SUPERPORT The Global Logistics Hub for Northern UK

Mark Basnett

UK Logistics Sector

Why The Logistics Sector?

UK• £61 billion pa • 83,000 vat registered companies• 1.3 million employeesNW• £6.2 billion pa • 10,000 vat registered companies• 137,000 employees

Source: ONS – Transport, Distribution and Storage

Liverpool Region Logistics Sector

• Sector worth £2.6 billion• 7% of City Region economic value • In almost 2,700 vat registered companies• Employing around 46,000 people• 6 major property deals in last 2 years –

involving 2million sqft and over 2,000 jobs

What is SUPERPORT?

What is SUPERPORT?

1. A unique cluster of logistics assets and capabilities

What is SUPERPORT?

2. Port and Population Centric:

Centrally located in the largest, most densely populated region of the UK outside London – serving a population of 20 million in just over 2 hours drive

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The UK’s Central Port Centric LocationAverage HGV Access Times Birmingham (Hams Hall) 2 hours Glasgow 5 hrs 15 Leeds 1 hr 40 Manchester 50 mins M4 Corridor / Slough 3 hrs 50 Nottingham 2 hrs 45 Central London 4 hrs 30

4.5 Hour HGV Households Population Felixstowe 12.7m 30,793,600 Liverpool 14.1m 33,753,400 Southampton 15.0m 36,179,300

Source: East West Locations

What is SUPERPORT?

3. Over £1 billion investment in new logistics infrastructure, facilities and capacity over the next 3 years including: Mersey Gateway: £600m new 6 lane toll bridge over the River Mersey in Halton 3MG: a multi modal, strategic rail freight interchange development up to 3.5msqft International Trade Centre: based on Wirral Waters Liverpool2: £350m deep water container facility & 5msqft of sites along Manchester Ship Canal

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Liverpool2• New £350m deepwater container facility

•Capacity for two 13,500 teu vessels to berth at once (Current capacity 4,000 teus)

•Able to handle 95% of the worlds container fleet - including all post panamax vessels

•Will double capacity and reduce reliance on transhipment

•Completion 2015

•Transformational for Northern UK

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SUPERPORT and PANAMA CANAL

SUPERPORT and Panama Canal

Synergies and Opportunities

Liverpool

•Cascading - Larger Vessels

•Direct Services to Liverpool via Panama

•Reduced costs / Improved performance

•Markets: Latin America; South America; China; West Coast USA and Canada

•40% of all UK trade with US via Liverpool – great potential for markets via Panama Canal

What is SUPERPORT?

4. A Vision An AmbitionAn OpportunityA Prioritised Delivery Programme

SUPERPORT Programmes

1. Support major SUPERPORT Projects2. Champion Sustainable Port Access3. Secure Suitable Sites and Premises4. Skills5. Develop Supply Chain Network6. Promote SUPERPORT Logistics7. Promote International Trade

SUPERPORT Programme

1. Support major SUPERPORT Projects2. Champion Sustainable Port Access3. Secure Suitable Sites and Premises4. Skills5. Develop Supply Chain Network6. Promote SUPERPORT Logistics7. Promote International Trade

Port Access - Road

• ABIL Study mapped potential freight impacts of port expansion

• Significant (150m) net saving in road miles overall

• Makes UK case for more NW road investment at pinch points

Port Access Activity

• Developing a bid for TEN-T European Funding to support Port Access Study

• Study to consider all key elements of surface based access to and from the Port – short sea, canal, rail and road

• Active engagement of DfT, Highways Agency, Sefton Council, LEP, Merseytravel etc

• Evidence to Transport Select Committee

SUPERPORT Priorities

1. Support major SUPERPORT Projects2. Champion Sustainable Port Access3. Secure Suitable Sites and Premises4. Skills5. Develop Supply Chain Network6. Promote SUPERPORT Logistics7. Promote International Trade

Sites & Premises Activity

• Presentation of Logistics Business Case to property agents, LAs and developers

• Working with all of these to bring forward sites for market readiness

• Developing funding streams – Growing Places Fund, Chrysalis, RGF Gap Funding Bid

• Developing the demand evidence base• Promotion to end users

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Business Growth Grant

• £10 million RGF approved to provide expansion grants to businesses

• Minimum grant £50k and maximum £1m• Fund will be fully operational in summer 2013• Open to businesses creating and safeguarding

jobs from:– St Helens– Sefton– Wirral– Knowsley– Halton– Liverpool * (subject to further BIS approval)

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Business Growth GrantFund Information• Grant Fund – Up to 25% assistance for SMEs• Fund capital equipment costs for businesses with expansion

plans that will create (or safeguard) jobs• Programme needs £5 of additional investment for £1 of grant

Accessing the Fund• Fund is administered by the LEP with LA Partners• Expressions of Interest now invited to enable businesses to give

an early indication of their projects & intentions to apply• Full applications will be invited in Summer 2013• Businesses should work with the LEP and Local Authority

partners to understand scheme criteria and the eligibility of their project

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Chrysalis

• £30 million fund operating across Liverpool City Region, excluding Halton

• Provision of repayable finance for property schemes – new or refurbished commercial floorspace (B1, B2, B8 uses)

• Objective to deliver economic benefits and job creation opportunities

• Fund can support up to a maximum of 50% of eligible costs

• Approved state aid notification – therefore a range of flexibilities can be deployed to facilitate development

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Chrysalis

Accessing the Fund• The LEP provides an advisory role to the Chrysalis fund• Chrysalis is currently open for new applications• The Fund is administered by the Igloo Consortium• Further details and an online application system can be

found at http://www.chrysalisfund.co.uk • For further information on the Fund or eligibility of

potential projects contact Iain Jenkinson (iain.jenkinson@gva.co.uk) or Georgina Singleton (Georgina.singleton@gva.co.uk)

We are on the cusp of a profound, seismic shift in the way goods are moved in, out and around the UK.

The trends of increased imports of consumer goods from low cost economies, increased road transport costs and increased focus on more sustainable logistics for retailers and manufacturers, will drive business towards population centric multi modal logistics locations.

SUPERPORT is ideally placed to take advantage of these trends.

SUPERPORT

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