We recently visited the Immingham Bulk Terminal (IBT) which is our port facility on the Humber Estuary. We were able to see coke being unloaded from the capesize vessel Richard Oldendorff, which is the largest vessel we have unloaded here to date. Capesize refers to large bulk carriers which are too large to pass through the Panama and Suez canals requiring a journey around the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn instead. From the vessel the coke is transported via conveyors so it can be loaded and

VPI Immingham fly-through

Today our port team are in full swing unloading the raw materials from a new vessel at Immingham Bulk Terminal. This will be transported by rail to our Scunthorpe site to support our iron and steel making operations. #BuildingStrongerFutures | British Steel

Today we're delighted to give you a new view of operations at Immingham Bulk Terminal (IBT), our port facility on the banks of the Humber estuary. IBT is a key part of our business as it welcomes in shipments of raw materials before our colleagues unload them using our huge Tukan cranes. The raw materials, in this instance KPF ore fines from the Rik Oldendorff which berthed last week, are then transported a short distance up the track to our Scunthorpe site. They will then be fed into our ironma