| 08.30 – 11:00 (2.5 hrs) | CATCH will host a joint session involving Phillips 66, VPI and Viking CCS Discover how Viking CCS, VPI, Phillips 66 Limited and CATCH are working together to help shape the future of carbon capture and storage in the Humber region and invest in the next generation of talent. This engaging session will include presentations from each organisation, a guided tour of the CATCH training facilities, and networking opportunities | 08.30 – 11:30 (3 hrs) | CATCH will host a joint session involving Phillips 66, VPI and Viking CCS Discover how Viking CCS, VPI, Phillips 66 Limited and CATCH are working together to help shape the future of carbon capture and storage in the Humber region and invest in the next generation of talent. This engaging session will include presentations from each organisation, a guided tour of the CATCH training facilities, and networking opportunities |
| 11:45 – 14:00 (2 hrs) | Saltend Chemicals Park who are owned and operated by px Group, strategically positioned on the banks of the Humber. 370 acre-site is the home to some of the world’s leading blue-chip manufacturing, chemicals and renewable energy businesses. Partners at Saltend enjoy a plethora of benefits, from top-of-the range infrastructure to high-class services businesses, and even direct access to the Humber River via a deepwater jetty, all of which helps drive down costs, increase efficiency and boost profitability.At the heart of the UK Energy Transition, Saltend is the country’s premier location for world class industrial business to prosper. | 12:00 – 13:30 (1.5 hrs) | RWE one of the world’s leading offshore wind companies, who have made a major strategic commitment to the UK’s east coast with the creation of a state-of-the-art operations hub at Grimsby’s Royal Dock. The new ‘Grimsby Hub’ facility will expand the existing Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm base and will be the home for RWE’s specialist team for major component exchanges and offshore repairs. As part of the move, RWE’s 1.4 gigawatt (GW) Sofia Offshore Wind Farm will also locate its operations and maintenance activities to the new hub in future. In total, RWE expects the new facility will accommodate around 140 RWE employees, with potentially around 60 new jobs created, plus indirect jobs required in support. The Grimsby Hub will also enable the company to strengthen its relationship with the region’s businesses and local communities, by committing to a longer-term presence in the area. RWE is one of the world’s leading renewable energy companies, involved in the deployment of around 2.4 GW (pro rata) of operational offshore wind capacity, and developing and constructing some of the world’s most advanced offshore wind farms. RWE supports the UK government in achieving its ambitious climate goals. After the presentations there will be a Q & A and the opportunity to have photographs in the historic Grimsby Dock. |
| LUNCH 12:00 – 12.30 | Lunch | LUNCH 12:00 – 12:30 | Lunch is kindly sponsored by RWE |
| 14:15 – 15:45 (1.5 hrs) | ABP operates four ports on the Humber estuary – Immingham, Grimsby, Hull and Goole – and is the Statutory Harbour Authority (‘air traffic control’ and more) for the whole estuary. The Humber is the UK’s biggest gateway for trade by volume, handling 17% of all UK trade. The vast majority of this is facilitated by ABP’s Humber ports which handle £60bn+ of trade, generate £6.6bn+ of value added for the UK economy and support 90k+ jobs in the broader Yorkshire & Humber region. ABP’s Humber ports are less than 24 hours from a European market of 170 million people and ideally positioned to provide a gateway for Northern Europe and beyond. The Port of Hull, alongside ABP’s container facilities in Immingham, recently benefited from £50m investment and together handle over 100,000 containers each year. Hull provides comprehensive storage solutions for all types of containers, including refrigerated units and hazardous goods. Hull is also an important ferry hub offering regular services to Rotterdam. As well as containers, ferry travel and Ro-Ro, Hull specialises in handling forest products and a range of bulk commodities. It has good rail connectivity. At Green Port Hull, Siemens Energy manufacture blades for the world’s largest offshore wind farms. Hull also acts as a marshalling port for offshore wind farms. The turbine towers and nacelles are manufactured abroad and imported into Hull, where some pre-assembly takes places before these components, along with the blades, are shipped out to the North Sea, where the wind farms are constructed. Sofia (an RWE project) recently completed construction this summer with Hornsea 3 (Orsted project) set to commence this Autumn. | 14.00 -15.45 (1.5 hrs) | ABLE UK is a strategic land and port developer, a global leader in marine recycling, and an offshore wind port operator. On the South Humber Bank, the Group is progressing plans for the UK’s first offshore wind cluster port at the 330-hectare Able Humber Port (AHP). The development will provide 1,349 metres of heavy-duty deep-water quays and 1,408 metres of berthing, targeted to be ready in 2029. At the adjacent 233.79-acre Able Energy Park (AEP), the Group is also advancing clean energy, logistics and data centre developments. |
