Humber terminal smashes records
Immingham terminal goes through 50 million tonne level



Since it was opened in June 2000, Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Humber International Terminal has exceeded all throughput expectations having recently handled its 50 millionth tonne of cargo. The terminal, at ABP’s Port of Immingham, reached this milestone tonnage during the recent discharge of 57,500 tonnes of steam coal, from Latvia, for customer Scottish & Southern Electricity; the cargo was destined for their power station at Ferrybridge..

Nick Palmer, ABP Port Director for Grimsby & Immingham, said:

”Reaching this milestone tonnage marks another important landmark for Humber International Terminal, which capitalises on one of Immingham’s greatest natural advantages – its deep-water location on the south bank of the Humber Estuary.”

He added: “The facility, enhanced in recent years by an ongoing programme of investments, has made a significant contribution to the sustained growth in trade at Immingham in the past few years.”

Humber International Terminal was built in two phases. The first phase, built at a cost of £45m, is a multi-purpose facility through which passes a range of cargoes, predominantly solid fuel, but also includes animal feed, biomass fuels, steel and general cargo. The second phase, opened in 2006, was built at a cost of £60m; it is a dedicated coal-handling terminal developed to meet the power-generation industry’s escalating demand for coal; it is situated close to six of Britain’s most important coal-fired power stations.

Open 24 hours a day, the terminal directly employs 80 people, in addition to numerous port-service providers. It has a berth frontage of 520 m and is capable of receiving vessels carrying in excess of 100,000 tonnes of cargo. The majority of the cargo handled is distributed from the terminal by rail. Its customers include SSE, Drax, BHP Billiton, International Power, Hargreaves, Arkady, Cefetra and Huntsman