Associated British Ports

Containers

Hull�s container traffic is primarily handled at Queen Elizabeth Dock by Hull Container Terminal, which handles around 260,000 TEU�s per year for operators such as Samskip, EuroAfrica Shipping Lines and Finnlines. The terminal provides 300 m of quay � enabling three vessels to be berthed simultaneously � and over 7.5 ha of storage for all types of container, including refrigerated units and hazardous goods. In addition, groupage facilities are available, and full and less-than-full container loads are catered for.

Containers are also handled in Alexandra Dock by Rix Shipping Co Ltd.

Hull Container Terminal offers:

� 300 m of quay capable of berthing three vessels simultaneously
� three 45-tonne (under hook) ship-to-shore gantry cranes supported by five 45-tonne reach-stackers and two 35-tonne toplifters for stacking, receiving and forwarding
� a secure 17-acre terminal with storage
� the capability of handling ro-ro and lo-lo traffic simultaneously
� storage for all types of container, including refrigerated units and hazardous goods containers, and facilities for container repair
� groupage facilities are available and Full Container Loads (FCL) and Less than Container Loads (LCL) can be accommodated
� regular services to Europe and Scandinavia
� a 24-hour operation

Dry Bulks

Aggregates, agribulks, cement, chemicals, coal, cocoa and grain are all handled at the Port of Hull. Benefiting from substantial recent investment, both by ABP and its customers, these dry-bulk trades are supported by a broad range of modern dry bulk-handling facilities.
Kingston Terminal at Queen Elizabeth Dock is operated by Hull Bulk Handling Ltd for the handling of coal and other mineral bulks and offers over 17 ha of storage linked to the quayside via a covered conveyor.
Humber Sand and Gravel Ltd supplies the local construction industry from the company�s terminal based at Hull�s Alexandra Dock. Harding Cargo Handling Ltd also handles aggregates, as well as other dry-bulk traffic, from its terminals in Alexandra Dock and Albert Dock.
New Holland Bulk Services� terminal, in King George Dock, handles animal feed and other dry bulks, with its own 28-tonne capacity floating crane and weigh tower. Vessels of up to 30,000 dwt can be handled, and the berth is linked to a 40,000-tonne store by a direct conveyor. Titan Cement (UK) Ltd has a specialised facility for handling quality-assured cement from Greece.
Grains, such as wheat and barley, are stored at a specialist silo facility in King George Dock. The silo, which is operated by Frontier Agriculture Ltd, has a capacity of 60,000 tonnes, and cargoes are exported to a variety of European destinations.
Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd has a terminal in Queen Elizabeth Dock for handling aggregates imported from Norway.
Sims Group UK Ltd operates a scrap metal exporting facility in Queen Elizabeth Dock.
NW Trading Ltd operates a dry bulks terminal in King George Dock specialising in agribulk and biomass products.

Hull offers:

� Aggregates: Sand and gravel cargoes are handled by Humber Sand and Gravel Limited at their Alexandra Dock-based terminal. This material is dredged in the North Sea using specialist vessels to supply the local construction industry. Aggregates and other dry bulk traffic are also handled by Harding Cargo Handling Ltd at their Albert Dock facility.

� Agribulks: Specialist handling and storage is offered by New Holland Bulk Services (Hull) Limited, with 40,000 tonnes of covered storage capacity available and a direct conveyor link from the discharging berth. A 28-tonne floating crane is also available and a floating weigh tower can be deployed within King George, Queen Elizabeth and Alexandra Docks.

� Cement: Titan Cement UK Ltd operates a dedicated terminal with a storage capacity of 20,000 tonnes, handling imports of quality-assured cement from Greece.

� Chemicals: The Euro-terminal in Alexandra Dock is operated by Harding Cargo Handling Ltd. A number of dry bulk cargoes are handled at the terminal including grains and animal feeds but cargoes include imports of bulk soda ash which is used in the manufacture of glass.

� Coal and coal products: Kingston Terminal, Queen Elizabeth Dock, is operated by Hull Bulk Handling Limited and specialises in coal and petroleum coke handling, with other products accommodated on demand. Quayside discharge is linked to 0.4 ha of open storage by covered conveyor or can be direct to motor through-hoppers.

� Cocoa: Both bagged and bulk cocoa is handled in Hull, with dedicated storage facilities serving major producers such as Nestle and Cadbury.

� Grain: A specialist silo facility for grain exports in King George Dock is operated by Frontier Agriculture Limited. With a maximum capacity of 60,000 tonnes, it mainly handles worldwide exports of wheat and barley. Grain is also handled at the Euro-terminal in Alexandra Dock and by Harding Cargo Handling Limited in Albert Dock.

Paper and Forest Products

Hull, the UK�s largest softwood timber-handling port, greatly increased its capacity for handling forest products with the opening of the Finland Terminal in 2000. Hull is on the main softwood timber trade routes from Northern Europe, the Baltic states and Scandinavia. The Finland Terminal, with more than 70,000 sq m of covered storage, is a hub for Finnish paper producers. The port handles over 1.5 million cu m of timber each year, and offers regular liner services carrying timber. Considerable areas of covered and open storage, plus value-added services, such as timber-treatment and sawmills, are also available on the port estate.

Timber traffic is also handled at the specialist terminals operated by Ahlmark Shipping UK Ltd, Global Shipping Services Ltd, Finnforest UK Ltd, SCA Timber, TTS Shipping Ltd, Rix Shipping Co Ltd, Harding Cargo Handling Ltd, North Sea Lumber (Sales) Ltd and Leafe & Hawkes Ltd.

� Finland Terminal offers over 70,000 sq m of covered accommodation for the storage of paper, pulp and panel products from Finland and is the northern UK hub for the Finnish forest products industry. The principal user of the terminal is a consortium of Finnish paper producers, with three times a week ro-ro sailings operated by Finnlines from Helsinki, Hamina and Rauma, along with additional sailings from Pietarsaari and Puhos using conventional vessels

� Regular conventional cargo liner services are operated by Ahlmark Lines, SCA, Baltic England Line, Rix Baltic Line and TTS Shipping
� Open and covered accommodation is available for all forest products, including kiln-dried and specialist joinery timbers
� Jewson Internal Timber Supply has its own depot and sawmill located on the port estate. Other value-added services such as timber treatment are also available on site
� Experience in handling Scandinavian and Russian softwood, processed West African hardwoods and logs is available
� A range of forest products such as chipboard, plywood, fibreboards and veneers are also received

Fresh Produce & Perishables

Hull�s contribution to the UK fishing and fish-processing industries was enhanced by the recent development of the Fishgate fish-auction market which is based at Albert & William Wright Docks; it is a high-tech fish-handling facility providing real-time linkage to other European fish markets.

Hull Cold Store, a 24,000 cu m high-specification cold-storage facility operated by ABP in King George Dock, is equipped with a 9,000 pallet capacity and has 7 blast-freezing for freezing products down to �18�C. The cold store also has EFSIS cold store quality accreditation and USDA approval.

Andrew Johnston Knudtzon Ltd offers 56,000 cu m of cold storage in Hull with a quayside facility capable of handling over 1,000 pallets per day.

The benefits that Hull offers the fresh produce trade include:

� a land and sale point for both wet fish from local trawlers and produce brought overland from all over the British Isles
� a facility for freezer trawlers to land their catches directly into cold storage from an adjacent quay
� Andrew Johnston Knudtzon Limited, a division of Andrew Marr International, offers over 5 million cubic feet of cold storage in Hull with a quayside facility capable of handling over 1,000 pallets per day
� ABP offers over 24,000 cubic metres of cold storage at its cold store in King George Dock. A variety of commodities are handled including meat and vegetable products, such as seasonal imports of potatoes from Israel and Egypt.

General Cargo

With a wide selection of trading routes and versatile cargo-handling facilities, Hull has a reputation for being one of the East Coast�s principal ports for general cargo. Regular liner services operate between Hull and the South Pacific, carrying a range of commodities including forest products, steel, project cargoes and liquid bulks.

Storage facilities for general cargo incorporate over 40 transit sheds covering 230,000 sq m and 65 ha of open storage, with groupage services and cargo consolidation available.

Regular liner services call at the Port of Hull, such as Bank Line operating its conventional vessels carrying general cargo and liquid bulks between Hull and the South Pacific. Other deep-sea liner services call on an inducement basis

Liquid Bulks

The BP chemical plant at Saltend is Hull�s largest liquid-bulk complex and is one of the world�s largest producers of acetic acid. The plant contains a gas-fired power station and includes new production lines for vinyl acetate and ethyl acetate.

Liquid-bulk handling at Hull now plays an increasingly important role at the port, which has seen a significant rise in imports of edible oils over recent years. AarhusKarlshamn, based in King George Dock, imports edible oils for its refinery which produces, among other products, cooking oils, specialist oils and ice-cream fats.

Other major liquid-bulks customers include Tate & Lyle Ltd, which operates from two sites at King George Dock, and offers common-user tank storage for petroleum products and chemicals. International Bulk Liquids Ltd operates a storage facility on Alexandra Dock and Tate & Lyle Ltd and Westway Terminals operate tank farms on King George Dock for the storage of imported molasses for the animal-feed industry.

� the BP chemical plant at Saltend is Hull's largest liquid bulks complex and is the largest producer of acetic acid in Europe. New ethyl acetate and vinyl acetate production lines have recently been installed at the complex.
� AarhusKarlshamn operates a processing plant on King George Dock and imports and processes edible oils to produce a range of products including cooking oils, specialist oils and ice-cream fats. The refinery processes over 500,000 tonnes and is the largest single-site operation in Europe exporting to over 30 different countries.
� Tate & Lyle provides tank storage for a variety of petroleum-based and chemical products. They also operate a dedicated low-flash facility.
� International Bulk Liquids operates a site on Alexandra Dock for the storage of various liquid bulk products
� Tate & Lyle and Westway Terminals operate tank farms for the storage of imported molasses for animal feeds and industrial usage
� facilities are available for bulk liquids to be discharged directly to road tankers or tanker barges
� the port offers excellent access to European or worldwide markets for the export of finished products

Passengers & Cruises

Hull provides the only passenger service from the Humber Estuary. Each year, nearly one million passengers pass through the port on P&O Ferries� daily sailings to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. Hull is also an increasingly popular port of call for cruise vessels, with good access to the nearby tourist areas of Yorkshire.

Hull offers:

� the only passenger service from the Humber estuary
� daily sailing with P&O Ferries to Rotterdam and Zeebrugge, where passengers enjoy a high-quality service and a range of on-board accommodation to suit all requirements.
� sailings on board the world�s largest super-cruise passenger ferries, with a state-of-the-art riverside passenger terminal
� an ideal location for cruise ship calls with direct access to popular tourist areas including the Yorkshire Moors and Yorkshire Dales, and excellent transport links with the Midlands and North of England.

Ro-Ro

Ro-ro traffic accounts for the largest proportion of the port�s annual throughput and facilities have been greatly expanded in recent years. There are 11 ro-ro berths in the enclosed docks and one on the riverside. The Rotterdam Terminal accommodates Pride of Hull and Pride of Rotterdam � the super-cruise-ferries operated by P&O Ferries on the Hull-Rotterdam crossing.

Hull offers:

� 11 ro-ro berths within the enclosed dock system - one at Alexandra Dock and 10 at King George & Queen Elizabeth Docks - and one outside berth on the riverfront.
� daily passenger and freight sailings operated by P&O Ferries between Hull and Rotterdam and Hull and Zeebrugge.
� River Terminal 1 and the Rotterdam Terminal, a modern passenger terminal to accommodate P&O Ferries super-cruise ferries.
� a thrice-weekly service between Hull and Helsinki, Hamina and Rauma, operated by Finnlines.

Steel & Other Metals

Hull�s all-weather Steel Terminal, the UK�s first fully-enclosed steel-handling facility provides all-weather working. The ISO 9001:2000-accredited terminal provides a �one-stop-shop� for ship�s agency, cargo-handling, storage and distribution and offers 10,000 sq m of covered and a further area of open storage for non-weather-sensitive steel products.

Hull also handles steel and metal cargoes at a number of other terminals operated by Ahlmark Shipping UK Ltd and NW Trading Ltd in King George Dock, Rix Shipping Co Ltd in Alexandra Dock and Harding Cargo Handling Ltd in Albert & William Wright Docks.

Hull�s all-weather Steel Terminal offers:

� accommodation for ships of up to 13.5 m air draught.
� five 25-tonne overhead gantry cranes equipped with telescopic coil clamps and backed up other specialised cargo-handling equipment and a modern coil storage system that allows steel coils to be maintained in prime condition while awaiting collection.
� 10,000 sq m of covered storage, plus a further area of open storage for non-weather-sensitive steel products.
� a dedicated delivery corridor for road and rail distribution within the covered storage area
� a dedicated computer management system that enables maximum handling efficiency.
� a full cargo-handling, ship�s agency and distribution service is offered.
� 24-hour operations, seven days a week.
� ISO 9001:2000 Quality Standard accreditation.