The Port of Sunderland is strategically located for access to principal maritime import and export routes. The Port's position on the east coast makes it the perfect springboard to the markets for Europe, and it enjoys advantageous links with national communications networks. The East Coast Main line passenger service operated by GNER provides a high frequency fast rail link between London and Scotland.
Trains call at Newcastle and Durham, with regular rapid connections to Sunderland.
Sunderland is only 45 minutes from Teesside International Airport, and 35 minutes from Newcastle International Airport. The choice of flight destinations varies according to airport and includes services to such key locations as Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Belfast, Bergen, Birmingham, Bristol, Brussels, Cork, Dublin, Dusseldorf, London, Manchester, Oslo, Paris and Stavanger, as well as the Orkney and Shetland Islands.