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12th May

ABP.Ahlmark

Above L-R: ABP’s Mike Hill, Regional Property Manager; Matt Jukes, Port Director; and Mike Sellers,Deputy Port Manager, with Håkan Thorell, Managing Director, Ahlmark Lines AB, Sweden; and Tim Hollands, Managing Director, Ahlmark Shipping UK Ltd, Hull

Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Hull has today signed a new ten-year agreement with Swedish shipping and terminal operator Ahlmark Shipping (UK) Ltd. The new agreement will see Ahlmark Shipping handling over 200,000 tonnes of forest products, steel, and unitised cargoes, through the port each year.

As part of the new agreement, ABP will invest nearly £700,000 in improvement works to the Ahlmark Shipping terminal situated in King George Dock.

Matt Jukes, ABP Port Director for Hull & Goole, said: “Ahlmark Shipping has been a highly valued customer of ABP in Hull for many, many years and I am absolutely delighted that they have chosen to renew their agreement with us. I am very much looking forward to working with them in order to further develop their business through the port.

“We have always had an excellent relationship with the team at Ahlmark and I am exceedingly pleased that this will continue for many years into the future.”

Håkan Thorell, Ahlmark Shipping’s Managing Director, said: “Ahlmark Shipping is Sweden's oldest liner shipping company. Today, as well in the past, we aim at creating long-term business relationships with our collaboration partners, which constitutes a basis for reaching our targets. Our relationship with ABP has for several years been based on this notion. Our operations in Hull and our good business relationship with ABP constitute one of the cornerstones of our business.

“We are very pleased to be able to confirm our collaboration with ABP based on the recently signed agreements, and are looking forward to further developing our business activities in Hull in co-operation with ABP.”