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#ferry -The Irish Sea port of Heysham on the UK west coast has won the Project of the Year Award.

The Award which was announced at the Peel Ports Group annual conference, reflected the work managed by the port teams across the UK network over the past year.

Costing £10m was the Heysham Capital Projects, which as the winner was recognised as a stand-out project at the conference awards. Mark Patterson accepted the award after being nominated by Stephen Mackenzie, head of projects for Peel Ports Group.

Three parts were involved in the project at Heysham Harbour that saw both new and upgraded facilities installed at the Lancashire port. The primary project was to install a new linkspan as Afloat previously reported for ports customers that serve Belfast, Douglas, Dublin and Warrenpoint

The infrastructure is to provide an improved service to existing customers, as well as bringing new capabilities for growing business at the port.

Published in Ferry

About Match Racing

A match race is a race between two competitors, going head-to-head.

In yacht racing, it is differentiated from a fleet race, which almost always involves three or more competitors competing against each other, and team racing where teams consisting of 2, 3 or 4 boats compete together in a team race, with their results being combined.

A match race consists of two identical boats racing against each other. With effective boat handling and clever use of wind and currents, a trailing boat can escape the grasp of the leader and pass. The leader uses blocking techniques to hold the other boat back. This one-on-one duel is a game of strategy and tactics.

About the World Match Racing Tour

Founded in 2000, the World Match Racing Tour (WMRT) promotes the sport of match racing around the world and is the longest running global professional series in the sport of sailing. The WMRT is awarded ‘Special Event’ status by the sport’s world governing body – World Sailing – and the winner of the WMRT each year is crowned World Sailing Match Racing World Champion. Previous champions include Sir Ben Ainslie (GBR), Taylor Canfield (USA), Peter Gilmour (AUS), Magnus Holmberg (SWE), Peter Holmberg (ISV), Adam Minoprio (NZL), Torvar Mirsky (AUS), Bertrand Pace (FRA), Jesper Radich (DEN), Phil Robertson (NZL) and Ian Williams (GBR). Since 2000, the World Match Racing Tour and its events have awarded over USD23million in prize money to sailors which has helped to contribute to the career pathway of many of today’s professional sailors