// ABOUT ABP
Associated British Ports (ABP) is the UK’s leading and best- connected port owner and operator, with a network of 21 ports handling around a quarter of the UK’s seaborne trade. Handling £150b of UK trade every year, these ports connect the nation’s importers and exporters to global markets. They also support 119,000 jobs and contribute £7.5 billion to the economy every year, handling £150 billion of trade.
OUR PORT LOCATIONS Humber
ABP Humber contains four ports: Hull, Goole, Grimsby and Immingham. The Humber ports handle £75 billion worth of trade, support 33,000 jobs, and contribute £2.2bn to the UK economy every year. ABP’s Humber facilities offer customers close links to markets in mainland Europe and Scandinavia and expertise in a broad range of cargoes, including energy, vehicles, roll-on roll-off, containers, bulks, liquid bulks and forest products. Immingham is the UK’s largest port by volume and Hull is home to the £310m Green Port Hull facility, a joint investment by ABP and Siemens Gamesa which opened in 2017. Southampton Southampton is the UK’s number one vehicle handling port, Europe’s leading turnaround cruise port with around two million cruise passengers per year, and the UK’s most productive container port. Operated by DP World Southampton, the container terminal is home to the new 500m deep-water quay SCT5, which was built specifically for handling the biggest ships in the world. The Port of Southampton supports 45,600 jobs and contributes £2.5bn to the nation’s economy every year. The port is the UK’s number one export port handling over £40bn of exports every year, underlining its national strategic significance.
Wales & Short Sea Ports ABP South Wales ports cover an area of 1,538 ha and together with their customers, they support 15,000 jobs across Wales and contribute £1.4bn to the UK economy. ABP’s Short Sea Ports span four geographical regions and eleven ports located in East Anglia, the South West, North West and Scotland, handling over 4 million tonnes of cargo every year. In both Wales and across Short Sea ports, ABP’s ports handle a broad range of cargoes and offer excellent opportunities for renewable energy developments and port centric manufacturing.
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