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Cocoa Re-establishes Liverpool's West Africa Link

January 07, 2004 - Work has started at the Port of Liverpool on a major new warehouse for cocoa and other commodities on the back of the first regular link with West Africa for more than 20 years.

Frank Robotham, Director of Marketing for Mersey Docks, described the development of the new commodities terminal and the re-establishment of a regular West African shipping service as a "major coup" for Liverpool.

It is expected to be operational by April 2004, after Baco-Liner sailed into Liverpool with the first shipment of cocoa - the largest single flow of exports out of West Africa -to establish a scheduled monthly West African service into Liverpool with their specialist ships carrying containers on deck and barges of cocoa and other commodities within the hull.

Said Frank Robotham: "Baco-Liner has featured large among a number of major companies who have supported this important initiative. The outcome is the development of a significant service, trade and now, commodities facility.

The transfer of cocoa traffic to Liverpool from south coast ports will also reduce congestion on Britain's trunk roads by eliminating more than 500,000 miles a year of trucking from the south to manufacturers in the North.

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