Citation
(2004), "Green light for Humber project", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 53 No. 8. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm.2004.07953hab.007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2004, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Green light for Humber project
The board of Associated British Ports Holdings (ABP) has welcomed the Government’s decision to permit the building of Immingham Outer Harbour, ABP’s proposed roll-on/roll-off facilities at the Port of Immingham.
In February 2004, the group reached a 25-year agreement with DFDS Tor Line, the Danish roll-on/roll-off shipping line, to develop a new £35 million roll-on/roll-off riverside terminal to handle unit-load traffic in Immingham Outer Harbour.
This new facility will be a 50-acre (200,000 m2) roll-on/roll-off terminal with two roll-on/roll-off berths on the River Humber outside Immingham Lock. The new berths will be capable of accommodating vessels of up to 225 m long and 35 m wide, with a draught of up to 10 m at all stages of tide.
It will be the closest roll-on/roll-off terminal to the busy North Sea shipping lanes on the Humber. Immingham Outer Harbour will also provide a high level of weather protection for DFDS’s vessels.
ABP will invest £27.5 million in this Outer Harbour development, which will provide a fully surfaced terminal, while DFDS will invest in terminal equipment, buildings and roll-on/roll-off ramps. The new terminal will take around 18 months to build.