Associated British Ports to join Siemens Energy as corporate sponsor of the Great Exhibition
The UK’s largest port group ABP, are the latest industrial partners to sponsor the Mayor's Great Exhibition of Lincolnshire.
Mayor Dame Andrea Jenkyns said: “ABP have a global reputation in ports and logistics handling £80bn of trade in the Humber and generating £6.6bn of value to the UK economy. They have a rich heritage of driving economic growth in our area. I am absolutely thrilled to welcome ABP as corporate sponsor to my first ever Great Exhibition, and they share my ambition in selling to the world and celebrating of the very best of Lincolnshire in trade, innovation, and investment”.
Drawing inspiration from the Great Exhibition of 1851, this highly anticipated event is shaping up to shine a light on Lincolnshire industries and businesses in a spectacular trade-focused exhibition highlighting the best of our tech and innovation, with the aim of attracting new investment into the region.
Andrew Dawes, Regional Director (Humber) at ABP said: “ABP is pleased to support the Great Exhibition, with its timely focus on trade, investment, and innovation. As the UK’s leading port operator, we’re dedicated to each of these themes. We are committed to ‘Keeping Britain Trading’, ensuring that the Humber continues to serve as the UK’s number one gateway for trade and we continue to invest in strategic sites that are primed for inward investment.
"Over the last year, we have announced plans to build a nationally significant Ro-Ro terminal in Immingham, purchased Grimsby Seafood Village to safeguard an important local asset, and brought forward plans to develop a 227-acre site in Stallingborough with plans for a first phase speculative build well under way.”
Port of Immingham
The Humber handles 17% of all UK trade, the vast majority of which enters via one of ABP’s four Humber ports, two of which – Grimsby and Immingham – are in Lincolnshire. In total, ABP’s Humber ports handle around 50 million tonnes of goods per annum.
The Great Exhibition will take place at Lincolnshire Showground’s Epic Centre on Wednesday, 22 October. It will shine a spotlight on Great Lincolnshire’s innovation, industry, and investment opportunities to a national and international audience. Register your free place for the October 22 event here.