Middlesbrough have their offices in the town. Teesport is from the North Sea and 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 about 50 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 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
Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C. club was formed during the late Victorian industrial boom and adopted the name "Ironopolis" partly to emphasise this (Middlesbrough was then a centre for iron and steel production) and also to distinguish itself from the other local club, Middlesbrough F.C. The club had three sets of colours in its brief history: initially a maroon and dark green kit, later changed to a dark blue kit with a white sash, and on entry to the Football League, its best-known kit: cherry red and white stripes. Middlesbrough Ironopolis F.C. Middlesbrough Ironopolis Football Club was a football club based in Middlesbrough, England. Although