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Designed by Chetwood Associates (Services) Limited, construction of the Premier Inn, No.99 Tower Street, was undertaken 2008-09 following approval by Kingston upon Hull City Council for the erection of the hotel and multi-storey car park, service area, surface car parking and access on 22 March 2007.

The Port of Hull is first recorded in 1193 but its location on the river Hull has not been identified. By the 13th century, the ‘old harbour’, or haven, extended from the confluence of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary upstream as far as North Bridge. In mid-13th Century, the Port of Hull was a member of the Hanseatic League, commemorated in the 21st century through 'International Hanse Day'. By the 18th century it was becoming increasingly clear that the haven was unfit for the growing amount of trade, hence the building of inland docks linked to the river and the Humber Estuary. See Wikipedia for further details: Link
The Dock 1778, closed 1930. Also known as The Old Dock, and Queen's Dock after 1855.
Humber Dock 1809, closed 1968. Part of Hull Marina 1984. Wikipedia: Link
Junction Dock 1829. Renamed Prince’s Dock 1855. Closed 1968. Now Prince’s Quay shopping centre. Wikipedia: Link
Railway Dock 1846, closed 1968. Part of Hull Marina 1984.
Victoria Dock 1850, closed 1970s. Now Victoria Dock Village (housing).
Albert Dock 1869
William Wright Dock 1880
St Andrew’s Dock 1883, closed 1975.
Alexandra Dock 1885. Green Port Hull created on part of the dock for Siemens Gamesa 2017.
Riverside Quay 1907. Destroyed by enemy bombing 1941. Remains are in situ 2024.
King George Dock 1914
Queen Elizabeth Dock 1970
River Terminal 1 1993. Rotterdam Terminal built on same site 2001.
Covered Terminal 1997. Renamed Hull All-Weather Terminal 2009.
The Port of Hull was nationalised and, on 1 January 1948, the North Eastern Railway's holdings passed to the British Transport Commission. It was found to be unwieldy and the docks element was replaced by the British Transport Docks Board (BTDB) on 1 January 1964. In 1983 it was renamed Associated British Ports (ABP) and allowed to become a public limited company. The company was taken over by a consortium of companies in 2006 and the company was de-listed from the London Stock Exchange.

Until the opening of The Dock in 1778, all trade by ship was conducted on the quays, wharfs or staithes on the River Hull, primarily between the Humber Estuary and the former North Bridge. Today, the ‘old harbour’ is no longer used except for intermittent moorings for lighter craft. It has been allowed to silt up, and the remaining warehouses largely converted for dwellings. Further information in Wikipedia: Link