Port of Immingham#Powerstation

{{see also|Port of Grimsby}}

From the mid 19th century onwards the Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway developed the Port of Grimsby into a modern outlet for its rail system onto the east coast of England.

In 1874 a report was commissioned from Charles Liddell on alternatives to expansion at Grimsby – it recommended a new dock west of Grimsby at South Killingholme, preferable due to low land costs and proximity to the Humber Estuary's navigable channel. Liddel's scheme was not proceeded with at that time.{{sfn|Dow|1985a|pp=163–4}}{{sfn|Dow|1965|p=229}}

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In 1900 the Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Company was formed with the aim of expanding the Grimsby Docks system – it sought powers from Parliament to build a new dock west adjacent of the Royal Dock, and north of Alexandra Dock, on the banks of the Humber; this development was passed as the {{visible anchor|Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act 1901}} (1 Edw. 7. c. ccii).{{sfb|1 Edw. 7. c. ccii|1901}} The Great Central Railway (GCR), owner of the Grimsby Docks was willing to back the scheme, but sought the advice of Sir John Wolfe Barry, who reported that the approach channel to the dock would have required extensive dredging; he later reported in favour of a scheme near Immingham, similar in location to that earlier proposed by Liddel.{{sfn|Dow|1965|p=229}} The GCR acquired land near their preferred dock, and informed the promoters of the scheme it was to withdraw its support, unless the scheme was changed to one better positioned on the Humber, near Stallingborough, nearer to a deep water channel;{{sfn|Dow|1965|p=229}}{{citation| url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/b/b7/Er19020815.pdf | title = Humber Commercial Dock, Grimsby|page = 168| date = 15 August 1902| journal = The Engineer| volume = 94}}

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Plans were submitted to Parliament in 1902 for a dock near Immingham, but the bill was withdrawn due to conditions requiring the GCR to dredge the Humber shipping channels to undo any change thought to have been caused by the dock works.{{sfn|Dow|1965|p=231}} Under pressure from interested parties the Board of Trade commissioned an inspection of the channels, which reported that no serious negative change would be expected from the new dock works.{{sfn|Dow|1965|p=231}} A bill was re-submitted in 1903. Features of the scheme were: a new dock in the parish of Immingham with lock and entrance channel, with jetties on the east and west side; a railway with a junction north of the Great Central Railway's line at Ulceby station to the dock; and rights to dredge, divert streams (Immingham Haven), to raise funds, to make working arrangements with the Great Central Railway; and rights of compulsory purchase. The scheme was passed as the {{visible anchor|Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act 1904}} (4 Edw. 7. c. lxxxv).{{sfb|4 Edw. 7. c. lxxxv|1904}} The 1904 act was modified by subsequent acts, the {{visible anchor|Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act 1908}} (8 Edw. 7. c. xlix), the Great Central Railway (Various Powers) Act 1909 (9 Edw. 7. c. lxxxv), and the {{visible anchor|Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act 1913}} (3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xx), which extended the time for construction, allowed raising additional capital, and made minor changes to the original plans.{{sfb|8 Edw. 7. c. xlix|1908}}{{sfb|9 Edw. 7. c. lxxxv|1909}}{{sfb|3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xx|1913}} The primary purpose of the dock was export of coal from Derbyshire and Yorkshire coalfields.{{citation|title = The Humber| url = http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/b/bb/Er19130103.pdf | journal = The Engineer|pages =3–4| date = 3 January 1913| volume = 115 }}

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The dock was designed by the firm of Sir John Wolfe Barry and partners, and contracted to Price, Wills and Reeves (Westminster), constructed on a site of over {{convert|1000|acre|ha}}, with a river frontage of about {{convert|1.5|mi}}.{{sfn|The Engineer|17 May 1912|p=512}} Work was formally initiated on the dock by Lady Henderson, wife of the Great Central chairman Alexander Henderson in July 1906.{{sfn|The Engineer|17 May 1912|p=512}}{{sfn|Dow|1965|pp=231–233}}

Three new short railway lines were sanctioned and constructed to connect to the dock from the west, east and south: these were the Humber Commercial Railway with a connection {{convert|5|mi|km|0}} away at Ulceby, on the former Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway (GG&SJR); the Barton and Immingham Light Railway ran from a junction near Goxhill (GG&SJR) connecting to the Humber Commercial line at a junction on the west side of the dock estate; and the Grimsby District Light Railway to Grimsby connecting via a junction onto the Humber Commercial line, on the east side of the dock estate.{{sfn|The Engineer|17 May 1912|p=512}}{{sfn|Dow|1965|pp=233–236}} The light railway to Grimsby was connected to the Great Coates branch by 1906; the line was used during the construction of the dock by the contractors, and a passenger service was begun in 1910.{{sfn|Dow|1965|p=234}}

Initial work on the dock included diversion of drains, and dredging of the entrance channel to the Humber. Approximately {{convert|2500000|cuyd}} of excavated material from the dock was used in the construction for levelling. The dock walls were made of concrete, with granite coping;{{sfn|The Engineer|24 May 1912|loc=p.535, col.1; p.535, Fig.2}} the lock pit was constructed with concrete side walls and a shallow inverted arch of brickwork at the invert.{{sfn|The Engineer|24 May 1912|loc=p.535, Fig.3; p.536, sections A-A to F-F }} Installation of the lock gates and their machinery was by Head Wrightson.{{sfn|The Engineer|24 May 1912|loc=p.537, col.1 }}

As built (1912) the dock consisted of a main basin {{convert|1100|ft}} square, with two arms to the north-west and south-west of approximately {{convert|1250|by|375|ft}} long by wide; a total enclosed area of {{convert|55.5|acre}}. The design incorporated space for two further arms on the east side, mirroring the western arms. The entrance lock was {{convert|840|by|90|ft}} split by lock gates into sections of {{convert|320|and|540|ft}}; the lock had {{convert|28|ft}} of water depth at ordinary spring tides. At the entrance where two jetties extending {{convert|650|ft}} into the river, forming a guiding shape for the lock entrance – the eastern jetty was intended to be used for passenger services, whilst the western jetty found initial use as a coal loading point.{{sfn|The Engineer|17 May 1912|loc=p.512, col.4 – p.513, col.1; p.512, map}}{{refn|group="note"|A double deck steel bridge of 600ft in six {{convert|100|ft}} spans was supplied by Head Wrightson to connect the west jetty to the rail network – the upper and lower decks held gravity fed rail tracks for full and returning empty wagons.{{sfn|The Engineer|14 June 1912|loc=p.682, cols.1–2; p.682, Figs.18–20 }} }}

The first dry dock was constructed adjacent parallel west of the entrance lock {{convert|740|by|56|ft}} long by wide,{{sfn|The Engineer|17 May 1912|loc= p.513, col.1; p.512, map}}{{sfn|The Engineer|24 May 1912|loc=p.537, col.1; p.537, Fig.4 }} operated by Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Co. subsidiary the Humber Graving Dock & Engineering Co.{{citation| title = The Shipbuilding Industry: A Guide to Historical Records| first = L.A.| last = Ritchie| page = 130}} East of the entrance lock was constructed the Dock Offices, built in an Arts and Crafts influenced style, with a Mansard roof encompassing dormer windows.{{sfn|Pevsner|Harris|Antram|2002|p=405}}

File:Coal hoists, Immingham dock, The Engineer 28 June 1912.jpg

The south quay of the dock was entirely equipped for coal export, with seven coal hoists, with capacity of 400 tons per hour. Extensive sidings were built mainly to the south of the dock, with inbound storage available for 8,000 (loaded) coal wagons, and outbound storage for 3,500 wagons.{{sfn|The Engineer|17 May 1912|loc= p.513, col.1; p.512, map}} The north-western arm was initially built as a timber pond, with adjacent rail sidings.{{sfn|The Engineer|17 May 1912|loc= p.513, col.1; p.512, map}} Coal hoists were hydraulically powered, supplied by gravity sidings carried across sidings by ferro-concrete bridges built by the Yorkshire Hennebique Contracting Company (Leeds). Six of the hoists were supplied by W.G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company; the seventh, a movable hoist was supplied by Tannet, Walker and Company (Leeds).{{sfn|The Engineer|14 June 1912|loc=p.682, cols.2–3; pp.682–4, Figs.21, 23, 24, 25, 26 }} The north quay of the south-western arm was used for pig iron handling, and was equipped with ten movable cranes from Armstrong Whitworth of lifting capacity of 5 or 3 tons, and a fixed crane with lifting capacity of up to 50 tons.{{sfn|The Engineer|14 June 1912|loc=p.683, cols.1–2 – p.684, col.1; p.683, Fig.22 }} Further cranes from Cowans, Sheldon & Company (Carlisle) were supplied for the transit sheds.{{sfn|The Engineer|14 June 1912|loc=p.684, col.2 }}

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File:Power house, Immingham dock, The Engineer.jpg

Much of the dock equipment was power via hydraulic power, whilst electrical power transmission was used for lighting, railway signalling, pumping equipment for the graving dock, and other purposes, including conveyor motors in the grain silo.{{sfn|The Engineer|7 June 1912|loc=p.600, col.1}} For both purposes a power station, {{convert|188.5|by|104.5|ft}} in ground plan was erected on the dock estate west of the main lock entrance. Steam was supplied by eight {{convert|30|by|8.5|ft}} long by wide Lancashire boilers at {{convert|180|psi}} – both hydraulic pumping and electrical generator plant was supplied by the same boilers, connected on a ring steam main. Hydraulic power was supplied via four pairs of horizontal condensing steam engines, with cylinder diameters of {{convert|24|and|44|in}} with {{convert|36|in}} stroke, each capable of pumping {{convert|700|impgal}} per minute at {{convert|800|psi}} to two {{convert|36|ft}} stroke accumulators. Most of the hydraulic machinery was supplied by W.G. Armstrong Whitworth and Company.{{sfn|The Engineer|7 June 1912|loc=p.600, cols.1–3; p.600, Fig.5; p.601, col.1}} Electrical power was provided via Curtis type steam turbines-alternators of {{convert|250|kW}} (two machines), {{convert|500|kW}}, and {{convert|1500|kW}}; supplying 6,000 V which was stepped down to 320 V to drive rotary converters; distribution of power was via a 3-phase 6,600 V supply to substations on the dock estate, containing rotary converters supplying 460 V DC. The electrical network included a substation halfway between Grimsby and Immingham supplying the Grimsby District Light Railway with 530 V DC; as well as a 1,200 kW 460 V supply via overhead electrical cable to the Grimsby Docks. Most of the electrical equipment was supplied by British Thomson-Houston.{{sfn|The Engineer|7 June 1912|loc=p.601, cols.1–3}}

The Humber Commercial Railway carried its first goods in July 1910.{{sfn|Dow|1965|pp=234–235}} The Barton and Immingham Light Railway opened May 1911.{{citation|url = http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/2/21/Er19110512.pdf| volume =111 | date = 12 May 1911| title = Railway Matters|page =491| journal = The Engineer}} A distant related work was the Doncaster Avoiding Line sanctioned 1903, and contracted in 1908 – the line allowed trains from west of Doncaster to avoid congestion at Doncaster station.{{sfn|Dow|1965|p=236}} An electrified tram line, the Grimsby and Immingham Electric Railway, parallel to the Grimsby District Light Railway was begun 1909 and opened 1912.{{sfn|Dow|1965|pp=239–242}} On the dock estate a sixty locomotive capacity engine house was constructed.{{sfn|The Engineer|17 May 1912|loc=p.513, col.1}} (See also Immingham engine shed.)

Due to high demand for coal shipment facilities in the aftermath of a coal strike, the dock was provisionally opened on 15 May 1912.{{citation| journal = The Engineer| date = 7 June 1912| page = 585| title = The Immingham Dock|volume = 113| url = http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/0f/Er19120607a.pdf }} The dock was official opened on 22 July 1912 by the King George V and Queen Mary;{{citation| volume = 114| journal = The Engineer| url =http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/7/70/Er19120802.pdf| date = 2 August 1912| pages =109–110 | title = Immingham Dock}} at the ceremony permission was given to name the new dock "The King's Dock", a moniker which did not persist; Sam Fay, general manager of the GCR was unexpectedly knighted by the King during the proceedings.{{sfn|Dow|1965|pp=242–249}}

Shortly after opening a large reinforced concrete grain silo was completed (1913), capable of holding 20,000 tons of grain. The silo was built by Stuart's Granolithic Company, and grain handling equipment supplied by Henry Simon (Manchester).{{sfn|The Engineer|28 November 1913|pp=568–9}}

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During the First World War, Immingham was a submarine base for British D class submarine.

During the 1930s the port was used for cruise ships, with vessels of the Orient Steam Navigation Company, White Star Line and Blue Star Line calling at the port.{{sfn|Port Master Plan|2012|loc=A brief history of the Port of Immingham, p.20}}

During the Second World War the port was used as a naval base, and was the Royal Navy's headquarters for the Humber.{{sfn|Port Master Plan|2012|loc=A brief history of the Port of Immingham, p.20}} Anti-aircraft batteries were located around the dock during the war.{{PastScape|num=1472424 |desc=HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY HUMBER H22|access-date=3 August 2015}}{{PastScape|num= 1472359 |desc= HEAVY ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY HUMBER H21|access-date=3 August 2015}}

During the war John Dowland and Leonard Harrison received the George Cross for defusing a bomb that had fallen onto the grain ship SS Kildare in February 1940 in Immingham Dock.

In 1950 a fertilizer plant was established on the dock estate, to the southeast. (See Fisons, Immingham.)

In 1957 construction of a new dry dock was begun, after acquisition of the Humber Gracing Dock & Engineering company by Richardsons Westgarth & Company; the new dry dock opened 1960, known as Henderson's Graving Dock.

The port's first roll-on/roll-off facility was constructed in 1966 for Tor Line.{{sfn|Port Master Plan|2012|loc=A brief history of the Port of Immingham, p.20}}

The Immingham Oil Terminal (IOT) jetty on the banks of the Humber east of the dock entrance was opened 1969. The terminal was built to serve the new oil refineries (Continental Oil Refinery and Lindsey Oil Refinery) built near west of the Immingham Dock site. The initial construction consisted of a pier into the Humber with two berths, suitable for ships up to 200,000 dwt. The dolphin berths were constructed from {{convert|71|in}} diameter tubes with {{convert|32|mm|order=flip|adj=on}} wall thickness driven over {{convert|60|ft}} into the underlying ground, in groups of 3 to 6 tubes.{{citation| title = The breasting dolphins for Immingham oil terminal| first = H.M. | last = Sharman| journal = Ground Engineering| pages = 23–26 | date = July 1970 | url = http://www.geplus.co.uk/technical-paper-database-/technical-paper-the-breasting-dolphins-for-immingham-oil-terminal/8683543.article }}

Immingham Bulk Terminal was commissioned in 1970 jointly by the National Coal Board (NCB) and British Steel Corporation (BSC) in association with the British Transport Docks Board (BTDB) for the export of coal and import of steel.{{citation| journal = Skilling's Mining Review| volume = 59| page = 239| title = B.S.C. To Develop Immingham Complex | year = 1970}} The cost of the terminal was £11.5 million.{{citation| title = Ports| work = British Industry Today| publisher = HM Stationery Office| year = 1974| page = 25}} The coal terminal was designed to increase the efficiency of coal export by the NCB,{{citation| title = International Coal Trade| work = United States Bureau of Mines| publisher = United States Department of the Interior| year = 1972| page = 21}} the terminal was taken over by the BTDB in 1973,{{citation| title = _|journal = Traffic World| volume = 159|year = 1974| page = 57}} and leased back to the NCB and BSC, it was the NCB's main point of export for coal (1982).{{citation| title = BTDB Ports: Guide to the Nineteen Ports| page = 21| year = 1982}} The ore terminal was part of British Steel's "Anchor" modernisation project at its Scunthorpe Steelworks,{{citation| title = The Steel Industry in Post War Britain| work = Industrial Britain| first = David W.| last = Heal| year = 1974| isbn = 0715365657|pages = 174–175}} the ore terminal was completed 1972.{{citation| journal = Minerals Yearbook| volume = 1| page = 619| year = 1975| publisher = United States Bureau of Mines| title = _ }} Vessel capacities for the terminals were 100,000 dwt for the ore terminal and 35,000 dwt for the coal terminal.{{sfn|Symes|1987|p=102}}

A Liquid Petroleum Gas handling jetty "Immingham Gas Jetty" was opened in 1985 at a cost of £5 million; the terminal was connected to underground storage operated by Conoco and Calor Gas.{{citation| title = Ports: Guide to the Nineteen Ports| page = 41| year = 1987}}

A third berth was commissioned at the Immingham oil terminal in 1994 at a cost of £18 million.{{citation| journal = Hazardous Cargo Bulletin| page = 125| year = 1995| title = _}}

In June 1995 a new £13.5 million terminal was opened for shipping company DFDS. Located on the south-western arm of the dock, in 1999 the terminal had 4 roll-on/roll-off berths on a {{convert|50|acre}} site.{{citation| title = Lloyd's Ports of the World| year = 1999| page = 809}}{{citation| title = The Dock and Harbour Authority| volume = 76|issue = 865–868| pages = 256, 259| year = 1996}}

The shipyard at the graving docks closed in 2001. The Henderson Graving Dock has been converted into a shipping berth.{{citation| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/BYGONES-Graving-Dock-s-demise-nearly-100-years/story-13741505-detail/story.html| title =Graving Dock's demise after nearly 100 years| date =3 November 2011 | work = Grimsby Telegraph |access-date=3 August 2015}}

Humber International Terminal (HIT) became operational in August 2000. The terminal was built adjacent west of the Immingham Bulk Terminal on the Humber bank; a {{convert|300|m}} berth dredged to a depth of {{convert|14.7|m}}. The main work was contracted to Edmund Nuttall and HAM Dredging.{{citation| url = http://www.bulkmaterialsinternational.com/htm/n_20000701.024726.htm| title = HIT starts operations| work = www.bulkmaterialsinternational.com| issue = July/August| year = 2000|access-date=3 August 2015}} In 2005 Associated British Ports decided to invest a further £15 million on a "Phase 2" extension of the terminal.{{citation| url = http://www.bulkmaterialsinternational.com/htm/n20050602.766432.htm| work = www.bulkmaterialsinternational.com| issue = March/April| year= 2005| title = Additional £15 mill for HIT 2 |access-date=3 August 2015}} The phase two berth extended the terminal's quay by {{convert|220|m}}, and was built primarily to handle imported coal. The terminal was formally opened by the Princess Royal in 2006.{{citation| url = http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/industry-news/hrh_the_princess_royal_opens_humber_international_terminal_2| title = HRH The Princess Royal Opens Humber International Terminal 2 | date = 1 July 2006| work = www.maritimejournal.com|access-date=3 August 2015}}

A new Immingham West Jetty for petrochemical handling was contracted to Edmund Nuttall to a design by engineering firm Halcrow.{{citation| chapter = 11. Project procurement and administration| first = A.C.| last = Burdall| first2= C.B.M.| last2 = Reed | title =The global change?: International Ports Congress 1999| year = 2000|editor-first = J.| editor-last = Carmichael| isbn = 0727728288| pages = 107– }}

In 2004 transport minister David Jamieson allowed the construction of a £35 million, 5 berth roll-on/roll-off terminals at the port, for ferry operators DFDS Tor Line, suitable for vessels up to {{convert|225|by|35|m}}.{{citation| url = http://www.lgcplus.com/immingham-outer-harbour-given-the-go-ahead/1233527.article| title =IMMINGHAM OUTER HARBOUR GIVEN THE GO-AHEAD| date = 9 July 2004| work = www.lgcplus.com|access-date=3 August 2015}}{{citation| url =http://www.maritimejournal.com/news101/industry-news/ro-ro_a_go-go_for_abp_immingham_container_terminal| title = Ro-Ro a Go-Go for ABP Immingham Container Terminal | date = 1 July 2004| work = www.maritimejournal.com |access-date=3 August 2015}} The Immingham Outer Harbour Revision Order, 2004 permitted the construction of moorings and access ramps south and west of the jetty of the Humber International Terminal; and the removal of part of the Western jetty; as well as permitting dredging of a channel to the terminal to a maximum depth of {{convert|9|to|10|m}}.{{sfn|Immingham Outer Harbour Revision Order|2004|loc =§4, pp.3–4; §8, pp.4–5 }} Three of the five permitted berths were constructed, and the Immingham Outer Harbour opened 2006.

In 2007/8, a £45 million 200,000 ton ({{convert|227000|m3}}) pa biofuel plant was constructed at the Port of Immingham, manufacturing biodiesel from vegetable oils.{{cite web| url = https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/308142/uk-biofuel-producer.pdf |publisher =Ecofys 2014 by order of: Department for Transport (DfT)| title = Overview of UK Biofuel Producers| first = Sacha| last = Alberci| date = 27 March 2014| at = Table 1, p.6; p.10| access-date = 9 July 2015}}{{cite web| url = http://www.projenbioenergy.co.uk/energy/biofuels.php| title =Biofuels| access-date = 9 July 2015| work = www.projenbioenergy.co.uk}}

In 2008 a {{convert|48|acre}} site was acquired in Stallingborough in 2008 to increase off dock estate storage space for cars. The site was operational by 2011.

In 2013 ABP began the development of the "Immingham Renewable Fuels Terminal" on the Humber International Terminal site, as part of a 15-year contract with Drax Power Station to supply biomass (wood pellet) to the powerplant. ABP's total investment in biomass handling facilities, including installations at Hull and Goole was to be around £100 million.{{citation| url= http://biomassmagazine.com/articles/8777/abp-makes-investments-in-port-pellet-terminals-to-support-drax| title = ABP makes investments in port pellet terminals to support Drax | date = 29 March 2013| work = biomassmagazine.com }}{{refn|group="note"|A similar installation was constructed at King George Dock, Hull as part of the same scheme. }} In April 2013 Graham Construction was awarded the contract to build the 3 million ton per annum facility, consisting of an automated biomass handling terminal utilizing continuous ship unloaders, with rail and road export facilities, and with 100,000 ton storage capacity, using four silos each of {{convert|168000|m3}}.{{citation| url= http://www.bulkmaterialsinternational.com/htm/w20130424.076901.htm| title= Graham appointed for ABP biomass hub| date = 24 April 2013| work = www.bulkmaterialsinternational.com |access-date=3 August 2015}}{{citation| title = Firm leads way to deliver biomass facility at Port of Immingham| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Firm-leads-way-deliver-biomass-facility-Port/story-18867675-detail/story.html| date = 2 May 2013| work = Grimsby Telegraph |access-date=3 August 2015}} The project entered the commissioning phase in mid 2014.{{citation| title =Immingham primed for further Drax biomass business| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Port-primed-Drax-biomass-business/story-21179740-detail/story.html| date = 3 June 2014| work = Grimsby Telegraph|access-date=3 August 2015}} The second phase of the project was to add a further 3 million tons pa capacity.{{citation| title = Fuelling the future: Immingham's crucial role in Europe's biggest decarbonisation project| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/Fuelling-future-Immingham-s-crucial-role-Europe-s/story-26188188-detail/story.html | date = 27 March 2015| first = David| last = Laister| work = Grimsby Telegraph |access-date=3 August 2015}} Two 2,300 ton per hour screw unloading biomass handling cranes were installed by May 2015.{{cite news| title = £15m investment in world-leading Immingham biomass terminal unveiled| url = http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/15m-investment-world-leading-Immingham-biomass/story-26591780-detail/story.html| date = 29 May 2015| first = David| last = Laister| work = Grimsby Telegraph|access-date=3 August 2015}}

In 2018 Associated British Ports took over operation of British Steel's Immingham Bulk Terminal with an investment of £65 million.{{cite news |last1=Laister |first1=David |title=£65m investment will help support long-term future of steelmaking |url=https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/british-steel-port-operation-taken-2214169 |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=GrimsyLive |date=13 November 2018}} At the same time Derbyshire based metal and recycling specialist, Ward, opened a deep sea dock export facility at Immingham to expand its capabilities to export metal.{{cite news |title=Ward to boost metal export with dedicated dock facility |url=https://www.eastmidlandsbusinesslink.co.uk/mag/news/ward-metal-export-dedicated-dock-facility/ |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=East Midlands Business Link |date=9 April 2018}} British Steel took back control of the Immingham port facility in 2020.{{cite news |last1=Laister |first1=David |title=British Steel takes back control of Immingham port facility |url=https://www.business-live.co.uk/ports-logistics/british-steel-takes-back-control-18706285 |access-date=19 February 2021 |work=BusinessLive |date=3 August 2020}}

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|File:Immingham Dock Office - geograph.org.uk - 408271.jpg|The Dock Offices (2007)

|File:Immingham Docks - geograph.org.uk - 1009157.jpg|Immingham Dock (2008)

|File:Ship at Immingham oil terminal - geograph.org.uk - 1007617.jpg|Immingham Oil Terminal (2008)

|File:Immingham Bulk Terminals - geograph.org.uk - 408348.jpg|Immingham Bulk Terminal (2007)

|File:West Jetty - geograph.org.uk - 416730.jpg|West Jetty (2007)

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The port has a seafarers' centre where chaplains from the Catholic seafarers' charity Apostleship of the Sea are based.

{{Portal|England|Energy}}

• Immingham Dock railway station, Immingham Dock electric railway station, Immingham (Eastern Jetty) railway station – railway stations on the dock estate
• Industry of the South Humber Bank
• Port of Hull, specifically King George Dock, a contemporary (1914) development on the north bank of the Humber.

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• {{citation| title =Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act 1901 | author = 1 Edw. 7. c. ccii| year = 1901}}, Act for a new dock in Grimsby.
• {{citation| title = Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act 1904 | year = 1904 |author = 4 Edw. 7. c. lxxxv}}, a proposed dock to be sited instead at a site in Immingham.
• {{citation| title =Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act 1908 | year = 1908| author = 8 Edw. 7. c. xlix}}, modifications of the 1904 act.
• {{citation| title = Great Central Railway (Various Powers) Act 1909 | year = 1909| author = 9 Edw. 7. c. lxxxv}}, clarification, additional capital.
• {{citation| title = Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act 1913| year = 1913| author = 3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xx}},
• {{citation| title = The Associated British Ports (Immingham Outer Harbour) Harbour Revision Order 2004| year= 2004| number = 2190| work = www.legislation.gov.uk | url = http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2190/made |ref = {{harvid|Immingham Outer Harbour Revision Order|2004}} }}
• {{citation| title = The Associated British Ports (Immingham Gas Jetty) Harbour Revision Order 2007| year= 2007| number = 1803| work = www.legislation.gov.uk | url =http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1803/article/12/made }}

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{{citation| journal = London Gazette| url =https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27249/supplement/7423 |pages = 7423–7426| date = 23 November 1900| issue = 27249| title = Humber Commercial Railway and Dock. Incorporation/ of Company; Power to make Dock and Entrance with Sea Walls Railways and other Works adjoining the existing Docks at Grimsby [...] }}

{{citation| journal = The London Gazette| url = https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27496/page/7411| title = HUMBER COMMERCIAL RAILWAY AND DOCK. New Dock with Entrance into River Humber, with River Walls, Piers or Jetties, Railways, and other Works in connection therewith, near Grimsby in the county of Lincoln; Powers as to diverting Water and Dredging; Power to stop up and divert Drain and Outfall at Immingham Haven; Abandonment of Works authorized by Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act 1901; Cancellation of existing Agreements and Arrangements and release of Money Deposit under Act, of 1901; Application of provisions of Act of 1901 to New Works; General Dock and other Powers;[...] | date =18 November 1902 | issue = 27496 |pages = 7411–7413 }}

{{citation| journal = The London Gazette| url =https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27619/page/7621 | title = HUMBER COMMERCIAL RAILWAY AND DOCK. New Dock with Entrance into River Humber, with River Embankments, Walls, Piers, Jetties, Railways and other Works in connection therewith near Grimsby, in the County of Lincoln; Powers as to taking and diverting Water and Dredging; Power to stop up and divert Drains; Abandonment of Works authorized by Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Act, 1901; Cancellation of existing Agreements and Arrangements and release of Money Deposit under Act of 1901; Application of Provisions of Act of 1901 to New Works; [...]| date = 24 November 1903| issue =27619 |pages =7621–7623 }}

{{citation| journal = The London Gazette| url =https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28083/page/8239 | title = HUMBER COMMERCIAL RAILWAY AND DOCK Power to Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Company to Make a New Road and Road Diversions; Compulsory Purchase of Additional Lands at South Killingholme and Immingham by Humber Dock Company and Great Central Railway Company; Revival and Extension of Time for Compulsory Purchase of Lands for Humber Commercial Dock Undertaking [..] | date = 26 November 1907| issue = 28083 |pages = 8239–8240}}

{{citation| journal = The London Gazette| url =https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28199/page/8904 | title =GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY (VARIOUS POWERS). New Railways for Great Central Railway Company in Counties of Lancaster and York (West Riding); Tolls, &c.; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company to afford Facilities for Traffic; Stopping up and Diversion of Footpaths at Wath-upon-Dearne and Wombwell; Street Improvement in Lincoln by Great Central Railway Company and Corporation of Lincoln; Additional Lands for Great Central Railway Company in Counties of Buckingham, Denbigh, Lancaster, Leicester, Northampton, Stafford and York (West Riding); Additional Lands for Great Central Railway and North Lindsey Light Railways Companies, in the County of Lincoln (Parts of Lindsey); Closing of Level Crossings at Hexthorpe and Harwarden; Alteration of Powers as to Building at Hampstead; Stopping up and Diversion of Footpath at Aylesbury by the Metropolitan and Great Central Joint Committee and Agreements with Local Authority; Altering Site for Electrical Generating Station of Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway Company and Additional Lands for that Company in County of Lancaster; Power to Seaforth Company to increase Rate of Interest payable out of Capital; Lease of Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway to Great Central Railway Company; Additional Lands for Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway Company and further Provisions as to Surplus Lands; Compulsory Powers for Purchase of Lands and Execution of Works, Purchase of Parts only of Houses, &c.; Extinguishment of Rights of Way; Extension of Time for Sale of Great Central and Midland Committee's Surplus Lands; Revival of Powers and Extension of Time for Purchase of Lands and Construction of Works by Great Central, North Lindsey and Seaforth and Sefton Junction Railway Companies; Additional Capital for Great Central Railway Company and Humber Dock Company; Incorporation and Amendment of Acts and other Purposes.| date =24 November 1908 | issue = 28199 |pages = 8904–8910 }}

{{citation| journal = The London Gazette| url =https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28666/page/9005 | title =HUMBER COMMERCIAL RAILWAY AND DOCK. Power to Humber Commercial Railway and Dock Company to make River Embankments at Immingham; Compulsory Purchase of Land; [...] | date = 26 November 1912| issue =28666 |pages = 9005–9006 }}

{{citation| url = https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/L-56329-580| title = PROPOSED ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS (IMMINGHAM OUTER HARBOUR) HARBOUR REVISION ORDER| journal = The London Gazette| date = 12 September 2001| issue = 56329| page = 10696}}

{{harvnb|Immingham 100|2012|loc = [https://web.archive.org/web/20121023005835/http://www.immingham100.co.uk/Events/Countdown/ Grimsby Telegraph's Fact of the Day] }}

{{harvnb|Immingham 100|2012|loc = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130727064038/http://immingham100.co.uk/History/Timeline/ The development of a Port and Town] }}

{{citation| url = http://www.scunthorpetelegraph.co.uk/Port-masterplan-revealed/story-11176093-detail/story.html|title = Port masterplan revealed| date = 26 March 2010| work = Scunthorpe Telegraph|access-date=3 August 2015}}

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{{GeoGroup|section=Maps and landmark coordinates}}

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{{coord|53.62369|-0.19085|display=inline|type:landmark|name = Fisons Fertilizers}}, Fisons Fertilizers

{{coord|53.62964|-0.18917|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Lock}}, Lock

{{coord|53.62718|-0.19097|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Dock}}, Dock

{{coord|53.62529|-0.18681|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Grain silo (site of) }}, Grain silo (site of)

{{coord|53.63236|-0.19398|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Power station (site of) }}, Power station (site of)

{{coord|53.63370|-0.18942|type:landmark|display=inline|name=West jetty }}, West jetty

{{coord|53.63079|-0.18219|type:landmark|display=inline|name=East jetty }}, East jetty

{{coord|53.61915|-0.18984|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Engine shed}}, Engine shed

{{coord|53.62077|-0.30155|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Immingham Commercial Dock railway, junction with former Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway }}, Immingham Commercial Dock railway, junction with former Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction Railway

{{coord|53.63378|-0.20965|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Immingham Commercial Dock railway, junction with former Barton and Immingham Light Railway }}, Immingham Commercial Dock railway, junction with former Barton and Immingham Light Railway

{{coord|53.61836|-0.18090|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Immingham Commercial Dock railway, junction with former Grimsby District Light Railway}}, Immingham Commercial Dock railway, junction with former Grimsby District Light Railway

{{coord|53.62913|-0.19063|type:landmark|display=inline|name= Humber Graving Dock}}, Humber Graving Dock

{{coord|53.62999|-0.19171|type:landmark|display=inline|name= Graving Dock, 1960}}, Graving Dock, 1960

{{coord|53.62995|-0.16427|type:landmark|display=inline|name= Immingham Oil Terminal jetty }}, Immingham Oil Terminal jetty

{{coord|53.63840|-0.19696|type:landmark|display=inline|name= Immingham Bulk Terminal jetty }}, Immingham Bulk Terminal jetty

{{coord|53.64525|-0.20605|type:landmark|display=inline|name= Immingham Gas Terminal jetty}}, Immingham Gas Terminal jetty

{{coord|53.64222|-0.20218|type:landmark|display=inline|name= Humber International Terminal jetty}}, Humber International Terminal jetty

{{coord|53.63837|-0.20056|type:landmark|display=inline|name= Immingham Outer Harbour}}, Immingham Outer Harbour

{{coord|53.62941|-0.18847|type:landmark|display=inline|name=Dock offices }}, Dock offices

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• [http://www.imminghammuseum.org/Homepage Homepage of Immingham Museum & Heritage Centre which portrays the history of the docks and railway]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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