ABP celebrates a milestone as the Port of Hull’s two £10.5 million cranes serve their first shipment. Thea II was the first ship to be processed by the 50m high ship-to-shore gantry cranes, which are equipped to handle ships with more than 500 standard containers. Last Friday morning, the ship arrived
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Expansion of Hull Container Terminal receives new boost
A brand new service of three sailings a week between Amsterdam and Hull is being announced this week which comes off the back of significant investment in the Humber Container Terminals over the last year. These additional Amsterdam to Hull services will bring an extra 30,000 containers per year through the
Humber ports open for business despite inclement weather
The operational teams across the UK’s largest port complex on the Humber have continued to battle raging weather, brought across to the east coast of the country by Storm Emma this week. But with true Northern grit, ABP employees at Grimsby, Immingham, Hull and Goole ports ensured that operations have remained
ABP crane investment set to lift booming Port of Hull to new heights
The arrival of two state-of-the-art cranes worth £10.5 million will enable ABP’s Hull Container Terminal to handle double the volume of trade by increasing capacity to more than 400,000 units per year. The giant 600 tonne and 50 metre high ship-to-shore gantry cranes made an impressive entrance as they arrived fully
The Port of Hull donates thousands so children can enjoy unique experiences
ABP’s Port of Hull has donated thousands to enable hundreds of underprivileged children to experience unique educational trips. Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) Children’s University has received £5,000 and have officially become Silver Partners with the leading port operator. This has enabled local disadvantaged children to take part in unique experiences including
ABP UK wins prestigious award from ASDA
ABP UK has been awarded the prestigious Food Supplier Of The Year award from major supermarket, ASDA. Having already secured the accolade in 2012, the award further recognises the achievements of the ABP UK team at all levels across the company and highlights the leading beef supplier’s commitment to excellence across
ABP UK strengthens senior team with new commercial director
A provider of world-class meat products has appointed Darren Jones as Commercial Director. Working across all of ABP’s UK plants, including its plant in Doncaster, Darren will be responsible for the leadership of the sales division and other key commercial activities. Darren, who has spent his entire career in the meat
Detailed planning consent for Green Port Hull development sends signal to investors, say Bondholders
Peter Aarosin, chair of the Bondholders marketing organisation which promotes Hull and the Humber, said the granting of detailed planning permission for the Green Port Hull wind turbine manufacturing plant and imminent start to construction sent a positive signal to further investors. Hull City Council’s planning committee gave consent to detailed