[Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby Port Health Authority.

  • Great Grimsby (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1965
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Credit: [Report 1965] / Medical Officer of Health, Grimsby Port Health Authority. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Twenty-nine electiac and hydraulie cranes, 3-15 tons capacity Two mobile diesel cranes, 10 tons capacity. Electric sheer-legs, 60 tons. The docks are operated by the British Transport Docks Board and are five in number. At present the Alexandra Dock is only being used to a limited extent and solely for the discharge of occasional cargoes of timber. VJork -will shortly commence on the provision of one additional timber discharging berth which, it is anticipated, will be ready for use by the middle of 196?. The Royal Dock is available for all classes of general cargo. Extensive alterations have been completed on the west side of this dock and excellent facilities for the handling of most types of cargo are available. On the east side work is progressing in connection with the provision of a roll on - roll off service between Grimsby and Esbjerg. This work will be completed and the service is expected to be inaugurated by December, 1966, Commercial docks Regular services are maintained between Grimsby and continental ports. There has been a marked increase in the amount of frozen food imported thix»ugh Grimsby. This food comes from Scandinavian countries, Iceland, Greenland, Canada and occasionally from Mediterranean coimtries, T/flien the Grimsby/Esbjerg roll on - 2X)11 off service gets under way, it is probable that Grimsby will be the largest bacon importing centre in the country. Fish docks There are three fish docks and the facilities; available for the landing of fish and the maintenance of trawlers are said to be among the finest in the world. The value of the annual landing of fish at Grimsby exceeds that of any other port in the country. The fish market provides 314^750 square feet of covered area and approximately one mile of quay affords discharging facilities for sixty-six trawlers. Ihe quantity of fish landed daily ranges from as low as four or five hundred tons during the winter months to as high as a thousand tons during the summer months, A summary of the fishing vessels operating from Grimsby at the close of the year 1965 is as follows:-
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