Teesport
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Coordinates: 54°36′14″N 1°09′29″W / 54.604°N 1.158°W
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Teesport is a large sea port located in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the county of North Yorkshire in Northern England. Owned by PD Ports, it is one of the United Kingdom's three largest ports[1] and lies 3 miles (4.8 km) to the east of Middlesbrough.
Teesport also includes the Port of Hartlepool in the Borough of Hartlepool.[2]
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The port covers an area of 200 hectares (490 acres) of land alongside the southern bank of the River Tees. At its heart is Tees Dock, a deep-water facility some 5 miles (8.0 km) from the sea. Teesport is associated with the handling of steel, petrochemical, manufacturing, engineering and retail items amongst others.
Teesport handles over 6,000 ships a year and its facilities include two Container quays, one 294 metres (965 ft); the other 360 metres (1,180 ft); and Roll-on Roll Off (RORO) facilities.
Teesport handles over 56 million tonnes of cargo annually. The annual capacity of the container handling facility is 235,000 TEU. This is planned to increase to 450,000 TEU as part of a £29m investment programme, the first phase of which was launched in June 2010.
The estate is rail connected and close to the A66 trans-pennine route, and to other major trunk roads.
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- ^ "PD Ports plc". http://www.pdports.co.uk/. Retrieved 2006-05-11.
- ^ "Port Operations", www.pdports.co.uk (PD Ports), http://www.pdports.co.uk/portops/portops.asp, retrieved 10 August 2011
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