Located next to the busiest ports complex in the UK, two international airports and excellent connections to the UK road and rail networks, the South Humber Gateway is a major gateway to the rest of the UK and Europe.
With almost 1,000 hectares of development land spanning both North and North East Lincolnshire, the South Humber Gateway (SHG) is the last remaining strategic development site that fronts a deep-water estuary in the UK, and the largest employment land allocation in Yorkshire and Humber.
The South Humber Gateway is attracting significant global interest and is experiencing unprecedented levels of inward investment with an estimated £3 billion+ of investment over the next 10 years.
Besides its obvious size, what makes the SHG particularly attractive for investment is its home to the UK's busiest ports complex. The South Humber Ports of:
These ports are already the busiest in the UK by tonnage of cargo handled, and with further port developments planned the capacity to handle an increase in cargo, will only grow.
Port Freight Statistics September 2011
The following publication presents final detailed statistics on freight handled by major UK ports. This report has been compiled and published by the Department of Transport. It reports that the Humber regions very own ports of Grimsby and Immingham remained the UK’s leading port in 2010, handling 54 Mt (11 per cent of UK traffic).
Not only is it UK's fastest growing ports complex, a top ten European Port and the East Coast's largest ro-ro port but also, together with the Humber Sea Terminal, the ports are key nodes on the North European Trade Axis.
The areas road and freight-forwarding infrastructure provides a major competitive advantage for businesses and industry on the South Humber Gateway . Approximately 40 million people can be accessed from any location on the South Humber Gateway quickly and easily.
Further distribution channels include some of the UK's least congested motorways, two international airports on the doorstep at Humberside and Doncaster, the UK's second largest heliport at Humberside Airport, and an expanding rail network with the rail freight terminal for the Channel Tunnel within 20 miles.
Below are two brochures for you to view, download or print:
For more information please contact us:
Economic Development
North Lincolnshire Council
Civic Centre
Ashby Road
Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
DN16 1AB
Tel: 01724 297330
Email: businessinfo@northlincs.gov.uk