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ASSOCIATED BRITISH HUMBER PORTS
GRIMSBY AND IMMINGHAM Located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary, the Ports of Grimsby and Immingham combine to form the UK’s busiest port complex, handling more than 50m tonnes each year. Ideally located for easy access to the offshore wind zones in the North Sea, the ports are situated between the Dogger Bank Zone to the north and the Norfolk Zone to the south with the Hornsea Zone 40 miles from Grimsby.
PORT OF GRIMSBY The Port of Grimsby is already an established centre of excellence for operations and maintenance activities for Round 1 and 2 wind farms in the North Sea. Companies such as Siemens, Centrica and RES are already operating on the port estate. Grimsby offers a number of sites suitable for the development of the O&M industry, as well as other offshore wind-associated activities.
ABP PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ABP is planning for the development of pontoons outside of the entrance to the No. 1 Dock to enable the berthing of workboats outside of the lock restrictions.
Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises, which operates No. 1 Dock, is in addition planning for the extension of the lock gate facility to increase the availability of access for vessels arriving outside the tidal window.
In addition to the above, ABP is constructing a new £25m riverside berth to accommodate car carrying vessels but the design includes provision of pontoons for smaller O&M support vessels. This facility is expected to be operational summer 2013.
PORT OF IMMINGHAM Since the opening of the port in 1912, Immingham has become a port of strategic national interest, handling 30m tonnes of cargo a year for the energy industry alone. Immingham is a deepwater port with jetties capable of handling capesize and post panamax vessels.
The Port of Immingham is synonymous with handling the largest bulk cargo shipments; it also has the widest range of roll-on/roll-off and container sailings to Baltic, Scandinavian, and near-Continent destinations.
The port covers an area of over 1,200 acres, of which there are over 100 acres of extensive storage and warehousing facilities capable of being developed for offshore wind-related amenities.
PORT OF HULL The Port of Hull, a trailblazer in the offshore wind industry with the proposed Green Port Hull development, is superbly located in a prime location on the north bank of the Humber Estuary near all the key Round 2 and 3 sites in the North Sea.
SIEMENS DEVELOPMENT In January 2011, Siemens announced it had chosen the Port of Hull as its preferred location to develop its new offshore wind turbine manufacturing and export facility, involving a £220m regeneration of the port’s Alexandra Dock. The 130 acre site will also include the development of a 600m riverside berth.
Following extensive consultation with the Hull community, Siemens, in conjunction with ABP, has submitted a planning application for the development of Green Port Hull to Hull City Council. From the consultation, there was wide-spread public support for the scheme, which could generate thousands of jobs in the Hull region.
GREEN PORT HULL In addition to Green Port Hull, the port can also offer a number of excellent O&M and load out opportunities with riverside access at its Albert and William Wright Docks and in-dock facilities in the King George Dock. Albert Dock’s Riverside Quay was recently chosen as a logistics base for the Lincs offshore wind farm by Centrica which is further evidence of the port’s and region’s capability to serve the offshore wind energy industry.
ENTERPRISE ZONE The Government recently awarded an area around the Humber Estuary with Enterprise Zone status. This Enterprise Zone includes a 253 hectare area in Hull including Alexandra Dock, Queen Elizabeth Dock, and Port Paull.
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