“As much as possible, we want the skilled jobs associated with the Port to go to people in the region and this training suite will undoubtedly help to prepare people for when these jobs do become available.”
In order to develop Quay Skills, Mersey Maritime, with Wirral Council, was awarded £656,000 from the Single Regeneration Budget funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency, and £656,000 of European funding from the Merseyside Objective One Programme.
A further £450,000 investment has come from the private sector.
The machines took two years to develop, install, and commission in a partnership between Mersey Maritime, AIMS Solutions (Liverpool) and Drake Ports Distribution Services.
It is hoped they will make a big contribution to the 28,000 people who rely on the port for work and also the £2.5bn it is worth to the economy of Merseyside..
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