PORTS & PORT SERVICES
SECTION SPONSOR
FORESEEING THE FUTURE
Supporting the offshore wind industry, located on the south bank of the country’s busiest trading estuary, Port of Grimsby East, formerly known as Grimsby Fish Docks, has long been an established marine base.
MARINE HISTORY
Ever since it’s completion in 1856 Grimsby Fish Dock No. 1 and subsequently No. 2 Fish Dock finished in 1877, has kept a huge marine presence at sea, even during the war years.
INCREASE IN ITS DOCK BASED OPERATIONS
Grimsby is still a significant player within the fishing industry with 17,000 tonnes of fish coming through the market but over the last 8 years there has been a significant increase in its dock based operations.
WIND ENERGY INDUSTRY
Port of Grimsby East has developed Grimsby as a renewable hub providing excellent O&M facilities for several windfarm operators including Siemens, Centrica, Eon and Dong.
SIGNIFICANT DIVERSIFICATION AT PORT OF GRIMSBY EAST
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT 2013 saw a significant infrastructure development in the way of a conversion to the existing lock gates. This increased the capacity for movement of vessels in and out of the port, also extending its capabilities for the movement of longer, larger vessels which provide essential maintenance to the wind farms being constructed off the East Coast. The project was delivered in partnership with North East Lincolnshire Council.
In 1936 Grimsby was the largest fishing port in the world with 180,000 tonnes of fish landed from vessels. It maintained the largest fishing fleet the world has ever known having over 500 craft regularly sailing in and out of the port. Throughout the years Grimsby has amassed vast amounts of experience with a history of flexibility readily embracing new working methods and technology.
With the ability to provide bespoke pontoons, fuel bunkering, slipway facilities for vessels up to 800 tonnes and office and storage facilities, and with the advantage of its location as the first port on the River Humber, there is no doubt Port of Grimsby East is an ideal operational base.
BRIGHT FUTURE ANTICIPATED Grimsby has a long standing engineering background and with its excellent road and rail networks and an airport 15 minutes’ drive away, it has the infrastructure to compete in this developing industry. So as the numbers of windfarms in the North Sea increase, further development at Grimsby is anticipated.
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HULL & HUMBER SPOTLIGHT ON
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