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 and cartographer was born in Marton, now a suburb in the south of Middlesbrough. Tom Dresser (1892-1992), Middlesbrough's first Victoria Cross recipient during the First World War. Stanley Hollis (1912–72), recipient of the only Victoria Cross awarded on D-Day (6 June 1944). Ellen Wilkinson was a famous MP for Middlesbrough East, and was the first female Minister of Education. She also wrote a novel "Clash" (1929) which paints a very positive picture of "Shireport" (Middlesbrough). Steph McGovern, a business journalist for the BBC, grew up in Middlesbrough. Marion Coates Hansen was an active member of the local Independent Labour Party