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Seaforth Dock (also known as the Royal Seaforth Dock) is a purpose-built dock and container terminal, on the River Mersey, England, at Seaforth, to the north of Liverpool. As part of the Port of Liverpool and Liverpool Freeport, it is operated by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company. Situated at the northern end of the dock system, it is connected to Gladstone Dock to the south, which via its lock entrance provides maritime access to Seaforth Dock from the river. Despite planning permission having been obtained almost sixty years previously, work commenced during the 1960s on Liverpool's largest dock facility. The dock was the largest built in the United Kingdom for some time, with 10,000 ft of quay and a depth of 50 ft and world's largest lock gates. Opened in 1972, the site consists of about and deals mainly in containers, oils, timber, fruit and vegetables, grain and animal feed. The dock became a free port in 1984. == New terminals == A fruit and vegetable terminal opened at the dock in 2008. The terminal primarily receives produce from Spain. Liverpool2, a Post-Panamax container terminal extension, is currently (as of August 2014) under construction and will berth up to ''95% of the global container vessel fleet'' on the tidal River Mersey adjacent to the Seaforth Dock. These ships transport up to 14,000 containers per ship. This facility will increase container throughput by 100%. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seaforth Dock」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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