{"id":2241,"date":"2026-04-14T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/coastlink\/2026\/04\/14\/why-hull-a-host-city-at-the-heart-of-uk-trade\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T10:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:06:00","slug":"why-hull-a-host-city-at-the-heart-of-uk-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/2026\/04\/14\/why-hull-a-host-city-at-the-heart-of-uk-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Hull? A Host City at the Heart of UK Trade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With deep-water access to the North Sea and strong connections to European and global markets, it handles a significant share of the nation\u2019s cargo and plays a vital role in keeping supply chains moving. Its scale and strategic position make it a key hub for both short sea shipping and international trade routes.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond its size, the Humber is a region defined by momentum and transformation. It has developed into a major centre for logistics and advanced manufacturing, supporting industries that rely on efficient, well-connected operations. At the same time, it is at the forefront of the UK\u2019s energy transition, with rapidly growing offshore wind and decarbonisation sectors positioning the region as a leader in maritime innovation.<\/p>\n<p>What makes the Humber particularly relevant for Coastlink is how these strengths come together in practice. Combined with excellent road, rail, and inland waterway links, the region offers seamless multimodal connectivity, a core theme running throughout the conference programme. It provides a real-world example of how integrated transport networks can support more efficient, resilient, and sustainable supply chains.<\/p>\n<p>Who will you hear from?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Paul Hatley<\/strong>, Lead Commercial Manager, ABP will join the session on sustainable and resilient distribution for supply chair requirements.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Iain Barnett,<\/strong> Commercial Manager &#8211; Lead Unitised &amp; Project Cardo Development, ABP will join a panel on growth &amp; transformation in RoRo (and LoLo) shipping, infrastructure and Service Models.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hosting Coastlink 2026 in the Humber offers more than just a location, it provides context. Delegates aren\u2019t only discussing the future of short sea shipping and logistics; they are experiencing it first-hand in one of the UK\u2019s most important and forward-looking trade hubs.<\/p>\n<p>To see our line up of speakers, view the full 2026 Coastlink programme<a class=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/the-conference\/conference-programme\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a class=\"button\" title=\"http:\/\/www.coastlink.co.uk\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coastlink.co.uk\/\">Book here<\/a><\/span><\/strong>&nbsp;or contact the events team at <strong><a title=\"mailto:info@coastlink.co.uk\" href=\"mailto:info@coastlink.co.uk\">info@coastlink.co.uk<\/a><\/strong> or <strong>+44 1329 825335<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Humber is the UK\u2019s largest port complex and a critical gateway for international trade &#8211; a natural choice for Coastlink 2026, 6th &#8211; 7th of May.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,7,304],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-2241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coastlink","category-news-coastlink","category-shortsea"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2241\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2241"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=2241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}