Peel Ports Group, the UK’s second-largest port operator, has unveiled plans to create the nation’s first green shipping corridors to Ireland.
The inaugural routes will connect Belfast to Heysham in Lancashire and Dublin to Birkenhead in Cheshire, with the ambition of making Heysham the UK’s first net-zero port.
To support this initiative, NatPower Marine, a renewables group, will invest approximately US$127 million to develop charging infrastructure for electric vessels across all eight UK and...