portland

New berth for Dorset port

Portland Port in Dorset is to invest £26 million in a development to remove its existing Deep Water Berth and replace it with a new, extended berth. The new DWB will have a 250m solid berth face and 12m water depth alongside, capable of handling ships up to 350m long. Preparatory works are already underway and the new berth is due to be fully operational by 1 May 2023. It ... [+]

Good year for Portland

Former naval dockyard turned commercial harbour Portland handled nearly 500,000 tonnes of cargo during in 2017, an increase of over 23% compared to 2016. General manager commercial Ian McQuade said there had been growth in dry and liquid bulk, adding that the long-term vision is for more than a million ... [+]