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Peel Ports to take on 90 new staff in Liverpool2 recruitment drive

Peel Ports is looking to take on an extra 90 staff in a move that marks the start of its further development of the Port of Liverpool.

The vast majority of the new jobs will be in Liverpool with 75 of them created in the next three months.

The project will eventually result in 500 jobs being created directly and a further 5,000 jobs indirectly with local supply chains.

The new jobs cover a diverse range of permanent positions including port operators, electricians, project managers, planners, marine officers, IT staff, sales executives, as well as new roles in finance and management.

The construction of Liverpool2 will enable the port to handle more than 95% of the world’s largest container vessels, and double the port’s capacity to 1.5m TEU (twenty foot equivalent units) a year.

Group HR Director, Peel Ports, Howard Sloane, said: “These are very exciting times at Peel Ports as we begin to recruit colleagues that will operate one of the most technologically advanced container terminals in the UK.

“Our focus is on finding the best possible talent to join our organisation, and for the new jobs in Liverpool, we’d like as many recruits as possible to be from the Liverpool City Region.

“Like all successful organisations, we are looking for talented, motivated people and we believe being part of one of the most technologically advanced and strategically important logistics businesses in the UK will help us to attract them.

“Liverpool2 will revolutionise supply chains in the UK by bringing the world’s biggest ships back to Liverpool.

“Currently more than 90% of deep sea containers enter the UK through Southern ports but more than 50 per cent are delivered or originate in the northern half of the UK.

“Liverpool2 will make it more efficient and cost-effective for importers and exporters moving goods in and out of the Midlands, the north of England, Scotland, Ireland and Northern Ireland.

“Recruiting a talented and motivated workforce will help Peel Ports create a sea change in the way we import and export goods in Britain.”

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