MAJOR NEW FACILITY OPENED AT PORT OF IMMINGHAM
The ABP Freshney Cargo Services Terminal – a new, four-hectare cargo terminal at Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Immingham – was officially opened today (Thursday, 30 October) by Bo Lerenius, Group Chief Executive of ABP Holdings PLC, at an inauguration ceremony hosted jointly by John Copping, ABP Port Director, Grimsby & Immingham; Malcolm Pattison, Managing Director, Freshney Cargo Services Limited; and Barry Jenks, Managing Director, Sea-Cargo (UK).
Operated by Freshney Cargo Services (‘Freshney’), the new terminal features a 6,000 sq m warehouse, hard-standing and open storage areas, along with access to rail-loading facilities. Freshney has secured the business of shipping line Sea-Cargo AS – which previously operated its services between west Norway, the UK, and the Continent, through Grimsby. By moving to Immingham, Sea-Cargo will be able to further expand and improve its services by employing larger, faster vessels. The new terminal also enables them to discharge and load cargoes simultaneously from a vessel’s sideport, stern ramp and weather deck – reducing vessel turnaround times and thus bringing better scheduling and faster transit times.
Commenting on the new facility, Bo Lerenius said:
“Over the last five years, we have invested over £140 million in our Humber ports of Hull & Goole and Grimsby & Immingham, developing facilities such as Humber International Terminal and Immingham Bulk Park for our customers. This new facility will enable Freshney Cargo Services and Sea Cargo to develop their business, and we look forward to working with them at Immingham for many years to come.”
Malcolm Pattison, Managing Director, Freshney Cargo Services Limited, said:
“This new facility provides a new challenge that we look forward to with great optimism. The project represents a significant investment by both ABP and Freshney, and everyone in our organisation is primed do everything possible to ensure that there is a successful outcome for our company, for the port and for our customers.”
Barry Jenks, Managing Director, Sea-Cargo UK, said:
“By moving to Immingham, we can benefit from the port’s natural deep water, giving us an ideal platform for our strategic growth over many years to come, in ship size, transit time and call frequency. Immingham’s location is ideal, which, when combined with the infrastructure of the new terminal, enables efficient hub and spoke distribution throughout the UK.”
In addition to the development of the ABP Freshney Cargo Services Terminal at Immingham’s Henderson Dock, the layout of Freshney’s facility at Alexandra Dock in Grimsby has also been re-organised to allow for the more efficient use of the warehousing on site, and Freshney has taken over the operation of the cargo terminal previously used by Sea-Cargo at Grimsby’s Royal Dock. ABP has invested £2 million in the project, and Freshney has invested over £1 million in the provision of mobile cranes, forklift trucks and other handling equipment.
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