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Ports: activities concentrate on the importing (bringing in to the country) and exporting (taking out of the country to other destinations) of goods and products. Other port activities can include passenger movement and port side industry.
Logistics is about the transport, storage and distribution of goods by road, rail, air, water and pipeline. Transportation includes the movement of people by air, sea or road.
The UK’s geographical location makes British waters some of the busiest for shipping in the world. 95% of our trade arrives and leaves by sea and traffic is growing by about 2% each year.
The UK ports industry is the largest of all the European Union member states and handled a total of 555 million tonnes of traffic in 2003.
The Humber has the UK's largest ports complex handling over 40,000 international shipping movements every year.
The Humber ports:
Logistics is the 5th largest UK industry employing nearly 2M people across 63,000 businesses.
Approximately 14,000 people are employed in ports and logistics related activities across the Humber ports.
Logistics is a growing sector in the Humber area; the Logistics Institute based at Hull University provides training and business support to the sector.
Go to:
www.uhli.org to find out more about the Logistics Institute.
Warehousing is an important and growing area within this sector. It is vital to the supply chain of every major and minor store in the country as the right amount of stock must be available to sell and once it’s sold it needs replacing - fast! Efficient warehousing relies upon good ICT systems.
Occupations within the Ports & Logistics sector range across:
Salary info: starting around £8,000
Salary info: £30,000
Salary info: starting at £8,000 and rising to £45,000
Salary info: starting at £10,000
