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construct a 1.2 million sq ft import centre, which will create work for logistics companies supplying the depot.
PD Ports says it has reached an agreement with the supermarket that allows it to build on 66 acres of land on the North-East coast, creating 800 jobs. Several hundred of these will be for HGV drivers.
The agreement has been made less than three months after Teesport was given the goahead to start a £330m expansion plan, which will see it become the second largest container terminal in the country. Stiller Group has already begun making plans to exploit the port's additional capacity, by launching its own freight forwarding arm (CM 28 February, Teesport expansion plans get green light').
Redcar 8z Cleveland borough council leader George Dunning says: "One would hope that a lot of these 800 jobs will go to local people. We need to make sure our local people have the necessary skills to fill these jobs."