town.. Teesport is
located 5.6 miles (9 km) from the North Sea and 3.1 miles (5 km) east
of Middlesbrough, on the River Tees. Teesport is currently the third largest
port in the United Kingdom, and amongst the tenth biggest in Western Europe,
handling over 56 million tonnes of domestic and international cargo per year.
The vast majority of these products are still related to the steel and chemical
industries made by companies that are members of the Northeast of England
Process Industry Cluster (NEPIC). NEPIC is an industry led economic cluster
body that promotes the development and growth of the chemistry based process
industries around the Tees Valley and the wider region of Northeast England.
Middlesbrough also remains a stronghold for
engineering based manufacturing and engineering contract service businesses. It
also has a growing reputation for developing digital businesses particularly in
the field of digital animation as a result of spin-out activity in this new
industry from the Middlesbrough based Teesside University
