ABP’s new terminal opens at Immingham

Construction of the new terminal, in which ABP has invested £27.5m (US$50m), followed the signing in 2004 of a 25-year agreement between ABP and Danish ro-ro ferry operator DFDS Tor Line.

DFDS Nordic Terminal Riverside covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) and can handle three vessels berthed simultaneously on the River Humber, outside Immingham Lock. The new berths can accommodate DFDS’s newer and larger generation of vessels, and this new development extends DFDS’s existing terminal in Immingham to a total of 170 acres (69 ha) and seven ro-ro berths.

Since starting its operations at ABP Immingham in 1995, DFDS Tor Line has seen its annual throughput triple. The terminal now receives two services operating between Immingham and Esbjerg in Denmark and Gothenburg in Sweden, comprising 14 weekly shipments of cars, paper and general cargo. The opening of Nordic Terminal Riverside will enable the company to facilitate further growth in traffic.