INVESTMENT IN NEW FACILITIES PROVIDES FURTHER UPLIFTING NEWS FOR CARGOFLOW - IMMINGHAM
ABP Connect, the value-added services division of Associated British Ports (ABP), has announced it is to invest in new cranage for its four-berth roll-on/roll-off and lift-on/lift-off terminal, Cargoflow – Immingham, based at ABP’s Port of Immingham.The new cranes will increase the terminal’s current storage capacity by 25 per cent to 5,000 TEUs* and, at the same time, substantially improve the efficiency of the terminal.
Tenders will soon be accepted for two new rubber-tyre gantry (RTG) cranes and associated civil works.The new cranes will complement the terminal’s high-capacity 40-tonne Liebherr P98L gantry crane, which will be delivered and become operational in Spring 2005.
Delivery of the RTG cranes will mark the beginning of the final phase of the container capacity-expansion programme at Cargoflow – Immingham, which began earlier this year with a £1.2 million surfacing programme creating 4.85 hectares of additional container space. The second phase will commence in September with the installation of an ‘Auto-Store’ container-location system.
Stephen Burgess, ABP Connect’s Managing Director, commented on the latest development in Cargoflow – Immingham’s expansion programme:
“We have already invested a substantial sum of money in new facilities at Cargoflow – Immingham to increase container-handling capacity at the terminal. We have witnessed a significant growth in container throughput in the last four years and our current projections suggest this trend will continue. This further investment demonstrates our commitment to our customers and to attracting new container traffic to the north-east of England.”
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