Port Talbot Docks

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Port Talbot docks is a docks located next to Port Talbot Steelworks in the town of Port Talbot, South Wales.

It is owned and operated by Associated British Ports. It has the deepest berthing facilities in the Severn estuary and can accommodate ships of up to 180,000 metric tons of deadweight (DWT).

The docks are used primarily by Port Talbot steelworks for the export of steel products and the import of raw materials for manufacturing steel.

The Port Talbot docks complex consist of an inner set of floating docks and an outer tidal basin. Construction of the tidal basin began in 1964 and the whole basin covers about 500 acres.[1] The tidal basin is capable of handling ships of up to 180,000 dwt and is used mostly for the import of iron ore and coal for use by nearby Port Talbot Steelworks. The inner floating docks were constructed in 1898[2] and were closed in 1959. They were re-opened in 1998 for commercial shipping but in March 2007 for the import of some steel products [3] and are capable of handling ships of up to 8,000 dwt.[4] There have been proposals for the development of an intermodal freight terminal at the port.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Port Talbot Coastguard Search and Rescue Emergency Team History
  2. ^ Complete.pdf
  3. ^ Port Talbot Docks Handles First Steel Cargo For Nearly Four Decades
  4. ^ Associated British Ports

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