By MARY MURTAGH BOOZE barges will use Merseyside's water ways to transport almost 2m litres of wine everyweek. Super market giant Tesco is taking lorries off the road and taking their New World wine by water instead.

By LARRY NEILD Daily Post IT WAS like a scene from the 19th century - transported to the Mersey in 2007.

TESCO took a step back in time to the days of the Industrial Revolution yesterday when it began transporting wine by canal. The supermarket chain claims the move is part of a campaign to cut carbon emissions and ease road congestion.

UK-based retailer Tesco has announced that it will start transporting its freight by canal from this month. The green waterbourne move on the Manchester Ship Canal is expected to result in thousands of trucks being taken off Britain's congested roads.

By Bill Gleeson PEEL Ports' pounds 370m plan to invest in its docks at the Port of Liverpool and along the Manchester Ship Canal is a good thing. It is the sort of private sector investment that the region badly needs.