Able UK is a British industrial services company specialising in decommissioning of ships and offshore installations. Overview Able UK is a British industrial services company, operating primarily in the marine decommissioning and recycling business. As of 2014 the company has a specialised dry dock with associated decommissioning facilities including landfill at Seaton (TERRC, Teesside Environmental Reclamation & Recycling Centre) with a entrance width capable of handling offshore oil equipment including steel jackets of fixed platforms, heavy-lift ship, and other large ships including aircraft carrier sized vessels. The company also undertakes general demolition work. In addition to the dock facility at Seaton, Able UK also has (as of 2014) sites with port facilities at or near Billingham (Billingham Reach, quay and industrial estate); Port Clarence (Clarence Port, River Tees bankside development land); and at Middlesbrough (Middlesbrough Port, River Tees quayside north with fabrication facilities; also at the former South Tees Recycling Centre.). The company has non-port sites at or near (as of 2014): Barnby Dun (the former Thorpe Marsh Power Station); and at Seaton (Seaton Meadows landfill site). As of 2014 Able UK is also promoting and planning two sites in the north of Lincolnshire, near the banks of the Humber Estuary. The "ABLE Humber Port" consists of "ABLE Logistics Park" is a logistic park of nearly , with an adjacent port development "ABLE Marine Energy Park" of over with nearly of quay on the banks of the Humber Estuary. ABLE Logistics Park received planning permission in 2013. ABLE Marine Energy Park received local planning permission in 2013, and sought a Development Consent Order in 2014; a planning decision was delayed due to objections from ABP, which were judicially rejected in 2015. History Able UK was founded in 1966 by Peter Stephenson. In 1995 Able acquired the land of the closed Thorpe Marsh Power Station. In 1996 Able acquired the dock at Graythorp, renaming it the TERRC (Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre) together with the nearby Seaton Meadows landfill site. In 2000 Able acquired a fabrication facility in Middlesbrough (formerly Davy Offshore Modules, later SLP Engineering, and Odebrecht.) renaming it Able Middlesbrough Port. In 2003 the TERRC facility became the subject of controversy when Able obtained a £11 million contract from the United States Maritime Administration to dismantle 13 former US navy ships (known as the Ghost Ships). Due to the presence of asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls in the ships