Humber ports address climate change
Lord Henley, the British Government’s Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, visited the ABP Humber ports of Hull and Immingham last week.
The event marked the forthcoming publication of the transport climate change adaptation reports as required of ports handling over 10m tons of cargo per year under the Climate Change Act.
As a reporting authority, ABP was served with Directions to report on the impacts of climate change in relation to its functions as Harbour Authority for the Humber, Hull, Immingham, and Southampton. The subsequent report was created by central and local input from the relevant Harbour Authorities and has been given the seal of approval by Defra. It will be published later this year.
During his visit, Lord Henley was given an overview of the ports and ABP’s plans for the future, including details of Green Port Hull, before embarking on a trip around the Humber Estuary aboard one of ABP’s Humber Estuary Services’ pilot launches.
Lord Henley said, “I am pleased that ABP is developing a good understanding of the challenges that climate change could pose to its operations, and considering these issues in its business practices. ABP has some exciting projects in the pipeline which will additionally help the UK in its move towards a low carbon economy.”
Tom Jeynes, ABP sustainable development manager Humber said, “While climate change impacts pose some risk to our operations, we will look to adapt our operations to cope with change, while we are responding to opportunities, including increases in short sea shipping as a modal shift, as well as opportunities related to the onshore and offshore renewable power.
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