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Kingston upon Hull. Coordinates. 53°44′17″N 0°19′55″W / . 53.738°N 0.332°W. / 53.738; -0.332 ( Port of Hull) Details. Operated by. Associated British Ports. The Port of Hull is a port at the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
The Port of Immingham, also known as Immingham Dock, is a major port on the east coast of England, located on the south bank of the Humber Estuary in the town of Immingham, Lincolnshire. In 2019, the Port of Grimsby & Immingham was the largest port in the United Kingdom by tonnage with 54.1 million tonnes of cargo passing through that year.
Photograph by Lewis Hine, c. 1912. A dockworker (also called a longshoreman, stevedore, or docker) is a waterfront manual laborer who is involved in loading and unloading ships. [1] After the intermodal shipping container revolution of the 1960s, the required dockworkers declined by over 90%.
Port of Barrow; Barry Docks; Fleetwood; Port of Garston; Goole; Port of Grimsby; Hams Hall; Port of Hull; Port of Immingham; Port of Ipswich; King's Lynn; Port of Lowestoft; Newport Docks; Plymouth; Port of Port Talbot; Silloth; Port of Southampton; Port of Swansea; Teignmouth; Troon; Other port operators in the UK include:
Ships husbandry or ship husbandry is all aspects of maintenance, cleaning, and general upkeep of the hull, rigging, and equipment of a ship. It may also be used to refer to aspects of maintenance which are not specifically covered by the technical departments. [2]
A dry dock (sometimes drydock or dry-dock) is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform. Dry docks are used for the construction, maintenance, and repair of ships, boats, and other watercraft.
A cargo hatch or deck hatch or hatchway is type of door used on ships and boats to cover the opening to the cargo hold or other lower part of the ship. To make the cargo hold waterproof, most cargo holds have cargo hatch. This can be a waterproof door, like a trap door with hinges or a cover that is places on top of the cargo hold opening ...
The Dock Offices building is so-named as it is the former headquarters of the Hull Dock Company, which operated all docks in Hull until 1893. Built in 1872, it is a Grade II* listed building and a striking example of Victorian architecture. The building stands in Queen Victoria Square, opposite the Queen's Gardens, in Hull's city centre.
Humber Dock Marina. Hull Marina is a marina for pleasure boats situated in the English city of Kingston upon Hull. It was opened in 1983 on the site of the former Railway Dock and Humber Dock and is managed by British Waterways Marinas Limited (BWML).
Docks in Kingston upon Hull (18 P) Pages in category "Port of Hull" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.