# Walsh signs 20-year agreement with Port of Tilbury for aggregates logistics hubs

Walsh signed a 20-year agreement with the Port of Tilbury to create two new freight hubs: a logistics terminal with aggregates processing plant and a rail-linked freight facility. Walsh will bring 400,000 tonnes of secondary aggregate annually from Imerys in Cornwall.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2021-01-27
- Where: Tilbury, United Kingdom
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 400,000 tonnes per year
- Products: aggregates, Cornish Granite, rock armour stone, type 1 sub-base, single sized granite, coarse sand, fine mortar sand, 6F5 recycled aggregate
- Sectors: [Construction Materials](https://endata.com/sectors/construction-materials.md)

## Companies

- [The Walsh Group](https://endata.com/companies/22135.md)
- [Imerys](https://endata.com/companies/12404.md) (supplier)
- [Port of Tilbury](https://endata.com/companies/52857.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [yourthurrock.com](https://www.yourthurrock.com/2021/01/27/walsh-and-port-of-tilbury-announce-major-investment-and-expansion-of-aggregates-supply-business/), 2021-01-27: "Walsh will move into 34 Berth at the port in March 2021 and will install a new multimillion pound processing plant to wash and grade the aggregate for supply to their customers across the South East."

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