Since starting operations at ABP Immingham in 1995, DFDS Tor Line has seen its annual throughput triple. The opening of the new terminal will enable DFDS to facilitate further growth in traffic. The terminal now receives two services operating between Immingham, Esberg and Gothenburg, comprising 14 weekly shipments of cars, paper and general cargo.

The UK Government granted ABP permission to construct the new development in July 2004.

As part of the planning process, ABP worked closely with a number of environmental organisations, including English Nature, the Environment Agency (EA), the RSPB, and the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Wildlife Trusts to reach a pioneering agreement which commits ABP to undertake an agreed set of environmental actions to replace the habitat lost to the new development.

The agreement has resulted in ABP creating 140 acres of mudflats and saltmarsh, and 15 acres of grassland at sites at Welwick and Chowderness on the Humber Estuary. The new sites not only provide new habitats for the Humber's migratory wildfowl but also make a significant contribution to the EA's long term plans for flood defence on the estuary, which are being implemented to combat the growing threat of rising sea levels.

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