Associated British Port

Dry bulks

Representing an investment of �3.8m, the port�s Alexandra Silo Complex was the first of its kind to be built within a port and opened up valuable export and domestic markets for East Anglian growers. Used to store and process malting barley, the complex has a 25,000-tonne capacity and provides state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. Growers deliver directly to the high-input, high-output dock-side silo, reducing inland transportation and storage expense and improving efficiency.

A further 6,000-tonne silo and supplementary flat store for cereals and pulses is operated by Agrilynk Ltd from its Bentinck Dock facility. Four purpose-built bulk stores, located at Riverside Quay, offer storage for up to 14,000 tonnes of cereals and agribulks. A 9,000-tonne capacity store for agribulks is also in use.

The port is well equipped with rail-mounted cranes, hydraulic excavator cranes and a Liebherr mobile harbour crane, together with a range of high-capacity mobile grain elevators, enabling efficient loading for cereal exports.

Agribulks and aggregates are handled both in-dock and on Riverside Quay, via dedicated covered storage or open storage areas.

Forest products

King�s Lynn is located in an ideal position to handle cargo imports from Scandinavia and the Baltic states, and has a long-established reputation for excellence in timber handling and distribution. The port�s customer base comprises major timber importers and merchants, including Travis Perkins, Finnforest UK, and M+S (Softwood), all of which have port-based milling and distribution centres.

The port provides a full range of terminal operations for both cargo shippers and receivers, including haulage to buyers� yard, on-dock machining, �pick-a-pack� services and 7,000 sq m of transit stores.

Liquid bulks

Bentinck Dock provides three tanker berths with petroleum products-reception facilities for Pace Petroleum Ltd. Additional berths also cater for liquid-bulk cargoes for Omex Agriculture of non-hazardous chemicals with associated tank storage facilities.

Steel and other metals

King�s Lynn is experienced in the handling, storage and distribution of steel for many major European blue-chip companies. The port has purpose-built, dedicated steel transit sheds at Berth 11, Alexandra Dock, and extensive open-storage capacity and handling equipment for long-steel products, such as coated pipes, coil, slab, sections and rebar. Sita UK operates facilities at Bentinck Dock for the storage and distribution of recycled metal.