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Teesport
Teesport in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Teesport is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Teesport is a large sea port located in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland, in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, Northern England. Owned by PD Ports, it is located approximately 1 mile (2 km) inland from the North Sea and 4 miles (6 km) east of Middlesbrough on the River Tees. Teesport is currently the third largest port in the United Kingdom, and amongst the ten biggest in Western Europe, handling over 56 million tonnes of domestic and international cargo per year.
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Background
History
The first developed facility on the current Teesport location was a Royal Navy depot during the First World War. This allowed the allocated six British E-class submarines to operate further into the North Sea during their defence, attack and mine laying operations against the Imperial German Navy. Between 1965 and 1968, three oil refineries were developed close to Teesport, thanks to the Phillips Petroleum's development of the Ekofisk oil field in the North Sea. This facility was served by what became known as Tees Dock, with the whole docks facility designed around Panamax scale ships. as a result of the pipeline petrochemicals traffic still today represents about 50% of the cargo through…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6040, -1.1580
- Address
- River Tees, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
- Official site
- www.pdports.co.uk
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Teesport?
- Teesport is in North East England, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.6040°, -1.1580°.
- Who owns Teesport?
- Teesport is owned by PD Ports.