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New forms of energy have certainly given impetus to traffic through the Port of Tyne. Now the UK’s largest trust port, near Newcastle, it is currently in the process of commissioning a new wood pellet import terminal for Lynemouth Power. While not due to be formally opened until September, the facility had at the time of writing already handled its first three shipments, totalling nearly 100,000 tonnes. Ultimately, the contract will be worth 1.8 million tonnes a year to the port. Tyne has a long pedigree in


handling wood pellets. It was in fact the first port to handle them in 2010, for Drax Power, and the technology involved has inevitably moved on since then. The Lynemouth project has involved a $400m investment including extending the port’s


Issue 6 2018 - Freight Business Journal All power to Tyne’s elbow


improving in the port. The traffic base is very diverse – anything from petroleum coke to 40% of the UK’s tea consumption. Port of Tyne has in fact handled all the business for Tetley for the past ten years, and as well as imported raw tea, the port also exports blended tea exports to destinations such as Canada. Containers – mostly carried


multi-functional facility, Riverside Quay at Tyne Dock by 125 metres to create two new berths and a total investment by the port of £38m in new equipment to support the project. The new facility includes 1,500 metres of enclosed conveyors snaking around the port – which help to cut down lorry movements increasing sustainability and


efficiency. The pellets are moved by rail from the port to the power station using the latest designs of wagons operated by GB Railfreight. The storage silo in the port


is also high tech, with vibrating floors and air blowers to keep the product in optimum condition. Even before the wood pellets started to flow, business was


on feeder operators BG Freight and Unifeeder - are important, too, and the port aims to promote the benefits of such services to the likes of car maker Nissan’s IAMP (International Advanced Manufacturing Plant) to attract others within the supply chain. Tyne is the closest container port to the giant Nissan plant in Sunderland. Container traffic is up by 8% on the previous year. Car traffic has been growing too and Port of Tyne is once again the


second biggest automotive export port in the UK. As well as exports for the Nissan plant in Sunderland, it also brings in large volumes for VW-Audi and quantities of high and heavy construction equipment. There are also regular shipments of Hitachi train body shells destined for the Newton Aycliffe assembly plant, and even aeroplane wings, not to mention exports of Komatsu diggers from the site at Birtley near Newcastle. As a trust port, the Port of Tyne receives no government funding


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and is entirely self-financed and operated on a commercial basis. Recent investment includes preparations for Tyne Dock Enterprise Park, one of two enterprise sites primed for development by demolishing old buildings and making the site more attractive in the short-term. These areas could be


instrumental in attracting further offshore wind business, particularly as Aberdeen – the traditional hub for such activity – is becoming very busy.


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