LOCATION & ACCESS

Able Humber Port (AHP) has an ideal and Central UK location.

The geography offers a wide range of benefits:

• As a central point for the distribution of imported products (40 million consumers within 4 hours)
• As a central point for the collection and despatch of products for export
• A large catchment area for staff (almost 2 million people within 1 hour)
• As the very best location for servicing Round 3 Offshore Wind Farms
• As a central point for servicing North Sea Offshore Oil & Gas activities
• Continental Europe within 24 hours sailing time providing access to a market of more than 170 million.

SEA ACCESS

The Humber Estuary is the busiest trading estuary in the UK and the existing ports complex ranks fourth in size in Northern Europe after Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg.

Tides

• MHWS 7.3m CD (Mean High Water Spring)
• MLWS 0.9m CD (Mean Low Water Spring)
• 6.4m Tide Range
• O.D. (Ordnance Datum) = CD+3.90

Channel Widths

• Main Channel 180m
• Grimsby Channel 600m

Channel Water Depths

• Channel Depth -9.6m CD (maintained)
• Depth of water at MHWS 16.0m
• Depth of water at MLWS 10.5m

ROAD ACCESS

AHP is located close to the main East Coast Motorway network:

In addition a recent announcement by the UK Department of Transport has confirmed that the A160 – the road leading in to the Immingham ports complex – will be upgraded to full dual carriageway status with the injection of £110m. The scheme is set to start in 2013 and will be completed within two years.

RAIL

AHP is connected to the main network and plans are in preparation to develop new sidings at both the Southern and Northern sites.

AIR

In addition Humberside Airport operates the UK’s 2nd largest Heliport