Teesport
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Teesport is a large sea port located in borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire in North-East of England. It is one of the United Kingdom's three largest ports[1] and lies three miles (5 km) to the east of Middlesbrough. It is currently owned by PD Ports, a division of Babcock & Brown[2]
The port covers an area of 200 hectares (2 square kilometres) of land alongside the Southern bank of the River Tees. At its heart is Tees Dock, a deep-water facility some 5 nautical miles (9 km) from the sea. Teesport handles over 6,000 ships a year. Plus it is strongly associated with petrochemicals, manufacturing and engineering. Teesport handles over 56 million tonnes of cargo annually. The estate is rail connected and close to the A66 trans-pennine route, and to other major trunk roads.
Facilities include two Container Quays, one a 294 metre the other a 360 metre and Roll-on Roll Off (RORO) facilities
[edit] References
- ^ PD Ports plc. Retrieved on 2006-05-11.
- ^ PD Ports, The Logical Link To Your Customers
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