A Guide to UK Sea and Railway Ports
Navigating shipping options can be overwhelming, especially when it comes to choosing which port to use. In this guide, we’ll highlight some important sea and railway ports in the UK.
Felixstowe Sea Port
Felixstowe is one of the largest container ports in the United Kingdom and an important trading hub for e-commerce sellers. It was established as the first specialized container port in 1967 and has since expanded its capacity with daily feeder services connecting various ports including Hull, Glasgow, Liverpool, Manchester, Cardiff Southampton, and London. The main imported goods at Felixstowe include fertilizers, machinery, paper products while primary exports are motorcycles wines along with food & chemicals.
one of the important shipping hub in European sea port, also the most common seaport when shipping to UK
Felixstowe is one of the UK Sea ports, the port code is GBFEL. The coordinates of the Felixstowe seaport located at latitude: 51.961726 and longitude 1.351255.
London Gateway Port
London Gateway Port is located 40 kilometers east of downtown London making it a convenient choice for those wanting access to central UK markets. Since opening its doors in 2012 under DP World management,the deep-sea port offers six deep-water berths that can handle even larger ships than before due to advanced handling equipment such as automatic stacking cranes & highly efficient production processes offering turnaround times market-leading efficiency.
The London Gateway Port is operated by DP world, one of the world’s largest terminal operators, and has the following 5 major advantages.
- The Gateway Port of London can reduce the cost of exporting Asian goods to the UK.
- Compared with other ports that can call the world’s large ships, the London Gateway Port is closer to the consumer market in the central and northern parts of the UK.
- It is located in the world-class eight-lane highway network costing billions of pounds to build in the UK
- With innovative and efficient railway freight stations and branch line transportation services, it is located in the most ideal location in the entire UK.
- Six deep-sea container anchorages can hold 3.5 million additional standard containers.
Southampton Sea Port
Southampton is another major ocean-going trading port in southern England serving as an excellent import/export gateway point for both North American & European countries.The seaport also boasts ferry connections between Channel Islands , Isle of Wight & France . Its dry dock facilities cater predominantly towards shipbuilding/repairing industries alongside other industrial units like oil refineries , aircraft manufacturing plants , rubber/plastic industry etc.
Railway Port – Immingham
Immingham Railway Port is an arrival rail station for China London train providing additional inland seaport options in the UK. It’s one of the main ports for crude oil in and out of eastern United Kingdom, equipped with loading & unloading equipment that includes shore cranes, bridge cranes, truck cranes & ro-ro facilities. The port also has a coal terminal capable of handling ships up to 30K DWT while ore terminal can unload at a rate of 2k tonnes per hour.
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