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The Port of Immingham, also known as Immingham Dock, is a major port on the east coast of England, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary in the town of Immingham, Lincolnshire. In 2019, the Port of Grimsby & Immingham was the largest port in the United Kingdom by tonnage with 54.1 million tonnes of cargo passing through that year.
Immingham is a town and civil parish in North East Lincolnshire, England, on the south-west bank of the Humber Estuary, six miles (ten kilometres) northwest of Grimsby.. It was relatively unpopulated until the early 1900s, when the Great Central Railway began developing Immingham Dock; as a consequence of the docks, and post-Second World War large scale industrial developments, Immingham ...
The Port of Immingham is the UK's largest port by tonnage, handling around 46 million tonnes per year. [10] It has DFDS freight routes to Brevik, Cuxhaven, Esbjerg, Gothenburg, Rotterdam and Zeebrugge. [11] The Port of Grimsby is a major car importation hub, along with being an offshore wind farm servicing hub.
Grimsby and Immingham are major ports (together, they handle some 55.9 million tonnes of cargo per annum – the largest port in the UK in terms of tonnage); The port of Boston is less important than it was (though it still handles upwards of 1.5 million tonnes p.a.). Humberside Airport is ten miles (16 km) west of Grimsby.
Imported Coal transported from Immingham passes through Melton Ross. The South Humberside Main Line is one of eight national Seven Day Railway Routes, which target the routes with the strongest business case for investment. [2] The port of Immingham is located at the end of the South Humberside Main Line from Doncaster.
Port of Tilbury: 1908 London: Forth Ports: 4 Port of London: 2013 London: DP World: 5 Port of Immingham: 1912 Immingham: Associated British Ports: 6 Port of Liverpool: 1971 Liverpool: The Peel Group: 7 Port of Tees: 1992 Middlesbrough: PD Ports: 8 Port of Tyne: 1968 Tyne and Wear: Port of Tyne Authority 9 Port of Bristol: 1978 Bristol: The ...
The temporary station lasted for some years. The July 1922 Bradshaw's Guide shows Immingham Western jetty as the line's terminus, [7] whilst a photograph of a locomotive in Great Central livery using the permanent replacement Immingham Dock station [8] suggests the handover took place around 1922. The new station was nearer the dock gates.
Ports on the Humber include the Port of Hull, the Port of Grimsby and the Port of Immingham; there are lesser ports at New Holland and North Killingholme Haven. The estuary is navigable for the largest of deep-sea vessels. Inland connections for smaller craft are extensive but handle only a quarter of the goods traffic handled in the Thames. [4]