Commercial ports in the UK .. Full guide 2023
The port handles iron ore, coal, oils, spirits and liquid chemicals.
Felixstowe Port
Felixstow Port is the busiest container port in the United Kingdom. Felixstowe Port is situated on the northeastern side of the Orwell Estuary via Harwich Harbour in the coastal area of Suffolk on the eastern coastlines of England. Felixstube Port is fewer than 100 kilometres northeast of London and is England’s nearest port to Rotterdam and the Dutch port of Europort. It also serves as a yacht harbour and a beach resort.
Port of Grangemouth
Grangemouth Harbor is situated on the Forth Estuary’s southern beaches, about 34 kilometres northwest of Edinburgh, Scotland. It is Scotland’s main oil port, as well as the location of one of Europe’s biggest petrochemical factories. It is also the busiest container port in the nation, handling commerce with North America and Europe.
The port was founded in 1769 by Sir Lawrence Dundas to serve as the final shipping point on the Forth-Clyde Canal.
Grangemouth Harbor is a popular commuter town and an inexpensive overnight stop for business and leisure travelers.
It is mainly exported charcoal, as well as electronics and machinery
The famous are imported timber , grain, rubber, cement and wood pulp , and it is also imported
Important for oil and contains an oil refinery.
Port of Liverpool
The Port of Liverpool sits three kilometres from the Irish Sea on the River Mersey in the county of Lancashire on England’s west coast.
The Port of Liverpool handles more than 4.5 million tons of dry bulk cargo annually and annually passes through it more than 500,000 tons of general cargo.
The Port of Liverpool handles millions of tons of dry bulk cargo , which includes imports
Coal for power generation and scrap metal exports for recycling in steel mills all over
around the world.