Belfast Harbour is to push ahead with the construction of a new 50,000 square foot logistics warehouse to accommodate the steady growth in roll-on, roll-off ferry traffic.
Belfast City Council this week granted the harbour planning permission to plans which had been previously mooted by the harbour. The £9 million project on Westbank Road will provide both ambient and chilled warehousing capacity and will be equipped with 17 loading docks and 40 HGV (heavy goods vehicle) parking spaces.
Its position in the harbour estate is in close proximity to the port’s ferry terminal and is designed to service the burgeoning ‘ro-ro’ traffic moving through Belfast which is currently at an all-time high. That is expected to continue to grow with commitment from StenaLine which is launching a number of new routes from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.
