| On the central east coast of England, the Port of Immingham is on the south bank of the Humber Estuary in North East Lincolnshire. Port History Mayflower Pilgrims embarked from the Port of Immingham to sail through Holland to Southampton and then to Plymouth. Until the early 1900s, the Port of Immingham was an agricultural village. When the railroad arrived, speculators built a deep-sea dock there, and the area began to grow with a working population. World War I brought decline in growth that continued into the 1950s. During World War II, Lord Mountbatten made the Port of Immingham his shore base, and he docked HMS Kelly there. King George V opened the Port of Immingham Dock in 1906. The Port of Immingham covered one thousand acres, including 45 acres of water. The Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway connected the dock, the down, and the mainland. In the 1950s, chemical and petroleum industries grew along the Humber Bank, brought 20 years of economic and population growth, and stimulated construction. Port Commerce The Port of Immingham is now owned by the Associated British Ports, and it's home to the biggest deep-sea docks in England. In terms of tonnage, the Port of Immingham is the largest port in the United Kingdom, with traffic of 57 million tons in 2006. The large port and industrial complex is an important point for the import of coal into Britain. The Port of Immingham is one of England's fastest-growing ports. It's the busiest ferry port on the East Coast, handling dry and tank containers and large quantities of fish. It's England's biggest dry bulk port, handling cargoes like coal, coke, slag, ferrous alloys, pig iron, animal feed, and agri-bulk. It offers almost five acres of warehouse and a new electronic terminal management system. The Port of Immingham's bagging and distribution facility has 2.2 hectares for handling horticultural and retail goods. The port is also home to several major timber terminals offering extensive open and covered areas for storage, timber treatment, and cargo-handling. The Port of Immingham handles increasing amounts fruit and vegetable imports from the Mediterranean and frozen fish. A major hub for the oil and petrochemical industries, the Port of Immingham boasts about one-fifth of the country's oil-refining capacity and four specialized liquid bulk terminals, including Simon Storage with a capacity of more than 260 storage tanks. The Port of Immingham handles many sailings of roll-on/roll-off cargo with Northern Europe and Scandinavia each week. The enclosed dock is over 200 yards long and 34 feet deep and can handle up to 38 thousand deadweight tons. The International Terminal is 300 yards long with a depth of 46 feet and can handle up to 200 thousand deadweight tons. The Immingham Oil Terminal is 400 yards long and 43 feet deep and can handle up to 300 thousand deadweight tons. Immingham's Bulk Terminal is over 330 yards long with a depth of 46 feet, and it can handle up to 200 thousand deadweight tons. Finally, the Immingham Gas Jetty is over 300 yards long with a depth of 36 feet and a capacity to handle 50 thousand deadweight tons. |
