junction was re-opened early 2009 to increase the throughput of the service to Seaforth Dock by approximately 100%. The chord gives direct access for freight from the Port of Liverpool to the West Coast Main Line. The chord also releases line capacity for a proposed partial re-use of the line for passengers travelling to Liverpool F.C.'s stadium Anfield. There are no proposals to extend passenger services to Seaforth Dock.
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