Associated British Ports' Port of Immingham welcomes inaugural call of Unifeeder's Herm J
Above: Unifeeder’s Herm J arriving at the Port of Immingham
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Immingham yesterday welcomed the arrival of the Unifeeder vessel Herm J to the Exxtor Terminal on its inaugural voyage to the port.
Traditionally Unifeeder has operated in the Baltic area, but has now broadened its activities by operating new services to the UK; one from Hamburg calling at the Exxtor Terminal on a Monday, and a second from Rotterdam calling on a Wednesday.
Unifeeder will be offering door-to-door services using its own fleet of containers. The service from Hamburg is a new route, unique to the Humber, which will offer shippers an alternative option for the North German and Polish markets.
ABP has invested £13 million over the last five years in developing the container-handling capacity of the Exxtor Terminal. This investment has enabled the container terminal to double capacity for vessel handling and storage by adding a further ship-to-shore container gantry crane and four rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs).
As a consequence of this investment, the Exxtor Terminal is well placed to accept new additional business and the arrival of the Unifeeder service continues the expansion of the container shipping trades at Immingham.
The lines already operating at the Exxtor Terminal offer container services to Iceland, Scandinavia, the Baltic and the near continent and a major consideration for Unifeeder was the range of complementary services.
John Fitzgerald, Port Director of Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Grimsby and Immingham said: “We are encouraged that Unifeeder has chosen the Exxtor Terminal as part of its new UK network and we look forward to a long and successful relationship.”
Chris Versey, Deputy Managing Director of Unifeeder’s UK agent Johnson Stevens Agencies said: “The investment Unifeeder has made in this new venture shows real commitment to its customers and we are very pleased to be actively involved in helping them to succeed. It is particularly pleasing to be working once again with ABP and the Port of Immingham.”
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