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Mes
sage
fr
om J
ames
Ja
me
s C
oo
pe
r C
hie
f E
xe
cu
tive
new
s
Ed D
avey
mar
ks
grou
nd-b
reak
ing
of G
reen
Por
t Hul
l
2
Mar
ch 2
015
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ch 2
015
3
Gare
th R
ussell,
AB
P;
Fin
barr
Do
wlin
g,
Sie
mens;
Jo
hn F
itzg
era
ld,
Directo
r A
BP
Hum
ber;
Juerg
en M
aie
r, S
iem
ens;
The R
t H
on E
d D
avey,
Secre
tary
of S
tate
fo
r E
nerg
y &
Clim
ate
Chang
e;
Jam
es C
oo
per, A
BP
Chie
f E
xecutive a
nd
Sim
on B
rett
,
Head
of P
roje
cts
AB
P H
um
ber
We
lco
me
to
th
e la
test
issu
e o
f P
ort
s T
alk
. It
’s a
n e
dit
ion
th
at
ne
atl
y d
em
on
str
ate
s
the
sc
ale
of
ac
tivit
y,
inve
stm
en
t a
nd
am
bit
ion
th
at
I’m
pro
ud
to
sa
y
ch
ara
cte
rise
s A
BP
to
da
y.
Our
fron
t p
age
stor
y hi
ghlig
hts
the
imp
orta
nt
role
pla
yed
by
BA
E S
yste
ms
at o
ur P
ort
of B
arro
w, h
ome
of t
he U
K’s
sub
sea
fleet
m
anuf
actu
ring
cap
abili
ty, i
n th
e d
efen
ce
of o
ur n
atio
n.
Els
ewhe
re in
thi
s is
sue
you’
ll fin
d r
epor
ts o
n ce
rem
onie
s m
arki
ng k
ey s
tage
s in
the
life
of
exci
ting
new
pro
ject
s on
the
Hum
ber
tha
t ar
e th
e re
sult
of £
326m
of i
nves
tmen
t fr
om A
BP
an
d o
ur p
artn
ers.
We
are
inve
stin
g ex
tens
ivel
y in
our
Wel
sh
por
ts, d
eliv
erin
g jo
bs
and
gro
wth
. The
re’s
a
feat
ure
on t
he la
test
frui
ts o
f our
ong
oing
p
rogr
amm
e of
dev
elop
men
t on
pag
es 8
&9.
Els
ewhe
re a
cros
s ou
r p
ort
esta
te w
e’re
al
so m
akin
g si
gnifi
cant
inve
stm
ents
in n
ew
infr
astr
uctu
re a
nd fa
cilit
ies
as w
e lo
ok t
o
give
our
selv
es a
pla
tfor
m t
o ac
hiev
e th
e am
biti
ous
targ
ets
for
grow
th o
utlin
ed in
ou
r b
usin
ess
pla
n.
Asi
de
from
her
ald
ing
furt
her
inve
stm
ent
acro
ss t
he b
usin
ess,
the
beg
inni
ng o
f 20
15 a
lso
pre
sent
ed c
halle
nges
, with
the
gr
ound
ing
of t
he H
oegh
Osa
ka. H
uge
cred
it m
ust
go t
o ev
eryo
ne in
volv
ed fo
r th
e su
cces
sful
res
cue
and
sal
vage
of t
he v
esse
l, w
hich
was
ach
ieve
d w
ithou
t se
rious
inju
ry
and
with
out
inte
rrup
tion
to t
he P
ort
of
Sou
tham
pto
n.
Fina
lly, I
’d li
ke t
o w
elco
me
Kay
Pen
ney,
ou
r ne
w H
uman
Res
ourc
es D
irect
or. R
ead
th
e p
iece
on
pag
e 16
and
look
out
for
an
inte
rvie
w a
bou
t he
r p
lans
in a
futu
re e
diti
on.
Th
e R
t H
on
Ed
Da
ve
y,
Se
cre
tary
of
Sta
te f
or
En
erg
y &
Clim
ate
Ch
an
ge
, jo
ine
d S
iem
en
s
glo
ba
l e
xe
cu
tive
s t
o m
ark
gro
un
d-b
rea
kin
g
on
win
d t
urb
ine
ma
nu
fac
turi
ng
an
d
asse
mb
ly f
ac
ilit
ies in
Hu
ll.
AB
P is
par
tner
ing
with
Sie
men
s in
the
£3
10m
inve
stm
ent.
The
faci
litie
s w
ill c
reat
e 1,
000
dire
ct jo
bs
and
man
y m
ore
dur
ing
the
cons
truc
tion
pha
se a
nd in
the
sup
ply
cha
in.
The
Sec
reta
ry o
f Sta
te a
nd S
iem
ens
exec
utiv
es w
ere
also
join
ed b
y le
ader
s fr
om
the
Eur
opea
n re
new
able
s in
dus
try
to r
ecor
d
an im
por
tant
mile
ston
e in
the
Hul
l pro
ject
at
the
even
t, w
hich
had
the
the
me
“Eng
inee
ring
the
Futu
re”.
As
wor
k be
gins
at A
lexa
ndra
Doc
k it
was
an
noun
ced
that
the
first
win
d fa
rm to
ben
efit
from
Gre
en P
ort H
ull i
s D
udge
on, o
ff th
e N
orfo
lk
coas
t, w
hich
it is
pla
nned
, will
be
able
to u
se th
e fa
cilit
y an
d qu
aysi
de fo
r par
t of i
ts in
stal
latio
n.
Mr
Dav
ey s
aid
: “Th
e w
ork
star
ted
her
e in
Hul
l is
tha
nks
to S
iem
ens,
AB
P, t
heir
par
tner
s an
d
the
Gov
ernm
ent
wor
king
clo
sely
tog
ethe
r to
in
vest
in U
K o
ffsho
re w
ind
for
the
long
ter
m.
The
£310
mill
ion
inve
stm
ent
will
ben
efit
the
UK
ec
onom
y b
y cr
eatin
g gr
een
job
s an
d g
row
th
as w
ell a
s p
rovi
din
g se
cure
, sus
tain
able
and
lo
w-c
arb
on e
nerg
y. T
he d
evel
opm
ent
will
als
o he
lp t
o d
rive
dow
n th
e co
sts
of o
ffsho
re w
ind
. It
mar
ks t
he b
egin
ning
of a
new
ind
ustr
y b
ased
he
re a
nd e
xpor
ting
wor
ldw
ide.
”
John
Fitz
gera
ld, D
irect
or A
BP
Hum
ber,
said
: “I
t’s fa
ntas
tic to
be
able
to w
elco
me
Sie
men
s an
d th
eir g
uest
s to
the
Por
t of H
ull t
o m
ark
the
offic
ial s
tart
of w
orks
on
our A
lexa
ndra
Doc
k. W
e
Th
e P
ort
of
Hu
ll’s
de
dic
ate
d
bio
ma
ss t
erm
ina
l, b
uilt
to
su
pp
ort
Dra
x P
ow
er
Sta
tio
n’s
c
on
ve
rsio
n t
o a
lo
we
r c
arb
on
po
we
r g
en
era
tor, h
as
be
en
offi
cia
lly o
pe
ne
d b
y
Co
un
cillo
r M
ary
Gle
w, L
ord
M
ayo
r o
f H
ull a
nd
Ad
mir
al
of
the
Hu
mb
er
at
an
eve
nt
att
en
de
d b
y r
ep
rese
nta
tive
s
of
Dra
x a
nd
AB
P.
The
Hul
l rai
l loa
d-o
ut fa
cilit
y,
whi
ch w
as b
uilt
by
Sp
ence
r G
roup
, will
ena
ble
bio
mas
s to
b
e tr
ansp
orte
d t
o D
rax
Pow
er
Sta
tion
at S
elb
y as
par
t of
an
amb
itiou
s p
rogr
amm
e w
hich
w
ill s
ee D
rax
tran
sfor
m in
to
a p
red
omin
antly
bio
mas
s-fu
elle
d g
ener
ator
.
Jam
es C
oo
per, A
BP
Chie
f E
xecutive;
Do
roth
y T
ho
mp
so
n
CB
E,
Chie
f E
xecutive,
Dra
x;
Cllr
Mary
Gle
w,
Lo
rd M
ayo
r o
f H
ull
and
Ad
miral o
f th
e H
um
ber
and
Jo
hn F
itzg
era
ld,
Directo
r A
BP
Hum
ber,
in fro
nt
of th
e P
ort
of H
ull’s d
ed
icate
d
bio
mass t
erm
inal
Port
bio
mas
s te
rmin
al
open
s re
new
able
s re
volu
tion
for H
ull
HO
W I
T I
S F
ILLE
D
LO
AD
ING
CA
PA
CIT
Y
STO
RA
GE
CA
PA
CIT
Y
1,80
0
tonn
es o
f w
ood
pel
lets
60 t
ruck
load
s of
bio
mas
s fil
l ove
r a
thre
e-ho
ur
per
iod
, tw
ice
a d
ay,
at 6
00 t
onne
s an
hou
r
25 r
ail w
agon
s w
ith 1
,600
to
nnes
in 3
5 m
inut
es. C
an
dis
char
ge a
n ev
en lo
ad o
f b
iom
ass
into
rai
l wag
ons
are
very
muc
h lo
okin
g fo
rwar
d to
wor
king
with
the
Sie
men
s te
am a
nd th
e G
raha
m L
agan
Con
stru
ctio
n G
roup
Joi
nt V
entu
re to
del
iver
a p
roje
ct th
at h
as th
e po
tent
ial t
o tr
ansf
orm
a re
gion
by
anch
orin
g a
new
in
dust
ry in
our
city
.
AB
P h
as a
ppoi
nted
the
Gra
ham
Lag
an C
onst
ruct
ion
Gro
up J
oint
Ven
ture
to d
evel
op th
e A
lexa
ndra
D
ock
site
for t
he S
iem
ens
faci
litie
s an
d si
gnifi
cant
en
ablin
g w
ork
has
now
beg
un. W
ork
to b
e ca
rrie
d
out b
y th
e jo
int v
entu
re c
ontr
acto
rs w
ill in
clud
e bu
ildin
g th
ree
new
ber
ths
and
a ro
ll-on
, rol
l-off
ram
p.
Dep
end
ent
on p
lann
ing
cons
ent,
con
stru
ctio
n of
bui
ldin
gs fo
r th
e b
lad
e m
anuf
actu
ring
and
w
ind
tur
bin
e as
sem
bly
faci
litie
s is
due
to
beg
in
in s
umm
er 2
015,
with
pro
duc
tion
of t
he fi
rst
bla
des
sch
edul
ed fo
r w
inte
r 20
16. S
iem
ens
has
alre
ady
beg
un h
iring
for
job
s b
ased
in H
ull,
with
re
crui
tmen
t co
ntin
uing
thr
ough
201
5 an
d 2
016.
new
s
FAC
T S
HE
ET:
We
cu
rre
ntl
y h
ave
aro
un
d 6
,50
0 p
eo
ple
wo
rkin
g a
t th
e s
hip
ya
rd in
Ba
rro
w
an
d t
his
nu
mb
er
loo
ks s
et
to g
row
as S
uc
ce
sso
r g
ath
ers
pa
ce
.
Jack
ie A
rnol
d, H
ead
of B
usin
ess
Str
ateg
y at
BA
E Sys
tem
s Sub
mar
ines
cust
omer
feat
ure
We
ha
ve
a v
ery
go
od
wo
rkin
g
rela
tio
nsh
ip w
ith
BA
E S
yste
ms
an
d w
e a
re a
n im
po
rta
nt
co
ntr
ibu
tor
to its
ac
tivit
ies.
Ha
vin
g s
pe
nt
mo
re t
ha
n £
373 m
illio
n t
hro
ug
h o
ur
UK
su
pp
ly c
ha
in
sin
ce
2012, th
e s
hip
ya
rd m
ak
es a
sig
nifi
ca
nt
co
ntr
ibu
tio
n t
o t
he
UK
ec
on
om
y w
hic
h h
as t
he
po
ten
tia
l to
gro
w c
on
sid
era
bly
th
rou
gh
ou
t
the
co
urs
e o
f th
e S
uc
ce
sso
r p
roje
ct.
Jack
ie A
rnol
d, H
ead
of B
usin
ess
Str
ateg
y at
BA
E Sys
tem
s Sub
mar
ines
AB
P A
ssis
tant
Por
t M
anag
er
at B
arro
w, C
hris
Clo
uter
In t
he
Cu
mb
ria
n t
ow
n o
f B
arr
ow
-in
-Fu
rne
ss,
its s
hip
ya
rd a
nd
th
e p
ort
are
syn
on
ym
ou
s
wit
h t
he
co
nstr
uc
tio
n o
f su
bm
ari
ne
s f
or
the
R
oya
l N
avy.
Suc
cess
ive
gene
ratio
ns o
f the
se in
crea
sing
ly
sop
hist
icat
ed c
raft
hav
e sl
id d
own
the
slip
way
s in
to W
alne
y C
hann
el o
r, m
ore
rece
ntly
, hav
e b
een
gent
ly lo
wer
ed in
to D
evon
shire
Doc
k b
y m
eans
of t
he B
AE
Sys
tem
s sh
ip li
ft fa
cilit
y.
AB
P’s
rela
tions
hip
with
def
ence
and
aer
ospa
ce
gian
t BA
E S
yste
ms
has
been
a k
ey p
art i
n th
is
succ
ess
stor
y an
d ex
citin
g ne
w d
evel
opm
ents
are
af
oot w
ith £
300m
bei
ng in
vest
ed in
tran
sfor
min
g its
Bar
row
site
at A
BP
’s P
ort o
f Bar
row
.
Jack
ie A
rnol
d, H
ead
of B
usin
ess
Str
ateg
y at
BA
E S
yste
ms
Sub
mar
ines
, exp
lain
s:
“At
the
mom
ent,
the
Ast
ute
Cla
ss
sub
mar
ines
are
bei
ng d
esig
ned
, bui
lt,
test
ed a
nd c
omm
issi
oned
by
BA
E
Sys
tem
s in
Bar
row
with
the
thi
rd
sub
mar
ine,
nam
ed ‘A
rtfu
l’ d
ue t
o le
ave
the
ship
yard
dur
ing
2015
.
“A la
rge
pro
por
tion
of t
he w
orkf
orce
is a
lso
wor
king
on
the
des
ign
pha
se fo
r a
rep
lace
men
t fo
r th
e Va
ngua
rd c
lass
of s
ubm
arin
e, k
now
n as
th
e S
ucce
ssor
pro
gram
me.
“Thi
s p
rogr
amm
e is
sub
ject
to
final
ap
pro
val
at “
mai
n ga
te”
in 2
016,
how
ever
, a s
igni
fican
t am
ount
of w
ork
is t
akin
g p
lace
now
to
pre
par
e
the
bus
ines
s to
be
able
to
del
iver
the
firs
t of
th
e ne
w s
ubm
arin
es in
to s
ervi
ce w
ith t
he R
oyal
N
avy
in 2
028.
“A £
300
mill
ion-
plu
s re
dev
elop
men
t of
the
fa
cilit
ies
on s
ite is
a m
ajor
par
t of
the
se
pre
par
atio
ns.
“Thi
s w
ill t
ake
pla
ce o
ver
the
next
eig
ht y
ears
to
pro
vid
e ou
r em
plo
yees
with
the
rig
ht
envi
ronm
ent
and
sta
te-o
f-th
e-ar
t fa
cilit
ies
to
del
iver
the
nex
t ge
nera
tion
of s
ubm
arin
es.
“Par
t of t
his
rede
velo
pmen
t will
incl
ude
a ne
w,
stat
e-of
-the
-art
28,
000
squa
re m
etre
sto
rage
fa
cilit
y se
t on
alm
ost 1
5 ac
res
of la
nd a
t B
arro
w’s
Ram
sden
Doc
k, w
hich
will
hou
se p
arts
an
d m
ater
ials
to b
e us
ed in
the
cons
truc
tion
of
a re
plac
emen
t to
the
Vang
uard
cla
ss.”
The
pro
gram
me
incl
udes
new
-bui
ld fa
cilit
ies
and
ref
urb
ishm
ent
of e
xist
ing
infr
astr
uctu
re.
It w
ill le
ad t
o an
est
imat
ed 8
50 c
onst
ruct
ion
job
s at
its
pea
k.
The
Ram
sden
Doc
k de
velo
pm
ent i
s ex
pec
ted
to
attr
act a
dvan
ced
man
ufac
turin
g b
usin
esse
s as
pa
rt o
f the
are
a’s
Bar
row
Wat
erfr
ont i
nitia
tive.
Jack
ie a
dd
s: “
Hav
ing
spen
t m
ore
than
£37
3 m
illio
n th
roug
h ou
r U
K s
upp
ly c
hain
sin
ce 2
012,
th
e sh
ipya
rd m
akes
a s
igni
fican
t co
ntrib
utio
n to
the
UK
eco
nom
y w
hich
has
the
pot
entia
l to
grow
con
sid
erab
ly t
hrou
ghou
t th
e co
urse
of t
he
Suc
cess
or p
roje
ct.
“We
curr
ently
hav
e ar
ound
6,5
00 p
eop
le w
orki
ng
at th
e sh
ipya
rd in
Bar
row
and
this
num
ber
look
s se
t to
grow
as
Suc
cess
or g
athe
rs p
ace.
“In
add
ition
to
the
dire
ct jo
bs
crea
ted
at
our
site
, for
eve
ry n
ew r
ole
a fu
rthe
r 1.
7 jo
bs
will
be
crea
ted
ind
irect
ly, b
oth
in t
he s
upp
ly c
hain
and
in
oth
er s
ecto
rs o
f ind
ustr
y.”
AB
P A
ssis
tant
Por
t M
anag
er a
t B
arro
w, C
hris
C
lout
er, s
tres
ses
the
imp
orta
nce
of t
he p
ort
and
B
AE
Sys
tem
s to
the
tow
n an
d lo
cal e
cono
my.
“Thi
s is
a v
ery
sign
ifica
nt d
evel
opm
ent f
or th
e p
ort a
nd th
e to
wn.
It w
ill h
elp
to s
ecur
e th
e fu
ture
of B
arro
w a
nd th
e p
ort i
nto
the
late
202
0s.
“BA
E S
yste
ms
is o
ur la
rges
t cu
stom
er in
the
p
ort
and
the
tow
n’s
big
gest
em
plo
yer
by
som
e m
easu
re, s
o it
is g
ood
to
see
them
bei
ng
so s
ucce
ssfu
l and
cre
atin
g m
ore
job
s.
“We
have
a r
elat
ivel
y sm
all w
ork
forc
e
of
25 a
t B
arro
w,
but
we
are
pro
ud t
o h
elp
B
AE
Sys
tem
s to
thriv
e.
“We
have
a v
ery
good
wor
king
rel
atio
nshi
p
with
BA
E S
yste
ms
and
we
are
an im
por
tant
co
ntrib
utor
to
its a
ctiv
ities
.”
He
adds
: “It
is d
ifficu
lt to
und
eres
timat
e th
e im
port
ance
of B
AE
Sys
tem
s to
the
tow
n an
d po
rt.
“You
can
alm
ost
guar
ante
e th
at e
very
fam
ily in
th
e to
wn
eith
er w
orks
for
BA
E S
yste
ms
or o
ne
of it
s m
any
sub
cont
ract
ors
or is
con
nect
ed w
ith
the
ship
yard
in s
ome
way
.”
‘Hol
land
1’ w
as t
he R
oyal
Nav
y’s
first
eve
r su
bm
arin
e. B
uilt
in 1
901
at a
cos
t of
£35
,000
, ho
w t
imes
hav
e m
oved
on
with
an
Ast
ute
Cla
ss
sub
mar
ine
– co
stin
g £1
bill
ion
per
boa
t.
Sub
mar
ines
hav
e sh
aped
Bar
row
for
mor
e th
an
a ce
ntur
y.
Chr
is s
aid
: “B
arro
w h
as a
lway
s b
een
a b
it d
iffer
ent
to o
ther
AB
P p
orts
, prin
cip
ally
b
ecau
se o
f its
rel
ativ
ely
rem
ote
loca
tion.
“Bot
h th
e to
wn
and
the
por
t w
ere
bui
lt on
the
b
ack
of t
he ir
on a
nd s
teel
ind
ustr
ies,
and
at
one
stag
e w
ere
hom
e to
the
larg
est
iron
and
ste
el
wor
ks in
the
wor
ld.
“Bar
row
’s s
hip
yard
has
als
o b
uilt
man
y ot
her
sign
ifica
nt v
esse
ls o
ver
the
year
s in
clud
ing
the
first
100
,000
ton
ne t
anke
r, ‘B
ritis
h A
dm
iral’,
the
fir
st ‘O
riana
’ and
HM
S In
vinc
ible
.
“We
have
a lo
ng a
nd p
roud
his
tory
. Lon
g m
ay
it co
ntin
ue.”
AB
P s
ha
res a
pro
ud
his
tory
wit
h B
AE
S
yste
ms a
nd
ou
r P
ort
of
Ba
rro
w h
as a
vit
al ro
le in
de
live
rin
g t
he
ne
xt
ge
ne
rati
on
o
f su
bm
ari
ne
s,
the
Su
cc
esso
r C
lass
Astu
te C
lass s
ub
marine
Art
ful und
er
co
nstr
uctio
n.
Main
im
ag
e a
nd
fro
nt
co
ver
imag
e c
ourt
esy
of B
AE
Syste
ms
4
Mar
ch 2
015
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ch 2
015
5
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E OF
THE
ART
:BU
ILDI
NG
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ARIN
ES
IN B
ARRO
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ch 2
015
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6
M
arch
20
15
Chan
cello
r to
urs
the
Po
rt o
f So
utha
mpt
on
Jam
es C
oo
per, A
BP
Chie
f
Executive;
Rt
Ho
n G
eo
rge
Osb
orn
e M
P,
Chancello
r o
f
the E
xcheq
uer;
Stu
art
Culle
n,
So
lent
Ste
ved
ore
s C
hairm
an
and
Nic
k R
idehalg
h,
Directo
r
AB
P S
outh
am
pto
n
A g
rou
p o
f sch
oo
lch
ild
ren
sp
en
t th
e d
ay
learn
ing
ab
ou
t th
e e
co
no
my,
to
uri
sm
an
d t
rad
e w
hen
th
ey p
aid
a v
isit
to
th
e P
ort
of
Hu
ll r
ecen
tly.
Th
e v
isit
was
ho
ste
d b
y A
BP
an
d P
&O
Ferr
ies.
The
grou
p of
26
Year
5 p
upils
from
M
aybu
ry P
rimar
y S
choo
l in
the
city
, m
ade
the
trip
to th
e po
rt a
s pa
rt o
f Hul
l C
hild
ren’
s U
nive
rsity
’s P
ort E
xper
ienc
e da
ys. T
he d
ays
incl
ude
a m
orni
ng a
boar
d
a P
&O
cru
ise
ferr
y le
arni
ng a
ll ab
out t
he
busi
ness
that
see
s al
mos
t one
mill
ion
pass
enge
rs ta
ke to
the
Hum
ber e
ach
year
.
In t
he a
fter
noo
n th
e ch
ildre
n to
ured
the
K
ing
Geo
rge
Do
ck w
here
the
y fo
und
o
ut a
bo
ut t
he im
po
rtan
ce o
f th
e p
ort
s in
dus
try
to t
he r
egio
nal a
nd n
atio
nal
eco
nom
y, im
po
rts
and
exp
ort
s an
d
the
wild
life
that
mak
es t
he H
umb
er
estu
ary
its h
om
e.
AB
P S
usta
inab
le D
evel
opm
ent M
anag
er
Tom
Jey
nes
took
the
grou
p o
n th
eir
tour
of t
he p
ort.
He
said
; “It’
s al
way
s en
orm
ousl
y gr
atify
ing
to ta
ke a
gro
up o
f yo
ung
peo
ple
with
no
pre
conc
eptio
ns,
arou
nd th
e p
ort a
nd s
ee it
thro
ugh
thei
r ey
es. W
e lo
oked
at i
mp
orts
and
exp
orts
an
d w
hy th
e U
K re
lies
on it
s p
orts
for
all
man
ner
of g
ood
s, a
nd w
e ta
lked
ab
out
how
this
bus
ines
s cr
eate
s jo
bs
and
in
com
e fo
r th
e re
gion
and
the
coun
try.
W
e al
so h
ad a
look
at h
ow w
e he
lp th
e an
imal
s an
d b
irds
that
live
on
the
estu
ary
ha
ve w
ell-
man
aged
hab
itats
.
Scho
olch
ildre
n vi
sit t
he P
ort o
f Hul
l to
lear
n ab
out t
rade
and
tour
ism
Topp
ing
out c
erem
ony
for
£2m
pl
us in
vest
men
t in
Ipsw
ich J
am
es C
oo
per, A
BP
Chie
f
Executive;
Ben G
um
mer,
MP
fo
r Ip
sw
ich;
Jam
es
Wils
on,
RG
Cart
er
and
And
rew
Hars
ton,
Directo
r
AB
P S
ho
rt S
ea P
ort
s
Ch
an
ce
llo
r o
f th
e E
xc
he
qu
er
the
Rt
Ho
n G
eo
rge
O
sb
orn
e M
P v
isit
ed
AB
P’s
Po
rt o
f S
ou
tha
mp
ton
to
se
e fi
rst-
ha
nd
th
e v
ita
l ro
le it
pla
ys in
su
pp
ort
ing
th
e U
K e
co
no
my.
The
Cha
ncel
lor
was
giv
en a
gui
ded
tour
of t
he p
ort’s
C
anar
y Is
land
Fru
it Te
rmin
al a
nd a
gra
in te
rmin
al b
y A
BP
Chi
ef E
xecu
tive
Jam
es C
oop
er a
nd A
BP
Dire
ctor
S
outh
amp
ton,
Nic
k R
ideh
algh
.
Dur
ing
the
visi
t the
y di
scus
sed
the
thre
at o
f the
pr
opos
ed E
U P
ort S
ervi
ces
Reg
ulat
ion
and
expl
aine
d
the
impo
rtan
ce o
f ens
urin
g M
arin
e C
onse
rvat
ion
Zon
es
do n
ot a
ffect
the
abili
ty o
f por
ts to
con
tinue
to g
row
and
se
rve
the
econ
omy.
The
Cha
ncel
lor’s
vis
it ca
me
as h
e an
noun
ced
£27
m o
f in
vest
men
t in
to H
amp
shire
’s r
oad
s an
d in
fras
truc
ture
.
Exc
elle
nt r
oad
and
rai
l lin
ks a
re a
cor
ners
tone
of t
he
Por
t of
Sou
tham
pto
n’s
succ
ess.
Sou
tham
pto
n, w
hich
is
the
UK
’s le
adin
g ve
hicl
e ha
ndlin
g p
ort,
the
cou
ntry
’s
mos
t ef
ficie
nt c
onta
iner
por
t an
d E
urop
e’s
lead
ing
turn
arou
nd c
ruis
e p
ort,
sup
por
ts 1
5,00
0 jo
bs
and
ge
nera
tes
arou
nd £
1 b
illio
n fo
r th
e ec
onom
y.
AB
P C
hief
Exe
cutiv
e Ja
mes
Coo
per
sai
d:
“It
was
a fa
ntas
tic o
pp
ortu
nity
to
dem
onst
rate
to
the
Cha
ncel
lor
the
criti
cal r
ole
the
Por
t of
Sou
tham
pto
n p
lays
in s
upp
ortin
g th
e gr
owth
of t
he U
K e
cono
my.
It’
s an
ess
entia
l gat
eway
for
bus
ines
ses
to a
cces
s gl
obal
mar
kets
, whe
ther
tha
t’s v
ehic
le m
anuf
actu
rers
sh
ipp
ing
UK
-bui
lt ca
rs t
o th
e U
S a
nd C
hina
, or
farm
ers
selli
ng g
rain
to
Ger
man
y fo
r b
eer
pro
duc
tion,
as
he
saw
firs
t-ha
nd.
“We
also
too
k th
e op
por
tuni
ty t
o d
iscu
ss is
sues
ar
ound
pol
icy
pro
pos
als
from
Eur
ope
that
pre
sent
a
real
haz
ard
for
the
UK
por
ts in
dus
try.
”
AB
P, to
geth
er
wit
h c
on
str
ucti
on
part
ner
RG
Cart
er,
held
a t
rad
itio
nal To
pp
ing
Ou
t cere
mo
ny a
t it
s £
2.2
m
illio
n n
ew
dry
bu
lk w
are
ho
use a
t th
e P
ort
of
Ipsw
ich
.
The
new
war
ehou
se is
3,7
00 s
qua
re m
eter
s an
d w
ill
grow
the
por
ts’ a
lread
y th
rivin
g b
ulk
bus
ines
ses,
whi
ch
hand
led
ove
r tw
o m
illio
n to
nnes
of d
ry b
ulks
in 2
014.
Equi
pped
with
sol
ar p
anel
s on
the
roof
, the
war
ehou
se,
whi
ch is
due
to o
pen
in J
une
2015
, will
prov
ide
low
car
bon
pow
er fo
r the
por
t. It
also
use
s m
otio
n se
nsor
act
ivat
ed
LED
ligh
ting
to fu
rthe
r red
uce
the
carb
on fo
otpr
int.
Artis
t in
Resi
denc
e on
dis
play
ABP
insp
ires
the
engi
neer
s of
the
futu
reS
tud
en
ts a
t W
ilb
erf
orc
e C
olle
ge
in
Hu
ll w
ere
g
ive
n t
he
ch
an
ce
to
fin
d o
ut
ab
ou
t e
mp
loym
en
t o
pp
ort
un
itie
s o
ffe
red
by A
BP,
as w
ell a
s h
ow
th
eir
fu
ture
will b
e s
ha
pe
d b
y G
ree
n P
ort
Hu
ll,
du
rin
g a
pre
se
nta
tio
n b
y S
imo
n B
rett
, A
BP
’s
He
ad
of
Pro
jec
ts o
n t
he
Hu
mb
er.
The
talk
was
giv
en to
the
colle
ge’s
eng
inee
ring,
m
aths
and
sci
ence
stu
dent
s, a
nd w
as th
e fir
st ta
lk
AB
P h
as d
eliv
ered
in a
loca
l sch
ool o
r co
llege
. It i
s al
so o
ne o
f man
y ev
ents
the
colle
ge in
tend
s to
hol
d
to h
elp
its s
tude
nts
gain
an
unde
rsta
ndin
g of
how
the
port
s, lo
gist
ics
and
rene
wab
les
indu
strie
s op
erat
e.
In 2
014
Wilb
erfo
rce
Col
lege
ope
ned
a ne
w e
ngin
eerin
g w
orks
hop,
whi
ch a
llow
s al
l BTE
C E
ngin
eerin
g pr
actic
al
trai
ning
to b
e co
mpl
eted
on
site
.
Sim
on B
rett
sai
d: “
It’s
fant
astic
to
get
out
and
mee
t th
e yo
ung
peo
ple
who
mig
ht e
vent
ually
wor
k on
on
e of
the
Gre
en P
ort
Hul
l pro
ject
s, a
nd t
alk
to
them
ab
out
rene
wab
le e
nerg
y an
d t
he im
por
tanc
e of
the
Hum
ber
est
uary
to
the
sect
or, a
s w
ell a
s em
plo
ymen
t op
por
tuni
ties
with
in A
BP
itse
lf. T
his
is
an e
xciti
ng t
ime
for
Hul
l and
the
wid
er r
egio
n an
d it
’s
grea
t to
sha
re t
hat
pos
itivi
ty w
ith t
he p
eop
le t
hat
will
ul
timat
ely
ben
efit.
”
new
s
AB
P e
mp
loye
es a
nd
th
eir
cu
sto
me
rs w
ere
a
mo
ng
th
e fi
rst
to g
et
a lo
ok
at
ne
w a
rtw
ork
d
ep
icti
ng
th
e P
ort
o
f S
ou
tha
mp
ton
’s
rela
tio
nsh
ip w
ith
th
e c
ity. A
BP
S
ou
tha
mp
ton
’s a
rtis
t in
re
sid
en
ce
, L
ee
C
am
pb
ell, u
nve
ile
d h
er
wo
rk a
t a
pre
vie
w e
ve
nt
ah
ea
d o
f it
s p
ub
lic
e
xh
ibit
ion
la
ter
this
ye
ar.
Lee
is t
he fi
rst
ever
ar
tist
in r
esid
ence
in t
he
por
t’s h
isto
ry a
nd w
as
app
oint
ed t
o ca
ptu
re
the
uniq
ue r
elat
ions
hip
b
etw
een
the
por
t an
d S
outh
amp
ton
as
par
t of
the
city
’s 5
0th
anni
vers
ary
cele
bra
tions
.
She
kic
k-st
arte
d h
er
pro
ject
by
crea
ting
dra
win
gs a
nd o
il on
pap
er s
ketc
hes
from
p
hoto
grap
hs t
aken
dur
ing
her
first
vis
it,
whe
n sh
e ex
plo
red
the
city
’s s
ight
s. T
he
sket
ches
hav
e in
form
ed t
he la
rger
pai
ntin
gs
she
pro
duc
ed fo
r th
e ex
hib
ition
.
Lee
said
: “Th
e va
st s
cale
and
siz
e of
the
por
t w
as q
uite
a c
halle
nge.
In m
y fin
al p
aint
ing,
P
anop
ly, I
dre
w p
aral
lels
bet
wee
n th
e ci
ty
and
the
por
t, in
corp
orat
ing
bot
h hi
stor
ic
and
mod
ern
arch
itect
ure,
to
por
tray
its
uniq
ue re
latio
nshi
p.”
The
exhi
bitio
n is
due
to g
o on
pub
lic
disp
lay
in S
outh
amp
ton
late
r in
the
year
.
Lee C
am
pb
ell
and
ab
ove
her
pie
ce
‘Pano
ply
’
A m
ajo
r d
istr
ibu
tio
n t
erm
inal fo
r Tra
vis
Perk
ins
has b
een
co
mp
lete
d a
t th
e P
ort
of
Card
iff.
A
BP
’s £
5m
in
vestm
en
t o
n s
even
acre
s w
ill
su
pp
ly T
ravis
Perk
ins, th
e lead
ing
su
pp
lier
to
the U
K’s
bu
ild
ing
an
d c
on
str
ucti
on
in
du
str
y,
160 o
utl
ets
acro
ss S
ou
th W
ale
s.
The
7,82
0 sq
uare
met
re w
areh
ouse
will
be
fu
lly o
per
atio
nal t
owar
ds
the
end
of 2
015,
em
plo
ying
95
peo
ple
.
Mat
thew
Ken
nerle
y, D
irect
or A
BP
Sou
th W
ales
sa
id: “
This
is a
gre
at e
xam
ple
of w
hat
AB
P’s
un
ique
net
wor
k of
por
ts in
Sou
th W
ales
can
do;
w
orki
ng w
ith o
ur c
usto
mer
s to
dev
elop
faci
litie
s th
at h
elp
the
ir b
usin
ess
to g
row
and
driv
e in
crea
ses
in o
per
atio
nal e
ffici
ency
.”
Trav
is P
erki
ns h
as b
een
sup
ply
ing
bui
ldin
g m
ater
ials
to
the
trad
e fo
r m
ore
than
200
yea
rs
and
has
600
out
lets
acr
oss
the
UK
.
Trav
is P
erki
ns s
aid
: “Th
is p
artn
ersh
ip w
ith A
BP
al
low
s us
to
serv
ice
our
bus
ines
s in
the
reg
ion
mor
e ef
ficie
ntly
and
eco
nom
ical
ly a
s w
ell a
s p
rovi
din
g us
a m
oder
n p
ort
faci
lity.
“Thi
s d
istr
ibut
ion
term
inal
will
cre
ate
job
s,
mak
e a
cont
ribut
ion
to t
he r
egio
n’s
econ
omy
and
rep
rese
nts
an e
xciti
ng n
ew c
hap
ter
for
our
bus
ines
s in
Wal
es.”
AB
P in
vest
ed o
ver £
600,
000
in a
new
Mul
tiDoc
ker C
H70
D to
in
crea
se c
apac
ity a
nd p
rodu
ctiv
ity a
cros
s its
Sou
th W
ales
por
ts.
This
new
mat
eria
ls h
andl
er, w
hich
can
be
used
to h
andl
e an
ythi
ng
from
agr
ibul
ks a
nd b
iom
ass
to re
cycl
able
s, s
teel
and
fore
st
prod
ucts
, can
be
depl
oyed
at a
ny o
f AB
P’s
Sou
th W
ales
por
ts.
New
Mul
tiDoc
ker
incr
ease
s pr
oduc
tivity
wal
es
ABP
flyin
g th
e fla
g fo
r Wal
es
Mar
ch 2
015
9
8
M
arch
20
15
We
lsh
po
rts b
oo
sti
ng
th
e lo
ca
l e
co
no
my
£5m
inve
stm
ent i
n Tr
avis
Per
kins
cr
eate
s 95
jobs
in C
ardi
ff
Th
e P
ort
of
Ne
wp
ort
is h
elp
ing
pre
se
rve
o
ne
of
the
mo
st
imp
ort
an
t e
xa
mp
les
of
the
cit
y’s
pro
ud
ma
riti
me
his
tory
by
be
co
min
g t
he
firs
t c
orp
ora
te s
po
nso
r
of
the
Fri
en
ds o
f N
ew
po
rt S
hip
.
AB
P is
bac
king
the
ap
pea
l to
rais
e aw
aren
ess
and
fund
s fo
r th
e ca
re o
f the
bes
t p
rese
rved
15t
h ce
ntur
y sh
ip e
ver
foun
d.
The
land
mar
k p
roje
ct a
ims
to h
ouse
the
ar
chite
ctur
al g
em in
a p
urp
ose-
bui
lt m
useu
m
for
futu
re g
ener
atio
ns t
o en
joy.
Pres
ervi
ng
New
port
’s
mar
itim
e hi
stor
y
Th
ree
So
uth
Wa
les p
ort
s h
ave
se
en
ma
jor
str
uc
tura
l e
ng
ine
eri
ng
wo
rk,
tota
llin
g £
3.6
m
in in
ve
stm
en
ts o
ve
r th
e D
ec
em
be
r 2
01
4 t
o
Ma
rch
20
15
pe
rio
d.
Car
diff
saw
the
inst
alla
tion
of n
ew lo
ck g
ates
in
Dec
emb
er. D
urin
g Ja
nuar
y an
d F
ebru
ary
the
oute
r ga
tes
at P
ort
Talb
ot w
ere
rep
lace
d,
whi
le t
he g
ates
at
Bar
ry u
nder
wen
t m
ajor
re
furb
ishm
ent.
M
atth
ew K
enne
rley,
Dire
cto
r A
BP
So
uth
Wal
es, s
aid
: “T
he n
ew g
ates
will
sec
ure
a sa
fe,
resi
lient
and
eff
ectiv
e lo
ck o
per
atio
n fo
r m
any
year
s to
co
me,
ens
urin
g t
he t
hree
po
rts
rem
ain
op
en f
or
bus
ines
s.”
for
Sout
h W
ales
Por
ts
Lock
ing
in
£3.6
m
Hu
ll’s
lo
ca
tio
n n
ea
r m
ark
ets
in E
uro
pe
as w
ell a
s its
str
on
g
tra
nsp
ort
lin
ks a
nd
pro
xim
ity
to c
usto
me
rs a
nd
pro
du
ce
rs
in t
he
UK
ma
de
it
an
att
rac
tive
pro
po
sit
ion
fo
r T
ho
r.
Mar
ch 2
015
1
1 10
M
arch
20
15
Th
e s
igh
t o
f ve
sse
ls f
rom
Sc
an
din
avia
a
pp
ea
rin
g o
ve
r th
e h
ori
zo
n o
nc
e s
tru
ck
fe
ar
into
th
e h
ea
rts o
f c
om
mu
nit
ies o
n t
he
no
rth
-e
aste
rn c
oa
st
of
Bri
tain
.
Vik
ings
may
be
long
gon
e, b
ut a
new
arr
ival
fr
om S
wed
en is
pro
ving
rat
her
mor
e w
elco
me
on t
he H
umb
er t
hese
day
s.
Thor
Shi
pp
ing
and
Tra
nsp
ort
has
del
iver
ed n
ew
inve
stm
ent
and
job
s af
ter
esta
blis
hing
its
first
U
K b
ase
on t
he K
ing
Geo
rge
Doc
k at
AB
P's
P
ort
of H
ull l
ast
July
.
An
imm
ense
300
,000
to
nnes
of
stee
l, p
aper
an
d o
ther
car
go
es w
ill b
e ha
ndle
d b
y th
e co
mp
any’
s 14
ste
ved
ore
s an
d e
ight
offi
ce
staf
f in
Hul
l eve
ry y
ear.
With
mor
e th
an 1
80,0
00 t
onne
s p
assi
ng
thro
ugh
the
por
t in
the
firs
t si
x m
onth
s of
op
erat
ions
and
60
por
t ca
lls fr
om it
s th
ree
ship
s, t
he M
V O
din
, MV
Alre
k an
d M
V F
rej,
Th
or is
alre
ady
wel
l ahe
ad o
f its
tar
get.
Man
ager
Tho
mas
Bry
an c
red
its a
str
ong
wor
king
rel
atio
nshi
p w
ith A
BP
from
the
out
set
for
the
smoo
th a
nd s
ucce
ssfu
l exp
ansi
on in
to
the
bus
y p
ort.
“Our
firs
t si
x m
ont
hs h
ave
seen
us
mak
e a
solid
sta
rt,
with
tra
ffic
of
aro
und
8,0
00 t
onn
es
a w
eek.
“The
to
nnag
e in
crea
sed
imm
edia
tely
in t
he
first
tw
o m
ont
hs a
nd h
as r
emai
ned
at
a co
nsta
nt le
vel.
"We
have
a s
tron
g an
d v
ery
clos
e w
orki
ng
rela
tions
hip
with
AB
P. T
here
is a
cus
tom
er
focu
sed
env
ironm
ent
at A
BP
whi
ch w
e se
e as
a
grea
t b
enefi
t as
a n
ew c
omp
any.
“AB
P w
ill a
lso
feel
the
ben
efit
as t
his
focu
s w
ill e
nab
le u
s to
be
mor
e p
rod
uctiv
e an
d b
ring
bus
ines
s to
the
por
t as
wel
l as
dire
ct a
nd
ind
irect
ben
efits
for
the
loca
l eco
nom
y.”
He
adde
d: “
Hul
l is
a go
od p
lace
to b
e. T
here
are
no
ves
sel r
estr
ictio
ns a
nd w
e ha
ve ro
om to
gro
w.
“The
re is
als
o st
rong
mul
ti-m
odal
tra
nsp
ort
links
d
irect
from
the
por
t, a
nd g
ood
sch
edul
es fr
om
a sa
iling
per
spec
tive.
”
Thor
’s h
ead
qua
rter
s is
in V
äste
rås,
Sw
eden
. A
s w
ell a
s H
ull a
nd V
äste
rås,
it a
lso
oper
ates
in
Ant
wer
p, A
mst
erd
am a
nd D
urb
an in
Sou
th
Afr
ica
pro
vid
ing
logi
stic
s, t
rans
por
t an
d s
upp
ort
to t
rad
e an
d in
dus
try.
The
UK
com
pan
y’s
core
bus
ines
s is
p
red
omin
atel
y in
ste
el a
nd p
aper
as
wel
l as
stro
ng v
olum
es o
f con
tain
eris
ed t
raffi
c, w
ith
bus
ines
s in
crea
sing
all
of t
he t
ime.
Hul
l’s lo
catio
n ne
ar m
arke
ts in
Eur
ope,
as
wel
l as
its
stro
ng t
rans
por
t lin
ks a
nd p
roxi
mity
to
cust
omer
s an
d p
rod
ucer
s in
the
UK
, mad
e it
an
attr
activ
e p
rop
ositi
on fo
r Th
or.
One
of i
ts v
esse
ls fo
llow
s a
dire
ct r
etur
n ro
ute
from
Hul
l to
Oxe
losu
nd. O
ther
s fo
llow
a lo
op
from
Väs
terå
s to
Ant
wer
p, H
ull,
Am
ster
dam
and
b
ack
to S
wed
en.
Thor
rec
ently
sig
ned
a c
ontr
act
with
Sw
edis
h st
eel g
iant
SS
AB
, brin
ging
long
-ter
m s
ecur
ity
for
the
rout
es.
Som
e 14
0,00
0 to
nnes
of s
teel
will
be
imp
orte
d
thro
ugh
Hul
l ann
ually
bef
ore
bei
ng d
istr
ibut
ed
by
road
and
rai
l by
Thor
.
Cus
tom
ers
incl
ude
the
auto
mot
ive
ind
ustr
y in
th
e M
idla
nds,
the
con
stru
ctio
n se
ctor
and
the
d
efen
ce in
dus
try.
Pap
er im
port
s he
ad fo
r foo
d an
d pa
ckag
ing
mar
kets
. Exp
orts
han
dled
by
Thor
incl
ude
dolo
mite
– a
key
ingr
edie
nt fo
r ste
el p
rodu
ctio
n –
from
the
UK
to V
äste
rås,
as
wel
l as
a ra
nge
of
othe
r pro
duct
s, in
clud
ing
plas
tics
and
som
e st
eel.
Thor
’s w
orkf
orce
at H
ull l
oads
60
to 8
0 w
agon
s a
day
for d
istr
ibut
ion,
with
a ra
il lin
k di
rect
to th
e po
rt,
plus
stro
ng ro
ad li
nks
to th
e re
st o
f the
cou
ntry
.
Futu
re b
usin
ess
for
the
envi
ronm
enta
lly-
cons
ciou
s co
mp
any
incl
udes
the
gro
win
g w
aste
-for
-ene
rgy
sect
or a
s on
e of
the
wor
ld’s
la
rges
t fa
cilit
ies
for
bur
ning
ref
use-
der
ived
fuel
ha
s re
cent
ly b
een
bui
lt in
Väs
terå
s.
Thor
’s s
ucce
ssfu
l exp
ansi
on in
to H
ull i
s an
othe
r b
oost
as
the
thriv
ing
por
t go
es fr
om s
tren
gth
to
str
engt
h.
A £
310m
inve
stm
ent
by
bot
h S
iem
ens
and
A
BP
in o
ffsho
re w
ind
tur
bin
e m
anuf
actu
ring,
as
sem
bly
and
exp
ort
faci
litie
s on
the
por
t’s
Ale
xand
ra D
ock
will
cre
ate
1,00
0 jo
bs
and
re
invi
gora
te t
he c
ity’s
eco
nom
y.
AB
P B
usin
ess
Dev
elop
men
t M
anag
er in
the
H
umb
er, G
aret
h R
usse
ll sa
id: “
Thor
Shi
pp
ing’
s ar
rival
is a
sig
nific
ant
mile
ston
e fo
r A
BP
at
the
Por
t of
Hul
l.
“It
has
bro
ught
inve
stm
ent
and
job
s to
furt
her
fuel
long
-ter
m g
row
th a
t ou
r p
orts
on
the
Hum
ber
and
will
als
o d
eliv
er s
igni
fican
t b
enefi
ts
for
the
regi
onal
and
nat
iona
l eco
nom
y.
“Tho
r co
mp
lem
ents
the
ext
ensi
ve r
ange
of
bus
ines
s p
artn
ers
alre
ady
succ
essf
ully
op
erat
ing
at t
he p
ort.
“We
are
del
ight
ed t
o se
e Th
or g
et o
ff to
a s
olid
st
art
and
we
are
look
ing
forw
ard
to
a lo
ng a
nd
succ
essf
ul p
artn
ersh
ip w
ith t
he c
omp
any
for
man
y ye
ars
to c
ome.
”
THOR
THU
NDER
S IN
TO H
ULL
Hu
ll is a
go
od
pla
ce
to
be
.
Th
ere
are
no
ve
sse
l re
str
icti
on
s
an
d w
e h
ave
ro
om
to
gro
w.
So
me
14
0,0
00
to
nn
es
of
ste
el w
ill b
e
imp
ort
ed
th
rou
gh
Hu
ll
an
nu
ally b
efo
re b
ein
g
dis
trib
ute
d b
y r
oa
d
an
d r
ail b
y T
ho
r.
We
are
de
lig
hte
d t
o s
ee
Th
or
ge
t
off
to
a s
olid
sta
rt a
nd
we
are
loo
kin
g f
orw
ard
to
a lo
ng
an
d
su
cc
essfu
l p
art
ne
rsh
ip w
ith
th
e
co
mp
an
y f
or
ma
ny y
ea
rs t
o c
om
e.
Gar
eth
Rus
sell,
Bus
ines
s D
evel
opm
ent
Man
ager
Hum
ber
Th
or
Sh
ipp
ing
de
live
rs in
ve
stm
en
t a
nd
jo
bs a
t it
s fi
rst
UK
ba
se
at
the
Po
rt o
f H
ullcu
stom
er fe
atu
re
Thor
, the
Nor
se g
od o
f thu
nder
and
ligh
tnin
g,
was
dea
r to
the
hea
rts
and
min
ds
of V
ikin
gs,
who
wer
e hi
ghly
ski
lled
tra
der
s w
ith r
oute
s ac
ross
Eur
ope
and
Rus
sia.
Cer
tain
ly in
Hul
l, th
eir
21st
cen
tury
cou
nter
par
ts
have
bee
n w
elco
med
with
op
en a
rms
as t
hey
brin
g m
ore
bus
ines
s to
the
are
a –
and
the
y in
tend
to
be
here
for
som
e tim
e.
Thom
as s
aid
: “W
e ar
e on
the
rig
ht t
rack
and
ve
ry p
leas
ed w
ith o
ur o
per
atio
ns. T
here
’s a
b
right
futu
re fo
r Th
or S
hip
pin
g in
the
UK
.”
Tho
mas B
ryan,
Genera
l M
anag
er
Tho
r S
hip
pin
g
Thom
as B
ryan
, Gen
eral
Man
ager
Th
or S
hipp
ing
12
Mar
ch 2
015
Mar
ch 2
015
1
3
SALV
AGIN
G SU
CCES
S FR
OM
THE
SOLE
NT S
EABE
D
Th
e s
alv
ag
e o
pe
rati
on
wa
s a
co
mp
lete
su
cc
ess a
nd
ac
co
mp
lish
ed
wit
ho
ut
se
rio
us
inju
ry o
r p
ollu
tio
n t
o t
he
So
len
t. H
ow
did
yo
u
ma
na
ge
it?
“We
exec
uted
our
em
erge
ncy
pla
n, w
hich
m
eant
we
wer
e ab
le t
o ve
ry q
uick
ly h
ave
the
coas
t gu
ard
on
the
scen
e, a
hel
icop
ter
over
head
and
with
in a
n ho
ur, h
ave
90%
of
the
ship
’s c
rew
mov
ed t
o sa
fety
. We
kep
t a
core
num
ber
of p
eop
le o
n b
oard
and
we
only
ev
acua
ted
the
m w
hen
the
ship
was
gro
und
ed
on t
he s
and
ban
k an
d m
oved
to
a 60
-deg
ree
list.
Tha
nks
to t
he r
egul
ar p
ort
exer
cise
s of
our
em
erge
ncy
pla
n, e
very
one
knew
exa
ctly
wha
t to
do
and
whe
n to
do
it.
“To
ensu
re t
he v
esse
l sta
yed
in it
s an
chor
ed
pos
ition
and
to
mon
itor
the
pol
lutio
n ris
k, w
e or
gani
sed
for
a p
atro
l boa
t an
d t
wo
tugs
to
go
arou
nd t
he s
hip
with
sea
rch
light
s al
l nig
ht.
“As
soon
as
the
cap
tain
arr
ived
at
the
por
t,
we
esta
blis
hed
whe
re t
he fu
el t
anks
wer
e an
d
reve
aled
tha
t th
e ch
ance
of o
il p
ollu
tion
was
ve
ry lo
w d
ue t
o th
eir
loca
tion
on t
he v
esse
l.
“We
had
the
Sec
reta
ry o
f Sta
te’s
Rep
rese
ntat
ive
for
Mar
itim
e S
alva
ge (S
oS R
ep) a
tten
d t
wic
e d
aily
mee
tings
at
our
offic
es w
ith t
he s
alva
ge
team
, the
shi
p’s
ow
ners
and
the
Mar
itim
e an
d
Coa
stgu
ard
Age
ncy.
The
SoS
Rep
and
sal
vage
te
am b
oth
said
the
y ha
d n
ever
wor
ked
in a
por
t b
efor
e w
ith s
o m
uch
co-o
per
atio
n fr
om p
eop
le,
whi
ch is
gre
at fe
edb
ack.
“We
are
very
pro
ud t
o sa
y th
at d
urin
g th
e op
erat
ion,
no
traf
fic w
as d
isru
pte
d in
to t
he p
ort
and
all
serv
ices
rem
aine
d a
s no
rmal
.”
On
ce
yo
u h
ad
re
-flo
ate
d t
he
sh
ip,
wh
at
we
re
the
big
ge
st
ch
alle
ng
es?
“The
re w
ere
thre
e ch
alle
ngin
g as
pec
ts o
f the
op
erat
ion,
with
the
mos
t p
ress
ing
bei
ng t
o fin
d a
saf
e p
lace
to
anch
or t
he v
esse
l whi
le w
e fo
und
out
wha
t w
as c
ausi
ng it
to
list.
“We
chos
e to
anc
hor
the
ship
in t
he E
aste
rn
Sol
ent,
als
o kn
own
as t
he “
Nor
th R
ide
Mid
dle
”,
bec
ause
it w
as o
ne o
f the
leas
t se
nsiti
ve a
reas
, w
ith n
atur
al d
eep
wat
er a
nd fa
r fr
om a
ny S
ite o
f S
pec
ial S
cien
tific
Inte
rest
.
“The
are
a is
the
look
ed a
fter
by
the
Que
en’s
H
arb
our
Mas
ter
(QH
M) i
n P
orts
mou
th s
o he
ga
ve u
s p
erm
issi
on t
o tr
eat
that
are
a as
our
ow
n, m
eani
ng w
e w
ould
tak
e re
spon
sib
ility
for
anyt
hing
tha
t ha
pp
ened
whi
le w
e w
ere
ther
e.
“The
sec
ond
cha
lleng
e w
as g
ettin
g th
e an
chor
s ou
t so
we
coul
d m
ove
the
vess
el. B
ecau
se it
w
as li
stin
g at
52-
deg
rees
, it
took
a w
hole
day
w
ith t
ugs
to p
ull o
ut t
he a
ncho
rs.
“The
thi
rd c
halle
nge
cam
e af
ter
we
rem
ove
d
the
anch
ors
, and
wer
e hi
t b
y g
ale-
forc
e w
ind
s fo
r th
ree
day
s. W
ind
s w
ere
up t
o 1
30 k
m/h
at
times
and
we
need
ed t
o m
ake
sure
tha
t th
e ve
ssel
sta
yed
whe
re it
was
dur
ing
the
ro
ugh
wea
ther
as
it w
as t
oo
sto
rmy
to b
egin
the
sa
lvag
e m
issi
on.
”
Ho
w d
id y
ou
rig
ht
the
ve
sse
l?
“We
star
ted
by
loo
king
at
how
all
the
cars
w
ere
sto
wed
on
the
ship
and
ana
lysi
ng w
here
th
e w
ater
was
lyin
g o
n b
oar
d. W
e th
en m
ade
som
e st
abili
ty c
alcu
latio
ns a
nd s
low
ly b
roug
ht
the
vess
el u
prig
ht b
y p
ump
ing
wat
er in
to t
he
right
pla
ces.
“Onc
e th
e lis
t o
n th
e sh
ip w
as s
igni
fican
tly
red
uced
we
agre
ed t
he s
hip
was
in a
fit
stat
e to
co
me
bac
k to
po
rt. S
o w
e w
ent
thro
ugh
our
to
wag
e p
lan
with
tw
o a
pp
oin
ted
pilo
ts t
o b
ring
it b
ack.
”
We
re y
ou
ha
pp
y w
ith
th
e o
pe
rati
on
?
“Eve
ryon
e w
as e
xtre
mel
y p
leas
ed w
ith t
he w
ay
it w
ent.
We
tow
ed t
he v
esse
l bac
k to
the
por
t ah
ead
of s
ched
ule
and
man
aged
to
avoi
d a
ny
serio
us in
jurie
s an
d a
ll p
ollu
tion
risk.
“The
sal
vage
tea
m w
ere
full
of p
rais
e fo
r al
l the
st
aff.
It w
as a
goo
d t
eam
effo
rt fr
om e
very
one,
in
clud
ing
the
clea
ning
lad
ies
who
wer
e m
akin
g hu
ndre
ds
of c
ups
of t
ea, s
taff
who
wer
e co
min
g in
on
wee
kend
s, la
unch
cre
ws,
pilo
ts a
nd
ever
ybod
y el
se. I
t’s g
ood
to
know
tha
t al
l our
p
lann
ing
and
exe
rcis
es h
ave
pai
d o
ff an
d t
hat
our
rela
tions
hip
with
the
aut
horit
ies
is s
o go
od.
“All
in a
ll w
e m
anag
ed to
turn
this
into
a s
ucce
ss
stor
y an
d I’
m re
ally
pro
ud o
f eve
ryon
e in
volv
ed.”
Wh
en
51
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on
ne
s o
f c
ar
ca
rrie
r w
as
be
ac
he
d o
n a
sa
nd
ba
nk
in
th
e S
ole
nt,
o
n 3
Ja
nu
ary
, it
wa
s a
ma
jor
ne
ws e
ve
nt
an
d a
ma
jor
ch
alle
ng
e f
or
So
uth
am
pto
n
Ha
rbo
urm
aste
r M
art
in P
hip
ps a
nd
his
te
am
.
He
te
lls P
ort
s T
alk
ho
w,
wo
rkin
g w
ith
a t
ea
m
of
hig
hly
exp
eri
en
ce
d s
alv
ors
, th
ey m
an
ag
ed
to
re
-flo
at
the
ve
sse
l, r
igh
t h
er
an
d b
rin
g h
er
sa
fely
ba
ck
to
po
rt,
all w
ith
no
im
pa
ct
to p
ort
o
pe
rati
on
s –
an
d u
nd
er
the
wa
tch
ful g
aze
o
f th
e w
orl
d’s
me
dia
.
Hoe
gh O
saka
12
Mar
ch 2
015
Mar
ch 2
015
1
3
Th
e s
alv
ag
e o
pe
rati
on
wa
s a
co
mp
lete
su
cc
ess a
nd
ac
co
mp
lish
ed
wit
ho
ut
se
rio
us
inju
ry o
r p
ollu
tio
n t
o t
he
So
len
t. H
ow
did
yo
u
ma
na
ge
ig
t?
“We
We
exec
exec
uted
uted
our
our
eme
emer
gen
rgen
cyp
cy p
lan
lan,
whi
whi
chch
mea
nt w
e w
ere
able
to
very
qui
ckly
hav
e th
e co
ast
guar
d o
n th
e sc
ene,
a h
elic
opte
r ov
erov
erhe
adhe
adan
dan
dw
itw
ithinhin
anh
an h
our
our,
hav
have
90e
90%
of%
of
the
ship
’s c
rew
mov
ed t
o sa
fety
. We
kep
t a
core
num
ber
of p
eop
le o
n b
oard
and
we
only
ev
acua
ted
the
m w
hen
the
ship
was
gro
und
edon
the
san
db
ank
and
mov
ed t
o a
60-d
egre
e lis
t. T
hank
s to
the
reg
ular
por
t ex
erci
ses
of o
ur
emer
genc
ly
pla
n, e
very
one
kknew
ex
tlac
tlh
y w
htat
to d
o an
d w
hen
to d
o it.
“To
ensu
re t
he v
esse
l sta
yed
in it
s an
chor
ed
pos
ition
and
to
mon
itor
the
pol
lutio
n ris
k, w
eor
gani
sed
for
a p
atro
l boa
t an
d t
wo
tugs
to
go
arou
nd t
he s
hip
with
sea
rch
light
s al
l nig
ht.
“As
soon
as
the
cap
tain
arr
ived
at
the
por
t,
we
ew
e es
tab
stab
lish
lishe
dw
ed w
here
here
the
the
fue
fuel
tal tan
ksnks
wer
ew
ere
and
and
re
veal
ed t
hat
the
chan
ce o
f oil
pol
lutio
n w
as
veryy
lowo
due
due
to oth
eier
looca
tica
on o
n th
e ve
ssel
sse
.
“We
had
the
Sec
reta
ry o
f Sta
te’s
Rep
rese
ntat
ive
for
Mar
itim
e S
alva
ge (S
oS R
ep) a
tten
d t
wic
e d
aily
mee
tings
at
our
offic
es w
ith t
he s
alva
gete
am, t
he s
hip
’s o
wne
rs a
nd t
he M
ariti
me
and
C
oast
guar
d A
genc
y. T
he S
oS R
ep a
nd s
alva
ge
tteam
bt
bot
hh sa
idt
id t
hhey
hd
had
neve
r w
ok
drk
ediin
a p
otrt
bef
ore
with
so
muc
h co
-op
erat
ion
from
peo
ple
,w
hich
isgr
eat
feed
bac
k.
“We
are
very
pro
ud t
o sa
y th
at d
urin
g th
e op
erat
ion,
no
traf
fic w
as d
isru
pte
d in
to t
he p
ort
and
all
serv
ices
rem
aine
d a
sno
rmal
.”
On
ce
On
ce
yo
uyo
uh
ad
ha
dre
-re
-flo
at
flo
ate
dt
ed
th
es
he
sh
iph
ip,
wh
aw
ha
tw
et
we
rere
the
big
ge
st
ch
alle
ng
es?
“The
re w
ere
thre
e ch
alle
ngin
g as
pec
ts o
f the
op
erat
ion,
with
the
mos
t p
ress
ing
bei
ng t
o fi
dfin
d a
saff
e p
llace
tto
han
cht
or t
hhe v
esse
lh
l whi
lilew
e fo
und
out
wha
t w
as c
ausi
ng it
to
list.
“We
chos
e to
anc
hor
the
ship
in t
he E
aste
rn
Sol
ent,
als
o kn
own
as t
he “
Nor
th R
ide
Mid
dle
”,b
ecau
se it
was
one
of t
he le
ast
sens
itive
are
as,
ithw
itht
nat
lur
aldd
eep
watt
er
dan
dffa
r ffr
oman
yS
itS
itf
e of
S
pec
ial S
cien
tific
Inte
rest
.
“The
are
a is
the
look
ed a
fter
by
the
Que
en’s
H
arb
our
Mas
ter
(QH
M) i
n P
orts
mou
th s
o he
ga
ve u
s p
erm
issi
on t
o tr
eat
that
are
a as
our
ow
n, m
eani
ng w
e w
ould
tak
e re
spon
sib
ility
for
anyt
hing
tha
t ha
pp
ened
whi
le w
e w
ere
ther
e.
“TheTh
ese
cse
condon
d c
hal
chal
leng
leng
ew
ae
was
ges
gett
intt
ing
thg
the
ane
anch
orch
orss
out
so w
e co
uld
mov
e th
e ve
ssel
. Bec
ause
itw
as li
stin
g gat
52-
deg
ree
gs,
i,t
took
aw
hole
day
yw
ith t
ugs
to p
ull o
ut t
he a
ncho
rs.
“The
thi
rd c
halle
nge
cam
e af
ter
we
rem
ove
dth
e an
cho
rs, a
nd w
ere
hit
by
gal
e-fo
rce
win
ds
for
thre
e d
ays.
Win
ds
wer
e up
to
130
km
/h a
t tim
es a
nd w
e ne
eded
to
mak
e su
re t
hat
the
vess
els
el s
taye
taye
dw
hd
whe
re it
wit
was
das
dur
inur
ing
thg
the
ro
ugh
ugh
wea
ther
as
it w
as t
oo
sto
rmy
to b
egin
the
salv
age
mis
sio
n.”
Ho
w d
id y
ou
rig
ht
the
ve
sse
l?
“We
star
ted
by
loo
king
at
how
all
the
cars
w
ere
sto
wed
on
the
ship
and
ana
lysi
ng w
here
th
eth
e w
ate
wat
erw
ar
was
lys
lyin
gin
go
nb
on
bo
ard
oar
dW
e. W
eth
eth
enm
an
mad
ed
e so
me
som
est
ast
abili
bili
tyc
ty c
alcu
alcu
lati
latio
nso
ns a
ndand
slo
wsl
ow
lyb
ly b
roug
roug
htht
the
vess
el u
prig
ht b
y p
ump
ing
wat
er in
to t
he
right
pla
ces.
“O“Onc
he
thli
e lis
t o
hn
thh
e sh
iip w
as s
ii
igni
fifican
ltly
red
uced
we
agre
ed t
he s
hip
was
in a
fit
stat
e to
co
me
bac
k to
po
rt. S
o w
e w
ent
thro
ugh
our
to
wag
e p
lan
with
tw
o a
pp
oin
ted
pilo
ts t
o b
ring
it b
ack.
”
WWe
reyo
uhh
ap
py w
ith
ith
thth
e o
pe
rti
ati
o?
n?
“Eve
ryon
e w
as e
xtre
mel
y p
leas
ed w
ith t
hew
ay
it w
ent.
We
tow
ed t
he v
esse
l bac
k to
the
por
t ah
ead
of s
ched
ule
and
man
aged
to
avoi
d a
ny
serio
us in
jurie
s an
d a
ll p
ollu
tion
risk.
“The
sal
vage
tea
m w
ere
full
of p
rais
e fo
r al
l the
staf
f. It
was
a g
ood
tea
m e
ffort
from
eve
ryon
e,in
clin
clud
inud
ing
thg
the
cle
clea
niea
ning
lng
lad
iead
ies
wh
s w
how
eo
wer
em
re m
akin
akin
gg hu
ndre
ds
of c
ups
of t
ea, s
taff
who
wer
e co
min
g in
on
wee
kend
s, ,lau
nch
crew
s, p
i,p
lots
and
ev
eryb
ody
else
. It’s
goo
d t
o kn
ow t
hat
all o
ur
pla
nnin
g an
d e
xerc
ises
hav
e p
aid
off
and
tha
t ou
r re
latio
nshi
p w
ith t
he a
utho
ritie
s is
so
good
.
“All
in a
ll w
e m
anag
ed to
turn
this
into
a s
ucce
ssst
ory
and
I’m
real
ly p
roud
of e
very
one
invo
lved
.”
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en
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nd
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nk
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th
e S
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am
pto
n
Ha
rbo
urm
aste
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art
inP
hip
ps a
nd
his
te
am
.
He
te
lls P
ort
s T
alk
ho
w,,
wo
rkin
gg w
ith
a t
ea
m
of
hig
hly
exp
eri
en
ce
d s
alv
ors
, th
ey m
an
ag
ed
to
re
-flo
at
the
ve
sse
l, r
igh
t h
er
an
d b
rin
g h
er
sa
fely
ba
ck
to
po
rt,
all w
ith
no
im
pa
ct
top
ort
op
era
tio
ns –
an
d u
nd
er
the
wa
tch
ful g
aze
o
f th
e w
orl
d’s
me
dia
.
Th
e c
om
plia
nc
e t
ea
m a
t A
BP
co
ve
rs a
ra
ng
e
of
are
as a
nd
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
ies; c
ou
ld y
ou
exp
lain
w
ha
t th
ese
are
?
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gro
up-w
ide
com
plia
nce
rem
it in
clud
es
Hea
lth, S
afet
y, S
ecur
ity, E
nviro
nmen
t an
d
Qua
lity.
We
have
exp
erie
nced
sp
ecia
lists
he
adin
g u
p t
hese
fun
ctio
ns a
t g
roup
-lev
el,
who
se p
rimar
y fu
nctio
n is
to
sup
po
rt, s
teer
, d
evel
op
, mea
sure
and
brin
g c
ons
iste
ncy
ac
ross
our
site
-bas
ed c
om
plia
nce
team
s.
Whi
le s
pec
ialis
ts in
the
ir re
spec
tive
area
s, t
he
grou
p c
omp
lianc
e te
am a
re e
ncou
rage
d t
o d
evel
op c
omp
eten
ce in
all
area
s of
com
plia
nce,
to
bet
ter
sup
por
t ea
ch o
ther
, sha
re b
est
pra
ctic
es a
nd t
o p
rovi
de
long
-ter
m fl
exib
ility
and
su
stai
nab
ility
in t
he t
eam
. Thi
s ap
pro
ach
pro
vid
es
a m
ore
inte
rest
ing
bac
kgro
und
aga
inst
whi
ch t
he
com
plia
nce
team
can
dev
elop
per
sona
lly t
oo.
The
com
plia
nce
func
tions
will
be
man
aged
b
y d
eliv
erin
g p
ublis
hed
str
ateg
ic t
arge
ts a
nd
obje
ctiv
es t
o th
e b
usin
ess
for
imp
rove
men
t an
d
usin
g th
e an
nual
bus
ines
s p
lan
on t
he d
eliv
ery
vehi
cle,
wor
king
with
the
Reg
iona
l Dire
ctor
s to
en
sure
the
tar
gets
are
em
bed
ded
into
the
reg
ion.
Wh
y is c
om
plia
nc
e im
po
rta
nt
to A
BP
?
Put
sim
ply
– if
we
do
not
rem
ain
com
plia
nt w
ith
safe
ty, s
ecur
ity a
nd e
nviro
nmen
tal l
egis
latio
n w
e p
ut o
ur r
eput
atio
n, o
ur t
eam
s an
d o
ur a
bili
ty
to o
per
ate
at r
isk.
Con
tinue
d b
usin
ess
grow
th
will
not
be
pos
sib
le w
ithou
t en
surin
g w
e ha
ve a
co
mp
liant
, eng
aged
and
saf
e w
orkf
orce
.
We
mus
t al
so b
ench
mar
k an
d m
easu
re o
urse
lves
ag
ains
t ou
r p
eers
’ com
plia
nce
per
form
ance
in
ord
er t
o co
ntin
ually
imp
rove
.
Wh
at
ste
ps a
re t
he
co
mp
lia
nc
e t
ea
m t
ak
ing
to
he
lp m
ove
AB
P f
rom
Go
od
to
Gre
at?
The
long
-ter
m in
tent
ion
is t
o d
evel
op a
co
mp
lianc
e cu
lture
with
sys
tem
s, p
roce
sses
and
p
roce
dur
es w
hich
are
effe
ctiv
e an
d c
onsi
sten
tly
app
lied
. Com
plia
nce
exce
llenc
e w
ill a
lso
req
uire
in
vest
men
t in
beh
avio
ur-b
ased
tra
inin
g ve
sted
in
win
ning
ove
r th
e he
arts
and
min
ds
of e
very
one
in
the
bus
ines
s an
d in
par
ticul
ar, t
hose
wor
king
in
oper
atio
nal a
nd s
uper
viso
ry r
oles
.
Wh
at
are
th
e k
ey a
rea
s/a
ims y
ou
will b
e
foc
usin
g o
n in
20
15
?
Ove
r th
e co
min
g m
onth
s, w
e w
ill b
e d
evel
opin
g a
Com
plia
nce
Man
agem
ent
Sys
tem
(CM
S) t
hat
will
, fo
r th
e fir
st t
ime
in A
BP,
pro
vid
e a
sing
le p
oint
fo
r al
l com
plia
nce
doc
umen
tatio
n, e
rad
icat
ing
dup
licat
ion
and
was
te, a
s w
ell a
s p
rom
otin
g a
cons
iste
nt a
pp
roac
h to
com
plia
nce
man
agem
ent.
One
of t
he c
omp
lianc
e te
am’s
initi
al a
reas
of
focu
s w
ill b
e d
rivin
g th
e su
cces
s of
the
en
viro
nmen
tal r
epor
ting
syst
em a
cros
s th
e w
hole
sp
ectr
um o
f com
plia
nce.
Any
inci
den
t w
ill
be
rep
orte
d u
sing
the
trie
d a
nd t
este
d ‘S
pot
It’
mec
hani
sm, w
hich
will
the
n fe
ed in
to a
com
bin
ed
inci
den
t re
por
ting
syst
em.
Bui
ldin
g on
thi
s cr
oss-
func
tiona
l ap
pro
ach
is
an in
tegr
ated
ris
k as
sess
men
t m
etho
dol
ogy
acro
ss a
ll co
mp
lianc
e ar
eas,
cur
rent
ly u
nder
d
evel
opm
ent.
It is
our
goa
l to
mak
e ris
k m
anag
emen
t in
all
area
s of
com
plia
nce
as
stra
ight
forw
ard
and
as
easy
as
pos
sib
le a
nd
to r
emov
e an
y un
nece
ssar
y b
urea
ucra
cy fr
om
curr
ent
pro
cess
es.
Inte
rnal
com
plia
nce
aud
its o
f our
sys
tem
s,
pro
cess
es a
nd o
per
atio
ns w
ill c
ontin
ue t
o b
e a
foca
l poi
nt fo
r th
e te
am, w
hich
will
be
prio
ritis
ed
acco
rdin
g to
op
erat
iona
l and
com
plia
nce
risk.
Ca
n w
e e
xp
ec
t to
se
e a
ny c
ha
ng
es
imp
lem
en
ted
in
th
e b
usin
ess a
s a
re
su
lt
of
this
wo
rk?
In t
ime,
we
hop
e to
see
incr
ease
d c
onsi
sten
cy
acro
ss A
BP
in m
eetin
g co
mp
lianc
e st
and
ard
s an
d
a gr
eate
r em
pha
sis
on s
harin
g ex
per
tise
and
bes
t p
ract
ices
. In
ord
er t
o m
ove
from
goo
d t
o gr
eat,
w
e ne
ed t
o le
arn
from
oth
ers,
bot
h w
ithin
and
ou
tsid
e of
AB
P, s
o w
e w
ill b
e lo
okin
g fo
r m
ore
way
s to
faci
litat
e th
is, m
ovin
g to
war
d b
ecom
ing
a
‘lear
ning
org
anis
atio
n’.
You
will
als
o se
e a
grea
ter
emp
hasi
s on
th
e d
eliv
ery
of t
rain
ing
and
dev
elop
men
t op
por
tuni
ties
for
all p
erso
nnel
to
ensu
re o
ur
peo
ple
hav
e th
e ap
pro
pria
te c
omp
eten
cies
.
Driv
ing
forw
ard
ABP’
s
Com
plia
nce
cultu
re
good
to g
reat
14
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5
Th
e G
rou
p C
ompl
ian
ce L
eads
Pe
ter
Wilk
inso
n
Gro
up H
ealth
and
S
afet
y M
anag
erL
iz E
ng
lish
H
ead
of E
nviro
nmen
t M
art
in C
lark
Hea
d o
f Sec
urity
Mh
Lon
g-te
rm c
ompl
ian
ce
stra
tegi
c ai
ms:
G
en
era
l C
om
plia
nc
e
• C
ontin
ued
com
pre
hens
ive
aud
it p
rogr
amm
e.
• G
reat
er a
war
enes
s an
d fa
cilit
atio
n of
nea
r-m
iss
and
inci
den
t re
por
ting
(incl
udin
g th
e d
evel
opm
ent
of a
n in
tegr
ated
rep
ortin
g sy
stem
).•
Reg
ular
rev
iew
and
up
dat
e of
all
com
plia
nce
pol
icie
s an
d p
roce
dur
es.
• Im
pro
ved
acc
ess
to v
isib
ility
of
com
plia
nce
pol
icie
s, p
roce
dur
es,
and
gui
dan
ce a
nd le
arni
ng r
esou
rces
vi
a an
inte
grat
ed c
omp
lianc
e m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
. •
Inte
grat
ed in
cid
ent
resp
onse
pla
ns a
t ea
ch b
usin
ess
unit.
He
alt
h a
nd
Sa
fety
• G
reat
er fo
cus
on e
mp
loye
e he
alth
an
d w
ell-
bei
ng –
incl
udin
g th
e up
dat
e of
our
occ
upat
iona
l hea
lth
stra
tegy
and
sta
ndar
ds.
•
Dev
elop
men
t of
min
imum
wel
fare
st
and
ard
s to
be
adop
ted
gro
up-w
ide.
•
Beh
avio
ur-b
ased
saf
ety
trai
ning
p
rogr
amm
e on
ce a
con
sulta
nt
app
roac
h ha
s b
een
achi
eved
. •
Imp
rove
men
t of
veh
icle
tra
ckin
g an
d
com
pet
ency
tra
inin
g sy
stem
s.
• M
inim
um a
nd c
onsi
sten
t st
and
ard
s fo
r st
orin
g ha
zard
ous
and
dan
gero
us
mat
eria
ls.
En
vir
on
me
nt
• E
ntry
leve
l pro
fess
iona
l en
viro
nmen
tal t
rain
ing
to b
e d
eliv
ered
for
all o
per
atio
nal
per
sonn
el (I
EM
A).
• D
eliv
ery
of e
nerg
y, w
ater
and
was
te
min
imis
atio
n p
roje
cts
– m
axim
isin
g gr
oup
-wid
e op
por
tuni
ties
whe
re
pos
sib
le a
nd p
rovi
din
g b
ette
r ac
cess
to
util
ity d
ata
(via
a p
orta
l).•
Dev
elop
men
t of
an
envi
ronm
enta
l sp
ecifi
catio
n th
at a
ll ne
w p
roje
cts
mus
t m
eet
dur
ing
thei
r co
nstr
uctio
n an
d o
per
atio
nal p
hase
s.
• C
omp
lain
t ha
ndlin
g tr
aini
ng,
KP
Is/t
arge
ts a
nd c
omm
unity
/re
gula
tor
enga
gem
ent.
•
Iden
tifica
tion
and
del
iver
y of
lo
ng-t
erm
bio
div
ersi
ty p
lans
and
im
pro
vem
ents
.
Se
cu
rity
• G
roup
-wid
e vu
lner
abili
ty
asse
ssm
ents
of s
ecur
ity ‘fi
tnes
s’.
• M
ovin
g to
war
ds
a 90
% d
etec
tion
to
reso
lutio
n ra
te o
n se
curit
y in
cid
ent
clea
r-up
rep
orts
. •
Imp
rovi
ng g
ener
al e
ngag
emen
t an
d u
nder
stan
din
g of
sec
urity
re
qui
rem
ents
and
del
iver
y of
sp
ecia
list
trai
ning
for
secu
rity
offic
ers.
•
Incr
easi
ng A
BP
’s s
kills
and
res
ourc
es
for
inte
llige
nce
gath
erin
g an
d
inve
stig
atin
g cr
imin
al a
ctiv
ity.
Co
nti
nu
ed
bu
sin
ess g
row
th w
ill
no
t b
e p
ossib
le w
ith
ou
t e
nsu
rin
g
we
ha
ve
a c
om
plia
nt,
en
ga
ge
d
an
d s
afe
wo
rkfo
rce.
Mic
helle
Till
ey Q
ualit
y an
d C
ompl
ianc
e D
irect
or
To
help
us a
ch
ieve o
ur
co
re p
urp
ose o
f ‘K
eep
ing
Bri
tain
Tra
din
g’
AB
P n
eed
s a
firm
ly e
mb
ed
ded
an
d c
on
sis
ten
t co
mp
lian
ce c
ultu
re
wh
ich
will assis
t in
mo
vin
g o
ur
bu
sin
ess ‘fr
om
Go
od
to
Gre
at’
.
Mic
helle T
ille
y d
eta
ils t
he c
om
plian
ce t
eam
s’ p
lan
s a
nd
th
e w
ork
in h
an
d t
o b
rin
g a
bo
ut
co
ntin
ual im
pro
vem
en
t, s
tan
dard
isatio
n
an
d p
ositiv
e b
eh
avio
ur
ch
an
ge a
cro
ss t
he g
rou
p.
Th
e c
om
plian
ce fu
nctio
ns
will b
e m
an
ag
ed
by
deliveri
ng
pu
blish
ed
str
ate
gic
targ
ets
an
d
ob
jectives t
o t
he b
usin
ess
for
imp
rovem
en
t an
d u
sin
g
the a
nn
ual b
usin
ess p
lan
on
the d
elivery
veh
icle
, w
ork
ing
with
th
e R
eg
ion
al D
irecto
rs
to e
nsu
re t
he t
arg
ets
are
em
bed
ded
in
to t
he r
eg
ion
.
com
mer
cial
pers
onn
el
16
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7
Th
e in
du
str
y g
rou
ps b
rin
g t
og
eth
er
co
lle
ag
ue
s f
rom
aro
un
d t
he
AB
P r
eg
ion
s w
ith
th
e c
om
mo
n o
bje
cti
ve
of
de
ve
lop
ing
a d
ee
p
un
de
rsta
nd
ing
of
the
ke
y s
ec
tors
th
at
ou
r b
usin
ess s
erv
es.
Bot
h ou
r cu
stom
ers,
and
our
bus
ines
s, b
enefi
t b
y us
imp
rovi
ng o
ur k
now
led
ge o
f the
se s
ecto
rs
and
bet
ter
und
erst
and
ing
the
chal
leng
es fa
cing
b
oth
exis
ting
and
pot
entia
l cus
tom
ers.
Thi
s kn
owle
dge
will
put
us
in a
str
onge
r p
ositi
on t
o th
en t
ake
adva
ntag
e of
op
por
tuni
ties
as a
nd
whe
n th
ey p
rese
nt t
hem
selv
es.
It is
of c
ours
e im
por
tant
tha
t th
e gr
oup
s w
ork
clos
ely
with
the
sen
ior
lead
ersh
ip t
eam
s, b
oth
in
head
offi
ce a
nd in
the
reg
ions
, to
ensu
re w
e ar
e fu
lly a
ligne
d in
tern
ally
, and
are
the
refo
re a
ble
to
offe
r ou
r cu
stom
ers
the
very
bes
t so
lutio
ns.
I’m r
eally
ple
ased
to
be
wor
king
with
ind
ustr
y gr
oup
s re
pre
sent
ing
bot
h th
e ag
ribul
ks a
nd
cons
truc
tion
sect
ors
and
hav
e b
een
huge
ly
imp
ress
ed b
y th
e kn
owle
dge
, exp
erie
nce
and
en
thus
iasm
of t
he g
roup
mem
ber
s an
d lo
ok
forw
ard
to
wor
king
with
the
m t
o d
rive
pos
itive
im
pro
vem
ents
to
our
bus
ines
s.
Ind
ustr
y t
ea
m m
ee
tin
gs t
oo
k p
lac
e o
ve
r A
BP
’s m
an
y o
ffic
es,
ove
r th
e fi
rst
few
m
on
ths o
f th
e n
ew
ye
ar,
as t
he
nin
e n
ew
ly
form
ed
te
am
s m
et
for
the
firs
t ti
me
. It
is a
m
ajo
r n
ew
dir
ec
tio
n f
or
the
bu
sin
ess,
wh
ich
p
rom
ise
s t
o p
ut
the
cu
sto
me
r a
t th
e h
ea
rt
of
eve
ryth
ing
we
do
.
The
team
s ha
ve b
een
task
ed w
ith d
evel
opin
g
a d
eep
er u
nder
stan
din
g of
our
larg
est
cust
omer
se
gmen
ts, a
nd t
o d
evel
op v
alue
pro
pos
ition
s an
d s
trat
egie
s th
at w
ill e
nab
le u
s to
ser
ve t
hese
se
gmen
ts in
the
bes
t p
ossi
ble
man
ner,
ensu
ring
that
bot
h ou
r cu
stom
ers
and
AB
P c
an c
ontin
ue
to g
row
and
pro
sper
.
By
imp
rovi
ng c
usto
mer
ser
vice
, AB
P c
an m
ove
to th
e ne
xt le
vel a
nd ta
ke s
tep
s to
war
ds
grow
ing
reve
nue.
Thi
s m
eans
put
ting
our
cust
omer
s in
sh
arp
focu
s, a
nd fi
rst,
in e
very
thin
g w
e d
o.
Jens
Nie
lson
, Com
mer
cial
Dire
ctor
AB
P s
aid
: “I
wan
t us
to b
e lo
okin
g at
how
we
can
save
our
cu
stom
ers
mon
ey. I
wan
t us
to b
e fr
ee th
inki
ng
and
to b
e p
rep
ared
to q
uest
ion
the
stat
us q
uo
and
ask
‘how
can
we
do
this
bet
ter?
’
“We
need
to
be
thin
king
ab
out
solu
tions
and
to
brin
g th
em t
o ou
r cu
stom
ers
pro
activ
ely.
W
e ha
ve a
hug
e am
ount
of k
now
led
ge a
nd
exp
ertis
e w
ithin
the
bus
ines
s an
d w
ant
to g
et
bet
ter
at u
sing
tha
t in
a m
ore
sop
hist
icat
ed w
ay
to t
he b
enefi
t of
our
cus
tom
ers.
“If w
e ca
n do
that
, the
n th
at is
how
we
will
no
t onl
y ke
ep th
eir b
usin
ess,
but
gro
w it
and
ul
timat
ely
that
’s th
e su
rest
way
to g
row
our
ow
n.”
The
feed
bac
k fr
om t
he m
eetin
gs h
as b
een
very
p
ositi
ve. J
ustin
Aitk
in, C
omm
erci
al M
anag
er
AB
P H
umb
er, g
ives
us
som
e in
sigh
t in
to t
he
first
con
stru
ctio
n in
dus
try
team
mee
ting.
by
Jen
s N
iels
en
Com
mer
cial
D
irec
tor
Mh
En
erg
yS
imon
Bre
tt
En
erg
y su
b-g
rou
ps
Coa
l/B
iom
ass
Mar
tin P
hilp
ott
S
tuar
t C
ress
wel
l R
alp
h W
ind
eatt
Win
d/L
NG
/Oils
G
aret
h R
usse
ll
Eliz
abet
h N
ash
C
hris
Clo
uter
S
ue S
imm
onite
R
oger
Aru
ndal
e
Ag
rib
ulk
s
Just
in A
tkin
Ia
n P
alac
io
Nea
l Birk
ett
D
ick
Ken
ned
y R
alp
h W
ind
eatt
Fore
st
Pro
du
cts
G
aret
h R
usse
ll
John
Jar
vis
Mar
k Fo
xhal
l E
lizab
eth
Nas
h
Ste
el
Ral
ph
Win
dea
tt
John
Jar
vis
Rog
er T
hom
as
Jenn
a S
alm
on
Au
tom
oti
ve
Cliv
e Th
omas
Je
ffe B
aker
Fr
ank
Rob
otha
m
SS
RoR
o/L
oLo
Jam
es L
eeso
n S
tuar
t C
ress
wel
l S
teve
Har
ris
Dav
e A
tkin
Je
ffe B
aker
Fr
ank
Rob
otha
m
Con
str
ucti
on
Ju
stin
Atk
in
And
y C
onst
able
C
allu
m C
oup
er
Rog
er T
hom
as
Recycl
ab
les
Ral
ph
Win
dea
tt
Ian
Pal
acio
Gra
ham
Tet
ley
Dan
ny C
arm
icha
el
Cru
ise
Bet
h E
vans
D
ave
Atk
in
Eliz
abet
h N
ash
Arr
an M
arsh
all
Chr
is C
lout
er
Indu
stry
te
ams
Auto
mo
tive
Ind
ustr
y t
eam
meeting
chaired
by C
live T
ho
mas
Just
in A
tkin
: Con
stru
ctio
n
by
Lin
da H
enry
H
ead
of
Per
son
nel
If y
ou
are
an
em
plo
ye
e a
t A
BP,
an
d y
ou
h
ave
n’t
ye
t sig
ne
d u
p t
o u
se
AB
P R
ew
ard
s,
the
n n
ow
is t
he
pe
rfe
ct
tim
e.
Th
e s
ite
ha
s
be
en
up
gra
de
d r
ec
en
tly t
o a
llo
w e
mp
loye
es
to b
en
efi
t fr
om
in
cre
ase
d d
isc
ou
nts
at
six
of
the
mo
st
po
pu
lar
reta
ile
rs.
The
dis
coun
ts in
clud
e: 1
5% o
ff a
t B
oo
ts,
Deb
enha
ms
and
B&
Q,
10%
off
at
Cur
rys
and
T
hom
as C
oo
k, a
nd 7
.5%
off
at
Sai
nsb
ury’
s.
AB
P R
ewar
ds
is in
tend
ed t
o a
ssis
t em
plo
yees
w
ith g
roce
ries
, a
wee
kend
get
away
and
oth
er
ever
yday
thi
ngs.
The
new
ly u
pg
rad
ed s
ite
also
allo
ws
acce
ss t
o p
erm
anen
t up
lifts
on
exis
ting
dis
coun
ts.
Text
rel
oad
able
car
ds
(dis
coun
t ca
rds
that
can
b
e re
load
ed v
ia t
ext
mes
sag
e fr
om
yo
ur m
ob
ile
pho
ne) a
re a
vaila
ble
to
em
plo
yees
als
o. A
n E
asyS
aver
rel
oad
able
car
d c
an b
e to
pp
ed-u
p
in ju
st 3
0 m
inut
es a
nd S
ains
bur
y’s
card
s no
w
allo
w a
sam
e d
ay t
op
-up
on
wee
kday
s.
The
re is
a n
ew A
BP
Rew
ard
s ap
plic
atio
n fo
r sm
artp
hone
s th
at g
ive
acce
ss t
o d
ow
nlo
ad
inst
ant
vouc
hers
ont
o y
our
pho
ne f
or
pla
ces
incl
udin
g;
Sta
rbuc
ks,
Piz
za E
xpre
ss,
Ziz
zi,
M&
S a
nd N
ew L
oo
k.
The
Eas
ySav
er a
nd S
ains
bur
y’s
card
s ca
n al
so b
e se
t-up
with
an
auto
mat
ed t
op
-up
fu
nctio
n. A
to
p-u
p f
rom
yo
ur a
cco
unt
is
auto
mat
ical
ly a
pp
lied
to
yo
ur r
elo
adab
le
card
eve
ry w
eek
or
mo
nth,
on
a d
ate
of
your
ch
oic
e, a
nd c
an b
e p
ause
d,
chan
ged
or
canc
elle
d w
hene
ver
you
like.
Fo
r m
ore
info
rmat
ion
or
to s
ee h
ow
to
do
wnl
oad
the
sm
artp
hone
ap
plic
atio
n vi
sit
ab
pre
wa
rds
.co
.uk
Spri
ng m
akeo
ver
fo
r ABP
Rew
ards
16M
arch
2015
An
impo
rtan
t da
te...
Ap
ril F
ool’s
Day
, jok
ing
asid
e, is
an
imp
orta
nt d
ay
in e
mp
loym
ent
ben
efit
term
s fo
r A
BP
em
plo
yees
. It
is t
he d
ate
of t
he g
ener
al
sala
ry r
evie
w, b
ut it
is a
lso
the
dat
e fo
r ot
her
chan
ges
to b
e ac
tione
d w
hich
im
pac
t m
ost
emp
loye
es.
Are
you
a m
emb
er o
f the
D
efi
ne
d C
on
trib
uti
on
S
ec
tio
n o
f the
AB
P
Gro
up P
ensi
on S
chem
e?
If no
t, t
hen
rem
emb
er
you
only
get
one
cha
nce
to jo
in e
ach
year
whi
ch
is 1
Ap
ril (u
nles
s yo
u ar
e a
new
rec
ruit)
. If y
ou
are
a m
emb
er o
f the
DC
S
ectio
n an
d y
ou w
ant
to c
hang
e yo
ur le
vel o
f co
ntrib
utio
n or
cha
nge
your
SM
AR
T st
atus
the
n yo
u ha
ve t
o ac
tion
this
in
time
for
1 A
pril
. If y
ou a
re
a m
emb
er o
f the
Aut
o-E
nrol
men
t ca
tego
ry o
f th
e D
C S
ectio
n th
en y
ou
can
only
tra
nsfe
r to
the
st
and
ard
DC
Sec
tion
on
1 A
pril
eac
h ye
ar. F
orm
s ar
e on
the
AB
P in
tran
et, o
r av
aila
ble
from
Per
sonn
el
and
Cap
ita.
If yo
u ar
e a
mem
ber
of
the
Pri
va
te M
ed
ica
l In
su
ran
ce
(PM
I) sc
hem
e yo
u ca
n on
ly
mak
e ch
ange
s to
you
r m
emb
ersh
ip o
n 1
Ap
ril
each
yea
r. S
o co
nsid
er if
yo
u w
ant
to c
hang
e th
e le
vel o
f cov
er y
ou c
urre
ntly
ha
ve. C
onta
ct P
erso
nnel
to
mak
e ch
ange
s to
yo
ur P
MI c
over
. Get
you
r ch
ange
s in
bef
ore
1 A
pril
.
A r
epre
sent
ativ
e of
the
Tra
nsp
ort
Cre
dit
Un
ion
w
ill b
e vi
sitin
g m
any
AB
P
loca
tions
thi
s sp
ring
to le
t em
plo
yees
kno
w h
ow t
he
Tran
spor
t C
red
it U
nion
ca
n he
lp e
mp
loye
es s
ave
with
com
pet
itive
rat
es a
nd
acce
ss c
heap
loan
s. T
here
w
ill b
e p
oste
rs a
nd e
mai
ls
to le
t yo
u kn
ow w
hen
the
rep
rese
ntat
ive
is in
you
r p
ort.
Go
alon
g an
d fi
nd
out
how
the
Tra
nsp
ort
Cre
dit
Uni
on c
an h
elp
you
, it
real
ly is
som
ethi
ng t
hat
can
ben
efit
all e
mp
loye
es.
The
first
ded
uctio
ns fr
om
pay
will
be
mad
e in
the
M
ay 2
015
pay
roll.
Ka
y P
en
ne
y h
as r
ec
en
tly j
oin
ed
AB
P a
s
ou
r fi
rst
Dir
ec
tor
of
HR
. K
ay’s
ba
ck
gro
un
d
inc
lud
es H
R le
ad
ers
hip
po
sit
ion
s a
cro
ss a
va
rie
ty o
f in
du
str
y s
ec
tors
, b
oth
in
th
e U
K
an
d in
tern
ati
on
ally.
Thes
e in
clud
e ro
les
in t
he e
nerg
y in
dus
try
at
Cen
tric
a, A
ES
Cor
por
atio
n an
d P
rem
ier
Oil;
in
engi
neer
ing
and
man
ufac
turin
g at
Inve
nsys
and
C
amp
bel
l Sou
p; i
n lo
gist
ics
with
Iron
Mou
ntai
n an
d la
st y
ear
with
the
Por
t A
utho
rity
for
Milf
ord
H
aven
. She
has
wor
ked
in b
road
peo
ple
m
anag
emen
t ro
les
as w
ell a
s sp
ecia
lisin
g in
le
arni
ng, d
evel
opm
ent
and
tal
ent
man
agem
ent.
Kay
’s jo
b a
t A
BP
is t
o b
uild
on
the
wor
k al
read
y st
arte
d b
y Li
nda
Hen
ry a
nd t
he p
erso
nnel
te
ams
acro
ss A
BP
as
par
t of
the
Goo
d t
o G
reat
p
rogr
amm
e.
Kay
will
lead
the
dev
elop
men
t of
pro
ject
s,
initi
ativ
es, p
rogr
amm
es a
nd p
olic
ies
who
se
outc
omes
ena
ble
our
peo
ple
to
live
the
valu
es
whi
le fu
lfilli
ng t
heir
pot
entia
l with
in A
BP.
C
reat
ing
a gr
eat
pla
ce t
o w
ork
is a
t th
e co
re o
f fu
ture
HR
act
iviti
es a
nd w
ill in
volv
e as
man
y vo
ices
and
op
inio
ns a
s p
ossi
ble
.
Intr
oduc
ing
our
new
HR
Dir
ecto
r
Indu
stry
team
s ki
ck-o
ff m
eetin
gs
18
Mar
ch 2
015
Mar
ch 2
015
1
9
Port
of I
mm
ingh
am w
elco
mes
its
2015
new
Mar
ine
Appr
entic
es
Fo
llo
win
g t
he s
uccess o
f th
e fi
rst
AB
P M
ari
ne
A
pp
ren
ticesh
ip S
ch
em
e, w
hic
h w
as lau
nch
ed
in
2012, fi
ve m
ore
yo
un
g p
eo
ple
have jo
ined
th
e c
om
pan
y a
s m
ari
ne a
pp
ren
tices.
The
grou
p, L
ucy
Wal
ker,
Nia
ll R
obso
n, D
illon
B
row
n (a
bsen
t fro
m p
hoto
), Fr
aser
McN
ab a
nd
Kur
t Jen
sen,
will
be
base
d at
the
four
Hum
ber
port
s of
Grim
sby,
Imm
ingh
am, H
ull a
nd G
oole
.
The
aim
of t
he s
chem
e is
to
pre
par
e a
sour
ce
of h
ighl
y-tr
aine
d m
arin
e em
plo
yees
to
mai
ntai
n
the
pro
fess
iona
l sta
ndar
ds
AB
P’s
cus
tom
ers
have
com
e to
exp
ect
from
the
UK
’s le
adin
g p
ort
oper
ator
.
Des
igne
d t
o gi
ve h
and
s-on
tra
inin
g in
all
asp
ects
of a
por
t’s m
arin
e op
erat
ions
the
fo
ur-y
ear
pro
gram
me,
whi
ch w
as d
evel
oped
b
y M
arin
e Tr
aini
ng M
anag
er M
artin
Gou
gh,
com
pris
es a
wid
e ra
nge
of b
oth
acad
emic
an
d p
ract
ical
tra
inin
g w
hich
will
be
app
lied
ac
ross
the
four
Hum
ber
por
ts.
Po
rts T
alk
is c
on
trib
ute
d t
o b
y
em
plo
ye
es a
nd
cu
sto
me
rs o
f A
BP. If
the
re is a
nyth
ing
yo
u w
ou
ld lik
e t
o s
ee
in a
ny f
utu
re e
dit
ion
s o
f P
ort
s T
alk
, o
r
if y
ou
ha
ve
an
y s
ug
ge
sti
on
s o
n h
ow
we
ca
n m
ak
e P
ort
s T
alk
eve
n b
ett
er,
ple
ase
ge
t in
to
uc
h w
ith
th
e P
ort
s T
alk
tea
m a
t p
ort
sta
lk@
ab
po
rts.c
o.u
k
Get i
n to
uch
So
SJ’s
sp
ort
s
pro
jects
, Ta
i C
hi
Mak
e th
e w
orld
bet
ter
with
a s
wea
ter
AB
P h
ead
offi
ce e
mp
loyees a
ll g
ot
tog
eth
er
for
Ch
ristm
as J
um
per
Day 2
014 t
o m
ake t
he w
orl
d
bett
er
with
a s
weate
r. T
hey h
eld
a c
hari
ty b
reakfa
st
an
d g
ath
ere
d u
p d
on
atio
ns t
o r
ais
e a
to
tal
of £362 fo
r S
ave t
he C
hild
ren
UK
.
Join
ABP
’s T
ug o
f War
te
am fo
r M
acm
illan
Ca
ncer
Sup
port
Ma
ny f
ello
w A
BP
em
plo
ye
es,
fro
m b
oth
He
ad
Offi
ce
an
d S
ou
tha
mp
ton
, h
ave
sig
ne
d u
p t
o t
ak
e p
art
in
th
e A
BP
So
uth
am
pto
n H
alf
Ma
rath
on
an
d
ha
ve
be
en
bu
sy t
rain
ing
ove
r re
ce
nt
mo
nth
s.
Am
ong
thos
e p
rep
arin
g to
lace
up
the
ir tr
aine
rs fo
r th
e b
ig d
ay is
Sou
tham
pto
n p
ort
bos
s, N
ick
Rid
ehal
gh. A
s D
irect
or A
BP
Sou
tham
pto
n he
was
one
of t
he
very
firs
t to
sig
n up
to
the
even
t an
d is
tak
ing
par
t to
rai
se m
oney
for
the
por
t’s
char
ity o
f the
yea
r, S
ocie
ty o
f St
Jam
es.
He
said
: “W
e ar
e d
elig
hted
to
be
invo
lved
in w
hat
pro
mis
es t
o b
e a
grea
t ev
ent
for
city
, the
loca
l com
mun
ity a
nd t
he r
unni
ng w
orld
. It
will
be
a gr
eat
show
case
fo
r S
outh
amp
ton
and
I’m
look
ing
forw
ard
to
taki
ng in
all
the
city
land
mar
ks
whi
le r
aisi
ng m
oney
for
a ve
ry w
orth
y ca
use.
’’
Empl
oyee
s ge
ar u
p fo
r ABP
So
utha
mpt
on H
alf M
arat
hon
Ma
cm
illia
n C
an
ce
r su
pp
ort
is h
old
ing
a u
niq
ue
an
nu
al
pa
rlia
me
nta
ry e
ve
nt
on
2 J
un
e o
f th
is y
ea
r.
The
annu
al H
ouse
of L
ord
s V
Hou
se o
f Com
mon
s Tu
g of
War
ev
ent
rais
es o
ver
£100
,000
eve
ry y
ear
tow
ard
s C
ance
r S
upp
ort,
an
d b
y w
ay o
f sup
por
t A
BP
are
ent
erin
g as
a t
eam
. Tea
ms
cons
ist
of e
ight
-ten
tea
m m
emb
ers
so if
you
are
inte
rest
ed,
you
will
nee
d t
o ge
t in
qui
ck.
If yo
u ar
e th
e ki
nd o
f per
son
who
thin
ks th
ey c
an ‘g
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