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Authority/Operator:
The Bristol Port Company
UK Ports Association
The UK Major Ports Group
https://www.ukmajorports.org.uk
Ownership:
The Bristol Port Company
Contact
St Andrew’s House,
St Andrew’s Road
Avonmouth,
Bristol BS11 9DQ
Tel: 0117 982 0000
Email: [email protected]
Pilotage
Compulsory vessels over 85m
Approx annual tonnage
10,000,000
Principal traffic
Containers (lo/lo):
Unit loads (ro/ro):
Vehicles/Wheeled cargoes;
Coals;
Dry bulks;
Grain/feedstuffs;
Hazardous cargoes;
Forest Products;
Oil/petroleum;
Other liquid Bulk;
General cargo;
Project cargo (heavy lift)
Access/Accommodation
Enclosed Docks (2)
Max depth: 14.5m
Max size of vessel accepted at Portbury:
Beam: 41.5m; LOA: 300m; draft: 14.5m; DWT: 120,000
Both docks:
No of berths: 28 (inc oil)
Berths total length: 5530m
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Location
Lat: 51⁰ 27’ N; Long: 02⁰ 38’ W
On south shore of mouth of River Severn (includes Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Dock)
Port contacts
Chairman: Terence Mordaunt
Managing Director: David Ord
Chief Executive: David Brown Email:[email protected]
Director of Special Projects: John Chaplin Email:[email protected]
Harbour Master: Jerry Stanford Email:[email protected]
Deputy Harbour Master: Christopher Ameye
Normal hours: 24hrs 24-hr Tel: 0117 982 0641
Email: [email protected]
Storage
Open: Available
Covered; Sheds: available
Transport connections
Road: M5 motorway
Rail-connected/no rail freight terminal
Nearest passenger rail: Bristol Parkway 11km
Nearest int’l airport: Lulsgate Bristol 13km
Commercial cargo handling facilities
Stevedoring provided by port authority
Cranes
Container: 1 max 40T
Rail mounted: 29 max 10T, 1 max 27T
Mobile: 1 max 40T; floating: 1 max 150T
Ro-ro fixed cut out ramps
Other handling equipment
Forklifts: 80 max 40T
Tugmasters: 12 max 60T
Facilities & services
Lay up berths;
Towage;
Seamen’s Mission;
Chandlers;
Bunkering
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VESSELS IN AND AROUND THE PORT
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Data is provided for informational reasons only and is not related by any means to the safety of navigation.
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TIDE TABLE FOR BRISTOL (AVONMOUTH)
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