Showcase to promote the Humber at International Shipping Week

Attendees at the September show can visit the Humber Maritime Showcase to learn about the growth and potential offered by the estuary.

Lord Prescott, who will be among the advocates for the region at the event, stated: “The Humber is one of the most exciting estuarial developments in the world today. Its connections, its renewable growth and potential make it a natural fit with the government’s industrial strategy.”

The Maritime Showcase is being organised by Team Humber Marine Alliance in collaboration with the Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, the University of Hull and other regional stakeholders.

Team Humber chairman and chief executive, Mark O’Reilly, said: “We are the UK’s busiest ports complex by tonnage and fourth biggest in Europe with 16,100 employed across the sector.

“As the UK’s Energy Estuary we have in recent years £100s of millions in new transformative port infrastructure to support the burgeoning renewables and automotive logistics industries.”

Other speakers who will promote the case for the Humber include Simon Bird, Humber director of Associated British Ports (ABP); David Dingle, chairman of shipping coalition Maritime UK; Kishor Tailor, chief executive of Humber LEP; and Stephen Weaver, P&O Ferries’ head of commercial strategy and new business development.

Simon Bird will explain how ABP’s four ports on the Humber are crucial to the northern and wider UK economy because of their connectivity to major cities.

By Rebecca Jeffrey