The Humber Sprinter will visit the Humber ports twice a month. Photo submitted by Global Shipping.
The Port of Hull recently welcomed the Humber Sprinter to King George Dock, under charter to TTS (Shipping) Ltd, providing more capacity for businesses trading to and from the Baltic and taking advantage of the multi-port flexibility that ABP’s network of Humber ports provides.
This is the latest vessel acquired by the Navalis Group and chartered long term to TTS Shipping. The vessels maiden voyage for TTS was a cargo of timber from Finland. The vessel will then load static caravans to the Baltic.
TTS operate long established timber lines from the Baltic Sea into the ports of Goole, Hull & Immingham. The Humber Sprinter, the sister ship to Humber Runner, will call at the Humber ports a minimum of twice per month with timber from The Baltic and Scandinavia.
Simon Bird, Regional Director of the Humber ports said: “We are delighted to welcome Humber Sprinter to our port of Hull. It is great that the Navalis Group are expanding their offerings to the Humber.
“We see them continuing to grow their operations and are committed, as the port operator, to playing our part in enabling customers and operators to meet their ambitions.”
Juliet Keep, Managing Director of TTS Shipping, said: “We now have another vessel within our own fleet which can all call in the three ABP Humber ports where we are tenants. This gives us much more flexibility and reliability for the services we offer our customers.
Peter Waud, Managing Director of Global Shipping Services Ltd, added: “This is fantastic news, and gives great flexibility in continuing to service the needs of clients into The Ports of Hull, Goole and Immingham where we operate as licenced stevedores.”
The Humber Runner was acquired three years ago to assist TTS in maintaining the schedule of their many services to the Humber Ports.
Global Shipping Services will act as stevedores in the Ports of Hull, Goole and Immingham.
The Navalis Group and TTS Shipping have traded together successfully for more than 20 years before the acquisition in December 2021. Both companies specialise in the forest product trade in the North and Baltic Sea.
