Associated British Ports has made two significant appointments at its Humber container terminals, strengthening strategic and operational leadership across the ports of Immingham and Hull as the terminals continue to grow.
Jamie Pearson has been appointed to the newly created role of Head of Unitised Operations for the Humber, a position created to provide dedicated strategic leadership for a region that has seen container terminal volumes grow by more than 40% over the past five years.
Jamie, who has worked for ABP for nine years and progressed through the business, will also oversee the two border control posts and future ABP RoRo opportunities.
His former role as Immingham Container Terminal Manager has been filled by the promotion of Alex Pickett, who joined ABP eleven years ago as a Mechanical Apprentice and most recently served as Engineering Lead overseeing crane operations at ICT.
Together, the Humber container terminals offer 26 vessel calls per week connecting to destinations across Europe and beyond, with ABP having invested GBP 50 million in the facilities including new reachstackers and terminal management systems supporting more than 500,000 TEUs annually.
Colin McLoughlin, Head of Operations for the Humber, described the appointments as reflecting the importance of unitised operations to ABP’s Humber business, with the new strategic leadership role complemented by continued operational focus at terminal level.
Pearson expressed ambition to grow the container terminals by attracting new customers and developing opportunities across both deep-sea and short-sea markets.
Pickett highlighted the advantage of bringing his engineering background and strong existing knowledge of ICT’s operations to the terminal manager role.
