A double page feature on Humberside and the surrounding region highlights the fact that the Humber has quietly become the UK’s busiest trading estuary. Associated British Ports puts the total throughput at 66m tonnes per year, ahead of that through the River Thames. The feature also notes that Humberside is well placed, because of its position on the trans-Pennine corridor, to enhance its links with Europe.
- Financial Times 17/04/96 page 12; page13
