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ABP IS THE UK’S LEADING PORT OPERATOR WITH A NETWORK OF 21 PORTS ACROSS BRITAIN HANDLING AROUND ONE QUARTER OF THE NATION’S SEABORNE

TRADE, CONTRIBUTING £7.5 BILLION TO THE ECONOMY

EVERY YEAR AND SUPPORTING Barrow

Goole Hull 119,000 JOBS. ABP ALSO OPERATES ONE OF THE UK’S Garston

BUSIEST RAIL TERMINALS AT King’s Lynn

Hams Hall Lowestoft Railfreight IN THE MIDLANDS. Terminal

Ipswich

Newport Swansea Port Talbot Cardiff Barry

Southampton

Teignmouth

Plymouth

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AS AN ISLAND NATION, PORTS HANDLE 95% OF THE UK’S TRADE IN GOODS

ABP’S 21 PORTS ARE KEEPING BRITAIN TRADING

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WELCOME TO ABP’S

Our ongoing investment in people over the past 12 months has also seen the creation of the new ABP Academy and expansion ANNUAL of the apprenticeship opportunities we offer. ABP now has 65 apprentices working across the business, including eight who are undertaking management apprenticeships. In September Kym REVIEW 2018 Hughes became our first apprentice to become a Class Three Pilot, graduating after 18 months of intensive training under our unique, industry-leading marine apprenticeship programme. This programme is now established as the formal apprenticeship route for our Marine Pilot and Port Marine Operations Officers.

Making sure our people go home safely Along with our apprenticeship From the Chief Executive every day remains our number one priority programmes, we have continued to and our ongoing Beyond Zero programme invest in our employees by supporting has set a challenging objective: no 21 colleagues in Higher Education accidents at ABP. Embedding a safety-led programmes, covering HNCs, HNDs, culture is a critical step towards eliminating degrees and higher degrees in a range This will be the last Annual Review harm and creating a great, safe place to of subjects from Electrical Engineering to introduced by me. Last year I announced work. Over the past 12 months Beyond Construction Project Management. my decision to step down as Chief Zero has entered its next phase and a Executive after more than five years at the new emphasis on behavioural safety has Building relationships with young people helm. My successor, Henrik Pedersen, will witnessed teams of frontline colleagues in education is a core component of our take over in August having served in a wide taking part in an extended range of safety strategy to ensure ABP has the talented, range of senior leadership roles across the culture and leadership courses. We are capable and creative people we need now A.P. Moller-Maersk business worldwide. also deploying new technologies, such and in the future. To that end, we continue Our Annual Review shows that Henrik as Virtual Reality, to help raise awareness to develop closer ties with schools and joins after another year that has seen ABP amongst colleagues about the dangers colleges across the country to ensure continue to build for the future. and challenges of the workplace. young people develop an appreciation of our industry and the exciting career ABP’s vision is to be our customers’ first Using new technology offers a number of opportunities available within ABP. choice provider of port services and other opportunities to equip our people Examples of this include school students infrastructure, ensure our people achieve with the skills they need to safely deliver from across visiting the Port their potential, fulfil their ambitions and go the highest standards of customer service. of to take part in the ABP home safely every day; our mission is to One example is ABP’s investment in new Maths Challenge and our support for keep Britain trading. Fulfilling that mission simulator training on the Humber, designed Project Blyth, a Humber-wide education means embracing new and better ways of to develop skills in many key aspects of project designed to inspire and foster operating our business in every area. marine and logistics operations. innovation amongst young people.

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It is vital that the underrepresentation of women in the ports industry is addressed. That’s why ABP is signing up to the Women in Maritime Taskforce’s Charter.

Investing in new infrastructure and equipment of course remains a fundamental part of our ability to safely deliver the best possible service for our customers. Since July last year, ABP has invested over £100 million in new state- of-the-art equipment and facilities to enable our business and our customers’ businesses to grow.

On the Humber, the UK’s busiest trading estuary, we have doubled our container handling capacity following a £50 million It is vital that the underrepresentation of investment in new cranes and equipment. women in the ports industry is addressed. We have also introduced a new £800,000 That’s why we are actively encouraging crane in the Port of Ayr and upgraded women to pursue operational and infrastructure at the Port of Troon. In King’s engineering careers in ABP and the Lynn we opened the new £2.2 million wider ports sector through backing a Hanse Bulk Terminal in September and in range of initiatives such as ‘Women in December we completed a new extension Manufacturing’ on the Humber. We are to the Yara Terminal in Garston. also signing up to the Women in Maritime Taskforce’s Charter. The Charter will play Work is well underway to construct a a significant role in improving the gender brand new £4.5 million bulk storage facility balance across the maritime industries in Newport, in addition to £4 million of including shipping, ports, services, investment to support the steel sector in engineering and leisure marine. Cardiff. ABP’s commitment to supporting the steel sector was also underlined in Working to support broader employee February when we successfully completed wellbeing has been another important the acquisition of Newport-based steel focus over the past 12 months. In October, distribution business W.E. Dowds. ABP was proud to support World Mental Health Day and we have also rolled out In Southampton, the UK’s number one enhanced employee occupational health export and automotive port, we were provisions across the business. Making delighted to welcome trade minister The sure ABP is a great place to work has Rt. Hon Greg Hands MP, to open our new been further supported by a wide range of vehicle export terminal in November, part employee engagement initiatives and the of a £50 million investment programme at delivery of new communications platforms the Port. Strong demand for trade through such as the ABP employee app, launched Southampton also led to our acquisition of in March, and ABP TV. Eling Wharf in January.

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OUR ONGOING INVESTMENT

Our relentless focus on delivering the REFLECTS OUR highest standards of customer service has also been reflected in a number of CONFIDENCE IN achievements across the business over the past 12 months, such as ISO 9001: 2016 accreditation for bulk handling in FUTURE GROWTH South Wales and Southampton winning UK Cruise Departure Port of the Year for the ninth time in 2017. Behind the scenes, our multi-million pound business transformation programme designed to introduce cutting edge technology has made significant progress and will underpin our ability to deliver new, flexible and innovative solutions for our customers well sites across our 21 ports are capable of such as those on the Humber, and can into the future. creating as much as 30 million square enable customers to avoid the much feet of accommodation for new logistics, publicised risk of disruption at the Port Our investment reflects our confidence in assembly, manufacturing and other of . future growth, despite a challenging year business operations. i n 2017. We have also continued our work on Our investment has remained on track seizing the opportunities that Brexit may In 2017 the total tonnage handled by ABP despite Brexit, which continues to be an present, including the creation of Free fell 3% to 86 million tonnes, mainly as a important issue for ABP and the wider Ports. A policy to enable Free Ports has the result of the continuing decline in demand ports sector. potential to help ports with large areas of for imported coal and a significant fall in development land, such as Port Talbot and agribulk volumes. Biomass volumes fell Over the past 12 months we have Hull, to attract significant investment in new by 8% though our activity in the wider worked tirelessly with our colleagues in manufacturing, helping to rebalance the renewables sector received a further Government to make sure that trade can economy and stimulate export-led growth. boost in February with the announcement continue to flow and grow after the UK of a £10 million investment in the Port of leaves the European Union. In January we This was one of the ten key points Lowestoft to support the East Anglia ONE were delighted to welcome the Secretary highlighted in our policy paper, ‘UK Ports: offshore wind farm. Automotive remained of State for Transport, The Rt. Hon Chris Realising a Global Opportunity’, launched flat overall at 1.7 million vehicles, though Grayling MP, to the first meeting of the during London International Shipping 2017 proved to be yet another record year UK Trade Resilience Forum. The Forum, Week (LISW) in September. ABP affirmed for cruise with the Port of Southampton established by ABP, brings together key its commitment to LISW by organising a welcoming 2 million passengers for the representatives from across the supply number of major events, including a joint first time. chain and Government to discuss practical reception with the Women’s International steps to facilitate trade and reduce the Shipping and Trading Association, a Realising the full potential of ABP’s potential impact of a ‘no deal’ scenario policy seminar at Somerset House and 960 hectare land bank offers major when the UK leaves the European Union. a parliamentary lunch. We were also opportunities to drive future growth. In The Forum builds on the work we have privileged to host senior representatives November we strengthened our ability undertaken with colleagues in ports across from the United States Government, to realise that potential by launching our Europe who share our commitment to keep facilitating meetings with their UK property arm, ABP Property, as a new EU trade flowing as smoothly as possible. counterparts to discuss the future of £3.5 billion development and investment A number of these European ports offer maritime co-operation between the UK business. Taken together, ABP Property’s links to ports on the east coast of , and USA.

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ABP remains committed to supporting the In July, the ABP Southampton Sailing Government’s drive to promote innovation Academy celebrated five years of giving in the maritime sector and in February we young people the opportunity to get out were pleased to sponsor a Smart Shipping on the water. Also in July we celebrated event attended by the Secretary of State the 30th anniversary of ABP’s sponsorship for Transport. ABP will continue to support of the Welsh National Opera and ABP the Government’s Maritime 2050 initiative, organised a spectacular parade, filling the development of a long-term strategy to Barrow’s streets with colour to mark the secure the future of the UK maritime sector. 150th anniversary of the port. The work of our colleagues in Barrow to engage In February we welcomed our new the local community was recognised in shipping minister, Nusrat Ghani MP, to May when ABP Barrow was named UK the for the first time. Ms Ghani Port of the Year. succeeds The Rt. Hon John Hayes CBE MP whose many achievements during Earlier this year ABP became the first his record tenure in the role included corporate sponsor of ASTRiiD, the charity the Government’s landmark Maritime founded by the late Commander David Growth Study. Writing about her visit to Shutts OBE RN (retd.). ASTRiiD, which Hull in ABP’s new quarterly magazine, stands for Available Skills for Training, Report, Ms Ghani reflected on “how the Refreshing, Improvement, Innovation maritime sector, alongside ABP, is seizing and Development, connects people who opportunities to transform people’s lives have long-term illnesses with businesses and the economy, both regionally and looking to add talent and experience to nationally.” The minister’s comments are their workforce. ABP is proud to continue reinforced by new research showing that its support of this important cause. In ABP currently supports 119,000 jobs May 2018, we were pleased to welcome around Britain and contributes £7.5 billion Peter Buckley, our first colleague from to the economy every year, an increase the ASTRiiD community, who joined our of 30% over previous estimates. team as a Development Manager focusing on reducing ABP’s carbon footprint and ABP’s support for communities around improving air quality. Britain has reached new heights over the past year. The second half of 2017 A number of our colleagues have continued concluded a successful year supporting to dedicate considerable energy to Hull as the City of Culture and, in improving the lives of others through September, the first ABP Humber Coastal volunteering and raising money for good Half Marathon took place. More than causes. There are numerous examples 10,000 runners participated in the ABP around the group, including a team from Southampton Marathon in April and, now our South Wales ports who took part in the in its fourth year, the event raised over Fastnet yacht race to raise £10,000 for the £400,000 for charity. The following month Jubilee Sailing Trust, and ABP colleagues saw the inaugural ABP Newport Wales from across the regions who competed Marathon & 10K, with a further 10,000 in the annual Houses of Parliament runners taking to the streets to raise Tug of War event to help raise money money for good causes. for Macmillan Cancer Support. Other examples of our colleagues’ support for charitable causes include colleagues from who undertook a cycling challenge to support the local Mayor’s charities, Southampton colleagues’ family fun day to raise money for the Rainbow Centre supporting children with cerebral palsy, and Humber colleagues who donated 600 Easter eggs to the children’s wards at Hull Royal Infirmary and Grimsby Hospital.

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Caring for the environment is another benefit the environment with teams regularly The achievements of the core value for ABP. In September 2017 venturing beyond our ports to clean up local past 12 months are a work on a £2.7 million improvement coastal habitats as well as introducing new ABP IS EMBRACING project undertaken by ABP South Wales flora and fauna within our port estates. We compelling testimony to the to upgrade Green Park Weir on the River have also been working to tackle the issue dedication of our people Afan in Port Talbot was completed. The of marine plastic waste, including a trial of a and I’d like to thank all Green Park Weir improvement project was new recycling scheme with TerraCycle in Hull THE FUTURE. AND the result of several years of collaboration and to transform plastic waste into our colleagues for their between members of the River Afan shampoo bottles. continued hard work Water Management Group who have been working in partnership to deliver The achievements of the past 12 months sustainable natural resource management are a compelling testimony to the BY EMBRACING THE at the site. dedication of our people and I’d like to thank all our colleagues for their continued We continue to bear down on our carbon hard work. Our achievements also footprint and ABP is on course to become demonstrate once more the significant FUTURE WE WILL one of the UK’s largest corporate producers progress we have made in creating a of solar energy. In May, the Ocean Terminal resilient business capable of delivering in Southampton became the first carbon safe and sustainable growth for the long neutral cruise terminal in the UK. term. As technology and markets change CONTINUE TO SUCCEED with increasing velocity, as competition Improving air quality is at the heart of our intensifies and the international trading sustainable development plans and we environment evolves, ABP is ready to are currently investing in one of the UK’s continue to embrace new technology largest private networks of air quality and new ways of working that reflect AND FULFIL OUR monitoring stations. The data we gather will our values. enable us to continue to improve air quality, alongside other initiatives which have seen ABP is embracing the future. ABP invest in a fleet of new electric vehicles MISSION: KEEPING in Southampton and intensify our work And by embracing the future we will with shipping lines, hauliers and partners in continue to succeed and fulfil our mission: local and national government. keeping Britain trading. BRITAIN TRADING. Over the past year, colleagues have also James Cooper worked on a number of other initiatives to Chief Executive

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OUR ONGOING BE YOND ZERO PROGRAMME HAS SET A CHALLENGING OBJECTIVE: NO ACCIDENTS AT ABP.

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OUR ONGOING INVESTMENT IN PEOPLE OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS HAS ALSO SEEN THE CREATION OF THE NEW ABP ACADEMY AND EXPANSION OF THE APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES WE OFFER

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REACHING OUT TO YOUNG PEOPLE REMAINS A CENTRAL PART OF OUR STRATEGY TO BUILD FOR THE FUTURE

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SINCE JULY LAST YEAR ABP HAS INVESTED OVER £100 MILLION IN NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES TO ENABLE OUR BUSINESS AND OUR CUSTOMERS’ BUSINESSES TO GROW

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32 33 ABP ANNUAL REVIEW JULY 2018 EMBRACING THE FUTURE ABP’S SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES AROUND BRITAIN HAS REACHED NEW HEIGHTS OVER THE PAST YEAR

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1 Diver preparing for descent. Albert Dock, Hull. September, 1953 by Donald I. Innes, as seen at the ABP Pump House Gallery in the port of Hull, part of ABP’s celebration of the City of Culture 2017.

2 Double-decker bus being shipped to Denmark by 40 ton crane. Albert Dock, 4 Hull. April, 1948.

3 New Austin Minis arrive by rail. Alexandra Dock, Hull. April, 1964. Photographer – Donald I. Innes.

4 Launching of the twin grab hopper dredger ‘Burcom Sand’, at Cook, Welton & Gemmel’s yard, Beverley. April, 1954. Photographer – Donald I. Innes. 3

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OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS WE HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY WITH OUR COLLEAGUES IN GOVERNMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT TRADE CAN CONTINUE TO FLOW AND GROW AFTER THE UK LEAVES THE EUROPEAN UNION

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CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT IS A CORE VALUE FOR ABP

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IMPROVING AIR QUALITY IS AT THE HEART OF OUR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PLANS

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07 08 ABP INVESTS IN CUTTING EDGE RELENTLESS 09 SIMULATOR TRAINING FOR 10 EMPLOYEES ON THE HUMBER FOCUS ON 11 12 New realistic, adaptive marine, crane and INNOVATION 01 HGV simulators help train individuals, 02 develop teams and test processes quickly 03 and cost effectively. AND SAFETY 04

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PORT OF BARROW PARADE 30 YEARS OF ABP CANADIAN HIGH WELSH NATIONAL OPERA COMMISSIONER SPEAKS ABP organises a celebration parade for SPONSORSHIP AT ANNUAL ABP the local community marking 150 years PARLIAMENTARY LUNCH of the port and town of Barrow.

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07 08 ABP SOUTHAMPTON INVESTS YACHT TACKTIC RAISES £10,000 OPENS 09 IN NEW FLEET OF ELECTRIC FOR JUBILEE SAILING TRUST ITS DOORS FOR MARITIME 10 VEHICLES FESTIVAL WEEKEND 11 12 01 02 03 04 05 06

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT VISITS THE PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON

The Rt Hon Chris Grayling MP is given an insight into the workings of the UK’s number one export and largest vehicle handling port. G

ABP HUMBER CELEBRATES A GREAT SUM FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT SUCCESS WAS RAISED U

Around 200 ABP Humber employees, FOR OUR LOCAL stakeholders and customers put their football skills to the test by taking part in a charity 8-a-side football match, raising HOSPICE £2,400 for St Andrew’s Hospice in Grimsby.

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07 08 ABP EVENT CELEBRATES WOMEN PORT OF KING’S LYNN 09 IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY CELEBRATES NEW BULK 10 STORE TERMINAL OPENING 11 ABP joins forces with the Women’s 12 International Shipping and Trading £2.2 million bulk store terminal is 01 Association to celebrate women’s unveiled, providing new state-of-the-art 02 contribution to the maritime industry facilities to ABP customers. 03 at major City Hall event during London International Shipping Week. 04 05 06

PORTS AND MARITIME REPRESENT A MAJOR GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE UK ECONOMY

ABP DELIVERS ON LONDON COMMUNITIES COME SOUTHAMPTON WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING TOGETHER TO WATCH WORLD’S FIRST DUAL-FUEL WEEK AMBITIONS THE FIRST ABP HUMBER CAR AND TRUCK CARRIER COASTAL HALF MARATHON

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07 08 09 10 11 12 2017 CHAIRMAN’S 01 02 AND APPRENTICE 03 04 05 AWARDS 06

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07 08 RECORD ATTENDANCE AT ABP ABP IPSWICH’S ALAN MASON 09 PARTY CONFERENCE EVENTS RETIRES AFTER MORE 10 THAN HALF A CENTURY 11 OF SERVICE 12 01 A series of events are held to celebrate 02 the retirement of an ABP legend who 03 began working at ABP Ipswich in 1964. 04 05 06

ABP MARKS WORLD MENTAL ABP INTRODUCES 50,000 HONEY ABP LAUNCHES POP-UP HEALTH DAY NATIONWIDE BEES TO SUPPORT LOCAL GALLERY TO CELEBRATE ECOSYSTEM HULL’S MARITIME HERITAGE

ABP’s Sea Fare and Sea Shanty reception delights and informs more than 500 delegates at political party conferences. A joint fringe meeting with Prospect magazine is also held at the Conservative conference as ABP makes the case for ports and maritime to Britain’s policy makers. O CT

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07 08 IN 2017 OUR CREATIVE KIDS 09 10 CAMPAIGN HELPED 11 12 SPREAD THE SAFETY 01 02 MESSAGE BY ATTRACTING 03 04 MORE THAN 200 ENTRIES 05 06 TO THE BEYOND ZERO SAFETY POSTER COMPETITION

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07 08 NEW VEHICLE EXPORT TERMINAL ABP SOUTHAMPTON WELCOMES PORTS OF AYR AND TROON ABP SOUTHAMPTON RESTORES 09 OPENED BY INTERNATIONAL THE LARGEST CONTAINER SHIP CELEBRATE DELIVERY OF NEW ICONIC NAVIGATION AID 10 TRADE MINISTER EVER TO VISIT THE PORT SCOTTISH-BUILT PILOT VESSEL 11 12 A new facility, part of a £50 million Triple-E class ‘megaship’ the Milan 01 investment programme, is officially Maersk, with a capacity for 20,568 02 opened by the Minister of State for containers, becomes the largest vessel to 03 International Trade, the Rt Hon Greg visit ABP Southampton. It joins the ranks Hands MP, reinforcing the Port of of giants MOL Triumph and MOL Trust in 04 Southampton’s position as the UK’s visiting the port in 2017. 05 largest hub for automotive exports. 06

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07 08 £3.5 BILLION ABP PROPERTY 09 LAUNCHED TO INDUSTRIAL 10 PROPERTY PROFESSIONALS 11 AT THE GHERKIN 12 01 ABP’s property development arm, with 02 a 2,400 acre land bank, is launched at a 03 London event attended by 150 industry 04 representatives, on the top floor of the iconic landmark at 30 St Mary Axe. 05 06 D E C

ABP ON COURSE TO BECOME WE ARE AN INCREASINGLY ONE OF UK’S BIGGEST CORPORATE SOLAR POWER SIGNIFICANT RENEWABLE PRODUCERS ENERGY GENERATOR IN Plans are announced by ABP to build a further 20MW of solar panel arrays. The investment could make ABP’s 21 ports OUR OWN RIGHT home to 100,000 solar panels generating up to 22,400,000kWh of clean electricity each year.

SOUTHAMPTON CELEBRATES HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN VISITS ABP SOUTHAMPTON VOTED BEST 2 MILLION PASSENGERS GREEN PORT HULL UK DEPARTURE PORT FOR NINTH YEAR IN SUCCESSION

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07 08 PORT OF WE ARE AIMING LOCAL PUPILS WHO HELPED 09 CELEBRATES HIGHEST TONNAGE NAME NEW HANSE BULK 10 LEVELS IN A DECADE TO INSPIRE A TERMINAL RETURN TO PORT OF 11 KING’S LYNN 12 A ten-year high is announced for ABP NEW GENERATION 01 Teignmouth as it handles over 450,000 Local pupils are invited to an educational 02 tonnes in 2017, comprising clay, animal and fun visit to the port to say thank 03 feed and aggregates, all achieved thanks you for naming two of the bays in the to ABP’s programme of continuous 04 new £2.2 million Hanse Bulk Terminal. investment in port infrastructure and They had chosen the names ‘Savage’s 05 equipment. Carousel’ in honour of Frederick Savage, 06 best known for innovations in fare ground rides, and ‘St Edmund’s Bay’, named after their school.

ABP SOUTHAMPTON THE PORT OF HULL DONATES ACQUIRES ELING WHARF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS TO HULL CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY

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07 08 ABP CRANE INVESTMENT SET SHIPPING MINISTER VISITS 09 TO LIFT BOOMING PORT OF HULL PORT OF HULL 10 TO NEW HEIGHTS 11 Nusrat Ghani MP tours port with Humber 12 New state-of-the-art cranes worth £10.5 Ports Director Simon Bird to learn more 01 million enable ABP’s Hull Container about ABP’s Humber Ports and future 02 Terminal to handle double the volume trade opportunities.

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WORK BEGINS ON £4.5 MILLION WAREHOUSE INVESTMENT AT PORT OF NEWPORT

KEEPING BRITAIN TRADING DESPITE ‘BEAST FROM THE EAST’ STORM

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07 08 PORT COMMITS TO DRIVING PORT OF AYR CELEBRATES 09 SAFETY FORWARD FROM DELIVERY OF NEW STATE-OF- 10 IMMINGHAM TO THE NATION THE-ART CRANE TO IMPROVE 11 OPERATIONS 12 01 02 03 04 05 06 MAR

OUR PORTS AND SHIPPING INDUSTRIES EPITOMISE THE NATION’S STRENGTHS

BREXIT MINISTER LOOKS TO ABP AND WOMEN IN THE FUTURE DURING VISIT TO JOURNALISM TEAM UP TO THE PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF WOMEN’S RIGHT TO VOTE Suella Braverman MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Speeches are made at Westminster Department for Exiting the European event by former Home Secretary and Union, visits the UK’s number one Minister for Women and Equalities, export port. The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP, and the Editorial Director of The Sunday Times, Eleanor Mills, marking the 100th year since the Representation of the People Act allowed women to vote.

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07 08 HENRIK L. PEDERSEN APPOINTED 09 NEW ABP CHIEF EXECUTIVE 10 11 ABP announces Henrik Pedersen’s 12 appointment as new Chief Executive, 01 taking over from James Cooper in 02 August 2018. 03 04 05 06 A P R

RACE OF THE CLASSICS HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN SET THOUSANDS OF REASONS TO RETURNS TO IPSWICH HAVEN SAIL WITH ABP HULL CRUISES LOVE THE ABP SOUTHAMPTON MARINA WITH A FLEET OF MARATHON HISTORIC TALL SHIPS 30,000 spectators and an army of more than 850 volunteers cheer on the 10,000 runners taking part in the 2018 ABP Southampton Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K. The event, in its fourth year, raised over £400,000 for charitable causes.

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07 08 FORMER PHYSICS TEACHER 09 PETER BUCKLEY JOINS ABP AS 10 AN AIR QUALITY DEVELOPMENT 11 MANAGER IN MAY, BECOMING THE 12 FIRST PERSON TO HAVE STARTED 01 WORK THROUGH ASTRIID. 02 03 04 05 06 www.astriid.force.com

PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON BECOMES HOME TO THE

COUNTRY’S FIRST CARBON MAY NEUTRAL CRUISE TERMINAL

Major milestone is reached in a programme to invest more than £1 million in solar energy on ABP-owned buildings. As part of the project, more than 2,000 roof-mounted solar panels are installed on ABP Southampton’s Ocean Terminal. With its new carbon neutral status, the building is now generating more electricity than it is consuming.

PORT OF BARROW WINS PORT PORT OF SOUTHAMPTON OF THE YEAR AWARD AT 10TH WELCOMES SHIPPING MINISTER ANNUAL UK PORTS CONFERENCE Nusrat Ghani MP, the Minister responsible for maritime, skills and apprenticeships, visits the port to meet some of ABP’s multi-skilled apprentices, also meeting those who have completed the apprenticeship programme and are now in full-time employment with ABP.

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07 08 ABP COLLEAGUES FROM ACROSS ABP IPSWICH TEAM COMPLETES 09 THE REGIONS COMPETE IN THE 100 MILE CYCLING CHALLENGE

10 ANNUAL HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT N TO RAISE FUNDS FOR ST 11 TUG OF WAR EVENT ELIZABETH HOSPICE 12 01 In June 2018, women’s and men’s teams 02 from ABP compete in a charity event 03 to raise funds for Macmillan Cancer 04 Support. Overall, the charity evening raises more than £140,000, with the 05 women’s team bringing home the trophy. 06 U

THE PORT OF HULL ANCHORS APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR EXTRA CRUISE CALLINGS NEXT INTAKE OF HUMBER ENGINEERING APPRENTICES ABP announces that this year seven cruise ships, including a six star expedition liner, choose to berth at the Port of Hull as it becomes an increasingly J popular cruise calling destination.

PORT OF SILLOTH INVESTS £250,000 IN NEW SOLAR FARM ON MARSHALL DOCK

A total of 960 solar panels are installed on the northern side of the port’s Marshall Dock. The annual generation of the site is set to average 220,000 kWh per annum.

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CONTAINERS VEHICLES RORO AGRIBULKS

1.4 m 1.7m 649,000 3.8mt -28%

units +0% units +0% units +1% FERRY PASSENGERS

LIQUID BULKS BIOMASS

1.2m -8%

4.5mt -8% COAL

-1% 21.9 mt 6.2mt -17%

IRON ORE CRUISE PASSENGERS* OVERALL

9.4 mt -1% 1. 8 m +0% 86mt -3%

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