Associated British Ports

Containers

The Boothferry Terminal, operated by RMS Europe Ltd, is on of a 7-ha site with two rail-mounted container gantry cranes, two rubber-tyred gantry cranes, a fleet of reachstackers, a 3,850 sq m warehouse, 25,000 sq m of quayside open storage and a similar area of open back storage for the handling of containers. Further extensive covered storage is available at the terminal for other commodities.

The Aldam Terminal is equipped with two mobile harbour cranes, a fleet of forklift trucks and extensive covered storage. The terminal is a base for TransAtlantic (UK) Ltd, which runs regular services to and from the Swedish ports of V�ster�s, Norrk�ping, Oxel�sund, Helsingborg and S�dert�lje.

Dry Bulks

Goole has a long-established reputation for handling bulk cargoes efficiently.

The Caldaire Terminal provides multi-product storage for a wide range of commodities, including agribulks, solid fuel, animal feed, timber, biomass and cereals, all of which can be stored under one roof without risk of contamination. The terminal has a 200 m long berth, a 3,000 sq m specialist bulk-storage shed divided into permanent separate bays and a 1,900 sq m shed with an overhead crane for the handling and storage of steel and general cargo. Further sheds measuring 3,500 sq m and 3,200 sq m were completed in 2001 and 2006 respectively.

South Dock Terminals Ltd, located in South Dock, operates a terminal designed for high-speed operations in the handling of fertilisers, construction materials, timber, animal feed, biomass and clay products. The terminal has a mobile-grabbing crane, front-loading shovels and skid-steer loaders and can load over-side barges and other vessels.

Maize, milling wheats, specialised grain and animal-feed are handled at South Dock by NW Trading (Humber) Ltd, with silos that hold a total of 14,000 tonnes. High-grade value-added products are discharged by grab onto a belt conveyor/elevator and gravity-fed into bins, minimising movement and limiting breakages of brittle commodities. A new shed measuring 6,000 sq m, for the storage of dry bulk cargoes, was completed in 2006.

Ouse Dock has a 1,300 sq m warehouse with a silo and weighbridge, where bulk chemicals and agribulks are stored, packed and distributed. At West Dock�s common-user facility, scrap metal and other bulks are imported and exported for customers, including Cronimet (GB) Ltd.

The bulk-cement terminal at Stanhope Dock, operated by Damac Bulk Handling Ltd, employs self-discharging techniques, has silo capacity of 10,000 tonnes, and handles cement cargoes from Norway and Denmark.

Forest Products

Timber traffic is predominantly imported from Russia and the Baltic states, as well as from Finland and Sweden. Large quantities of timber and paper, imported from the east coast of Sweden, are handled at Aldam Terminal.

Several major improvements have been made to storage facilities at West Dock in recent years. In 2001, a new 5,250 sq m timber and board materials-storage shed was constructed to supplement the existing areas of covered storage for Global Shipping Services Ltd which was further extended in 2005. A further 3,000 sq m shed was completed in 2003 for the storage of woodpulp and other general cargoes.

Additional storage sheds have also recently been constructed at the Boothferry Terminal to supplement the existing covered storage for the handling of paper traffic by RMS Europe Ltd.

Timber traffic is also handled by Caldaire Terminal Ltd and South Dock Terminals Ltd at their terminals in South Dock.

Liquid Bulks

Barge Dock provides two tank-storage facilities operated by the Kerfoot Group Ltd for the storage of imported vegetable oils. Oils are also imported and exported by direct transfer to road tankers.

Steel & Other Cargo

Goole�s wide variety of facilities means it can handle imports and exports of almost every kind of general cargo, such as chipboard, aluminium, stainless steel, paper and agribulks. The 6,000 sq m covered Steel Terminal, which is located at the Boothferry Terminal and operated by RMS Europe Ltd, allows ships to load and discharge in all-weather conditions.

Steel products are also handled by TransAtlantic UK Ltd at the Aldam Terminal where there is a specialised racking system for the storage of steel coils in 25 Shed.

Various steel products are handled by T E Kettlewell & Son Ltd at West Dock South.

The Caldaire Terminal stores and handles a wide range of cargoes, including steel and general cargo. It has a 1,900 sq m shed with an overhead crane. A further shed of 3,500 sq m was completed in 2001.

South Dock Terminals Ltd also handles steel at its terminal in South Dock.

Rail Traffic

A dedicated rail-freight terminal situated at West Dock North can handle full trainloads of cargo to and from the port.

Project cargoes

The constant water level in Goole's dock system greatly facilitates heavy-lift working, which is available on most berths.