Plans have been submitted for one of the UK’s largest haulage companies to build a new office and welfare block at a Bootle docks to support its growth.
The proposals, submitted to Sefton Council by Merseyside Docks and Harbour Company on behalf of Maritime Transport Ltd, involve the creation of a purpose-built block to be a base of operations and rest facility for HGV drivers as the company seeks to grow its services at Hornby Dock, in the light of the area’s impending Freeport status.
According to planning documents submitted last week to the local authority as part of an application for permitted development rights, the company – which transports container cargo by road from the docks to across the UK, -the new building would house shower and restroom facilities for HGV drivers on the ground floor and offices for the company on the first floor.
