Mersey Shipping Since 2000

The Mersey Docks & Harbor Board was created in 1858, becoming a limited company in 1972. There followed a program of investment in the facilities to be completed and the building of a new dock and terminals at Seaforth, Liverpool and Birkenhead. The carriage of goods in containers changed the way cargo was carried and the type and design of ships using ports around the world. By 2000 new facilities were being developed for the grain and timber trades. The scrap-metal trade took over many o...