“Crucial link” in marine supply chain gets £5m investment
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS are set to build a £5m marine control centre at the Port of Grimsby.
The four-floor facility is replacing the vessel traffic services centre at Spurn Point.
The new centre will be located between Royal Dock and Fish Dock at the north end of the port estate in Grimsby.
Deterioration of the peninsula surrounding the old site has limited access.
Work will commence in late Spring,and is expected to take 15 months.
The existing buildings at Spurn Peninsula will be handed back over to the landowner Yorkshire Wildlife Trust.
ABP director Humber Simon Bird said: “The Spurn Peninsula is now as low-lying and unprotected as at any time in living memory and maintaining road access has been difficult.
“In addition to this, the regeneration of Grimsby as a major port means it requires an additional level of marine oversight and control.
“It makes sense to combine these functions under one roof in a new purpose-built Humber Marine Control Centre.”
ABP head of Marine Humber, Phil Cowing finished: “Grimsby has become an increasingly important hub for offshore wind support and is a crucial link in the automotive supply chain and as such now requires its own marine control function.”
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