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List of ports in Great Britain

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This is a list of the seaports of Great Britain.

Major operators

Five companies own many of the largest of UK ports: Associated British Ports (ABP), Forth Ports, Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), Peel Group and PD Ports’ meanwhile the largest independent trust ports are Aberdeen, Belfast, Blyth, Dover, London and Milford Haven.[1][2]

All of these port operators are members of the British Ports Association, the national trade body for ports and harbours,[3] and publish trade statistics for HM Revenue and Customs.[4]

Some of these ports will be converted to Free-ports: special economic zones where customs rules such as taxes do not apply until goods leave the port.[5]

Cargo handled ports in England

No. Name Estb. Date/Year Image City Cargo Handled
(FY2022-23) 		Container Traffic
(FY2022-23) 		Ownership
1 Port of Felixstowe 1875 Felixstowe Hutchison Port Holdings
2 Port of Southampton 1843 Southampton Associated British Ports
3 Port of Tilbury 1908 London Port of London Authority
4 Port of London 2013 London DP World
5 Port of Immingham 1912 Immingham Associated British Ports
6 Port of Liverpool 1971 Liverpool The Peel Group
7 Port of Tees 1992 River Tees, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire PD Ports
8 Port of Tyne 1968 Tyne and Wear Port of Tyne Authority
9 Port of Bristol 1978 Bristol The Bristol Port Company

Major ports

Ports are listed clockwise from the Scottish border.

North-eastern England

Yorkshire and the Humber

The Wash and East Anglia

Thames Estuary and Kent

South Coast (including Isle of Wight)

West Country

Bristol Channel (England)

Bristol Channel (Wales)

Wales (west and north)

Northwest England

Southwest Scotland

Northwest Scotland

Northeast Scotland

Southeast Scotland

See also

References

  1. ^ Tendring District Council, http://www.tendringdc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/planning/planning%20policy/AssessmentofMistleyPort.pdf
  2. ^ "Assessment of Mistley Port for Tendring District Council" (PDF). Tendring District Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Our Members". British Ports Association. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Freight location codes". GOV.UK. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Government policy on freeports".
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