Did you know?
In the 1940s, the deepest berth (No. 1) at the facility was 5 metres plus the tides. Today, the deepest berth at Port of Middlesbrough is around double that. Cranes had lifting capacity of 5 tonnes, today some of the cranes on site have capacity of over 100 tonnes. The longest ships were 150 metres, today, they are over 200. Vessels typically carried cargo up to 13,000 tonnes, today the largest vessels carry over 20,000 tonnes.