ABP SOUTH WALES Newport - Cardiff - Barry - Port Talbot - Swansea
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ABP SOUTH WALES Newport - Cardiff - Barry - Port Talbot - Swansea DELIVERING JOBS AND DRIVING GROWTH ABP’s commitment to Wales Keeping Britain Trading www.abports.co.uk SOUTH WALES GATEWAYS TO TRADE AND GROWTH Promoting trade and sustainable distribution £ ABP’S PORTS IN NEWPORT IS THE ABP HAS ABP CARDIFF OPERATES SOUTH WALES UK’S SECOND INVESTED £1.7 WALES’ ONLY CONTAINER HANDLE OVER LARGEST MILLION IN A NEW PORT AND SHIPPING LINE 12 MILLION TONNES STEEL HANDLING PORT INTERMODAL SUPPORTING WALES’ OF CARGO EVERY YEAR ACCESS TO TERMINAL AT THE PORT OF BARRY GLOBAL MARKETS Supporting industry and manufacturing 8M TONNES ABP’S FACILITIES AT PORT TALBOT TATA STEEL THE PORT OF BARRY HANDLES LARGE SUPPORT LOCAL SUPPORTS OVER QUANTITIES OF LIQUID BULKS STEEL PRODUCTION WITH FOR LOCAL INDUSTRY – 8,000 JOBS SILICONE MANUFACTURERS 2.5M TONNES IN SOUTH WALES OF COAL AND DOW CORNING PRODUCE OVER 5.5M TONNES OF IRON ORE 200,000 TONNES IMPORTED EVERY YEAR OF PRODUCT EACH YEAR AND EMPLOY OVER 600 PEOPLE www.abports.co.uk OUR PORTS IN SOUTH WALES SUPPORT ABP makes a vital 15,000 JOBS contribution to IN WALES the economy AND 6,000 JOBS ELSEWHERE IN THE UK BARRY: 3,000 LOCAL JOBS ABP’S PORTS IN SOUTH WALES CARDIFF: 2,000 LOCAL JOBS CONTRIBUTE £1.4 BILLION NEWPORT: 3,000 LOCAL JOBS TO THE UK ECONOMY SWANSEA & EVERY YEAR 7,000 LOCAL JOBS PORT TALBOT: INCLUDING ALMOST £1 BILLION ABP supports growth FOR WALES ABP'S PLANNED INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS WILL GENERATE ANOTHER £92 MILLION OUR PORTS’ FOR THE ECONOMY EVERY YEAR Swansea CONTRIBUTION TO Newport Port Talbot THE LOCAL ECONOMY: Barry Cardiff BARRY: CARDIFF: NEWPORT: SWANSEA & PORT TALBOT: £231 MILLION £121 MILLION £186 MILLION £454 MILLION CASE STUDY ATTRACTING INVESTMENT ABP’s commitment to South Wales is helping to attract new HDM Tubes’ decision to relocate manufacturing operations investment and jobs. ABP has invested nearly £3 million in new from elsewhere in Europe has already seen the creation of 35 storage and handling facilities at the Port of Cardiff and in doing new jobs, with more to come as production increases. This is so has helped to bring new manufacturing business to Wales one example of investment by ABP that will raise our ports’ through HDM Tubes. The steel tube manufacturing firm recently annual contribution to the economy by £92 million every year, invested several million pounds in advanced tube welding lines adding to the estimated £1billion our ports in South Wales alongside ABP’s investment in new facilities at the port. already contribute. www.abports.co.uk ABP GROUP ABP CONTRIBUTED ABP PORTS SUPPORT ONE QUARTER OF UK 5 OF THE UK’S £5.6 BILLION 84,000 JOBS SEABORNE TRADE LARGEST 20 PORTS TO THE UK ECONOMY PASSES THROUGH ABP’S BY TONNAGE ARE IN 2012 STATUTORY HARBOUR AREAS OPERATED BY ABP ABP PORTS ARE CRITICAL TO ABP IS A MAJOR PRIVATE THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF MAJOR UK SECTOR INVESTOR: INDUSTRIES AND EXPORTERS: CONSTRUCTION: 2,036,000 JOBS £837 million AGRICULTURE: 409,000 JOBS OF CAPITAL AND OPERATIONAL INVESTMENT OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS WILL ADD AN EXTRA FOOD & DRINK: 339,000 JOBS £1.75 billion ENERGY: 327,000 JOBS TO THE UK ECONOMY EVERY YEAR AUTOMOTIVE: 133,000 JOBS ARUP ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY About This summary paper is the outcome of a major study looking at the economic impact of ABP’s 21 ports around Britain. The study identifies direct, indirect and induced jobs associated with ABP’s ports. It also measures ABP’s economic impact by identifying each ports’ Gross Value Added (GVA) contribution. GVA is a measure of Gross Troon Domestic Product (GDP) which excludes taxes Ayr and subsidies. Silloth As well as current GVA, the report looks at the additional GVA contribution which will be generated by ABP’s Barrow programme of investment across the group. Fleetwood Hull Goole Immingham Garston The framework for the study was developed with reference Grimsby to government guidance on evaluation and economic impact assessments, in particular guidance from HM Treasury and King's Lynn Hams Hall Rail Terminal the Homes and Communities Agency. Lowestoft Ipswich Contact Information Commercial Manager, South Wales Ralph Windeatt: SOUTH WALES Southampton Telephone: 02920 835 062 GATEWAYS TO TRADE Email: [email protected] Teignmouth AND GROWTH Plymouth www.abports.co.uk.