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Thor commits to Hull with multi-million dollar investment

Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersJanuary 10, 2019
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Dutch shortsea specialist Thor Shipping is investing £6m ($7.67m) in the British port of Hull.

The 10-year deal with UK port operator ABP will see a new crane come to the east coast port to the 10-acre dock space leased by Thor.

Thor has trebled volumes shipped out of Hull since 2014 on regular services connecting the port with Sweden and Belgium.

“This agreement shows that both ABP and Thor are confident in committing to support the Humber region for a substantial amount of time, so much so, it’s double the length of the previous contract agreed in 2014,” Chris Green, ABP port manager for Hull and Goole, said.

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Photo of Sam Chambers Sam ChambersJanuary 10, 2019
6 Less than a minute
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Sam Chambers

Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune.
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