Plymouth City Council said the project was looking at when ships will be bigger and greener.
Plymouth City Council said a navigation channel within Cattewater Harbour is set to be dredged as part of improvements designed to attract more cargo and bigger, greener vesselsPlymouth City Council said the improvements to Cattewater Harbour had been designed to "attract more cargo and bigger, greener vessels".
The council told its accountable body for the Plymouth and South Devon Freeport it was formally allocating a grant of £381,713.32 from the government, as part of the Freeport's Seed Capital programme, to Cattewater Harbour Commissioners to contract the work.Tudor Evans, council leader, said about two million tonnes of cargo worth £1bn were imported and exported from the commercial wharves and quays at Cattewater every year.
He described it as an "exciting time" for Plymouth as shipping and more companies were investing in hybrid ships using greener fuel technologies.
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