OLYMPIC LEGACY BREAKS RECORDS ON HUMBER ESTUARY
The largest vessel ever to visit the Humber Estuary recently called at Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Immingham.
The 320-m long vessel Olympic Legacy, with a beam of 58 m and a deadweight tonnage of 302,789 tonnes, berthed at Immingham Oil Terminal on Sunday, 21 September. The double-hulled VLCC (Very Large Crude Carrier) discharged 130,620 tonnes of light crude oil at the terminal, before departing for the Persian Gulf on Tuesday morning.
Commenting on the record-breaking vessel, John Copping, Port Director,
ABP Grimsby & Immingham, said:
“The Port of Immingham benefits from naturally deep water, making it possible for the port to accommodate vessels like Olympic Legacy. Immingham is a major hub for the UK’s oil and petrochemical industries, with around 20 per cent of the country’s oil-refining capacity concentrated near the port estate.”
Graham Sweatman, Terminal Manager, Associated Petroleum Terminals (Immingham) Ltd, said:
“The majority of the quantity of crude oil handled at the terminal now comes from North Sea oilfields. Over the past few years we have not seen many VLCCs, which arrive only partly-laden, making Olympic Legacy – part of the Onassis fleet, with a cargo capacity of more than 300,000 tonnes – a particularly impressive sight as she sailed up the Humber on Sunday afternoon. The entire operation of bringing her up-river and mooring her at Berth No. 1 at Immingham Oil Terminal was efficiently and safely handled. Cargo operations went very smoothly and the cargo was discharged to Total Lindsey Oil Refinery in 22 hours.”
The Humber is one of the UK’s busiest trading estuaries. ABP’s ports on the Humber – Grimsby & Immingham and Hull & Goole – handle around 65 million tonnes of cargo every year, accounting for over 10 percent of the country’s seaborne trade.
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