Home to the Port of Sunderland, the docks have access to the North Sea.

c. xiii) and was chaired by Sunderland's Member of Parliament George Hudson MP.

[2] A spokesman for Northumbria Police said that "The police were made aware that a man had died in a suspected industrial accident on Prospect Row, at Sunderland Docks.

[3] The man was named as dock worker Brendan Eccles, a 61-year-old grandfather from Billingham.

[4][5][6] In 2019, the incident was investigated and examined by Sunderland City Council who produced a review into health and safety issues.