and new facilities tailored to suit their business needs. Port Operations are complemented by the Pilotage Service and Vessel Traffic Service which ensure vessels are safely navigated through the Humber Estuary. ABP Humber offers 364 hectares of development land across its port locations capable of attracting investment and delivering transformational benefits for the economy both locally and nationally. The ports are all part of the new Humber Freeport, which offers three tax sites with an exceptionally business-friendly tax and regulatory environment for potential manufacturing investors. ABP Humber supports its local communities. The ABP Humber Coastal Half Marathon and 5k is now in its sixth year and complements ABP’s race sponsorship across the country.
The five-year crane strategy will involve purchasing new cranes and refurbishing existing ones.
include the Butterley cranes built in the1990s for the width of the locks in the ports of Immingham and Hull. It has not yet been decided what some of the future cranage and attachments will be, giving ABP time to engage with the port community and ensure cranes are fit for purpose. It will include mobile harbour cranes and material handlers, with some more reachstackers and forklifts being ordered. Bulks, breakbulks and project cargo are all being catered for, to ensure offloading and delivery are covered. This includes a spend of £16m on maintenance Capex on cargo handling landslide within Immingham Container Terminal (ICT) and Hull Container Terminal (HCT), and the stocking of spare parts as part of the port’s resilience. What can be assured by ABP is that efficiency is a deciding factor, to ensure efficient cargo handling, and loading and unloading times are kept to a minimum.
ABP, the UK’s leading ports group is Keeping Britain Trading with 21 ports and other transport related businesses, creating a unique national network capable of handling a vast array of cargo. It is driving growth, contributing £7.5 billion to the UK economy every year and supporting over 200,000 jobs. The current investment programme promises to further increase its contribution to regional economies around the UK. ABP is also an essential partner for the offshore wind industry, providing Operations and Maintenance (O&M) for over 50% of the sector’s activity, as well as investing in infrastructure to realize future renewable energy generation.
ABP IN NUMBERS: v ~ 90 million tonnes of cargo handled each year; v 5,000 hectares of port estate owned; v 1,000 hectares of open storage; v 1.4 million square metres of covered storage; v 87km of quay; v > 1.5 million vehicles every year; v ¼ of the UK’s rail freight generated; and v > £55 million investment made in low emission and renewable energy generation technologies.
APRIL 2022
ABP Humber Ports complex form the UK’s busiest trading gateway. The four ports of Immingham, Grimsby, Goole, and Hull handle more than 58 million tonnes of cargo between them each year worth approximately £75 billion. Across the Humber, the ports support 34,900 jobs and contribute £2.5 billion to the UK economy. ABP Humber’s major investment programme ensures the ports offer state-of the-art cargo handling infrastructure and equipment, alongside a highly skilled team who can handle a vast array of cargo safely, efficiently and sustainably. ABP Humber works collaboratively to build long-term partnerships and deliver the right supply chain solutions for customers, including value-added services
INTRODUCTION TO ABP HUMBER
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PORTS & TERMINALS
Associated British Ports (ABP) is investing £32 million in port equipment in the Humber to maintain customer demand as part of a wider Group investment. A five-year strategy is being rolled out which involves purchasing new cranes, the full refurbishment of existing cranes and investing in landside equipment. The plan has involved looking at the eco-friendliness of new plant and equipment ensuring that ABP continue to invest in environmentally friendly and sustainable equipment. The ongoing strategy in the Humber has been split between investment in mobile harbour cranes and hydraulic cranes — the first of which the Mantsinen 300M, the world’s largest hydraulic crane, will arrive at the port of Immingham late April. Simon Bird, Regional Director for the Humber ports said: “This significant investment shows the confidence we have to continue to grow and invest to ensure the Humber ports are future-proofed when it comes to the latest technology in cranes and cargo handling equipment. “Our strategy is about ensuring we have a versatile mix of cranes to cargo mix and that we can provide additional capacity to meet growing volumes of cargo. As a port operator we remain resilient and give our customers what they need, and they want to know what we have is reliable and efficient.” The Covid-19 pandemic delayed the rollout of the strategy, but now orders are being placed and equipment is arriving. The first delivery in December 2021 were four Konecranes reachstackers which run on hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) costing £1.6 million. This will be followed by the Mantsinen 300M Hybrilift hydraulic crane plus various attachments costing nearly £3 million in spring. A team from the Port of Immingham consisting of operations and engineers visited the Mantsinen factory in Finland last month to check on its build progress. It also gave them an opportunity to test the new crane simulator and see how it handles. The incoming plant and machinery will replace older infrastructure, while existing cranes will undergo a million-pound major refurbishment. Those being refurbished
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Major investment in port equipment in the Humber ports
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