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Agency Details
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OTAL
52 Charlotte Street,
Birmingham
B3 1AR
Tel: (+44) 121 236 5046
Fax: (+44) 121 200 1196
E-Mail: enquiries@otal.com

Hamilton Shipping
Prince's Dock,
14 Claredon Road,
Belfast
BT1 3BG
Tel: (02890) 533200
Fax: (+02890) 533222
E-Mail: containers@hamiltonshipping.com

Click here for a list of all OTAL agency offices

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Felixstowe Port Information
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Felixstowe is one of the UK's largest ports and is a major hub for UK distribution and international transport. Located on the South-East coast of the UK, Felixstowe's position means that the port is not only highly accessible from London, the Midlands and the South East, but also to shipping lines serving North Europe. There are approximately 60 shipping lines using the port of Felixstowe and offer over 100 services to 365 ports around the globe.

The main navigation channel is 14.5m deep with up to 15m alongside the quays. This means the port can be used by a range of vessels with differing draughts and tidal conditions have minimal impact on the port's operations. In 2003 construction will begin on the Trinity Terminal extension - Felixstowe will have a new 270m deep-water berth. This will result in the terminal having a continuous quay length of 2.6km with 24 gantry cranes in operation.

The Port of Felixstowe consists of five vessel terminals and 2 rail terminals. The biggest terminal is the Trinity terminal that currently has 7 container vessel berths. OTAL uses the Landguard Terminal which has two container berths. Felixstowe also has a dedicated RoRo Terminal (Dooley RoRo Terminal), a bulk liquids terminal (Dock Basin) and a ferry terminal.

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Port Infrastructure - Facilities Available at Landguard Terminal

Landguard can handle 450,000 TEU per annum with the terminals modern equipment and computer systems. The terminal has excellent road access and has its own rail terminal. Please click here for the map of the Landguard Terminal.

  • Quay length 439m - 2 container berths
  • Area 28 hectares
  • Alongside depths of 11.9m for 283m of the quay and 9.7m for the remainder
  • 4 quay cranes: x1 post panamax with 70t capacity, x3 panamax cranes with 50t capacity each
  • 13 RTG's (mobile cranes) with 35.6t capacity each
  • 22 warehouses offer 97,358 m2 covered storage
  • 2x5 high stacking container folklifts
  • 1 reachstacker
  • Stacking capacity of 50,000 TEUs, including out-of-gauge storage, and 1,219 reefer points
  • Rail Terminal 3 x 20 wagon tracks, 2 rail mounted gantry cranes
  • Container Freight Station (CFS) 4,000 m2

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Port Security & ISPS

The implementation of the ISPS code came into effect on the 1st July 2004, a global maritime security standard introduced by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) for member nations.

Below are the details of the Felixstowe ports plans for 2004 (part of which are already in operation):

  • Establishment of restricted areas and controlled buildings
  • Introduction of ID cards and Access Control System (IDACS) - Using swipe technology
  • Making sure ID cards are visible at all times
  • All restricted areas to be fenced. Fence is to be welded mesh fence at least 2.9m high.
  • Entrances into the restricted areas have been set to a minimum. All pedestrian entrances will need IDACS access. Vehicle entrances will eventually follow.
  • CCTV is already a major part of the Felixstowe port
  • Security guards have been deployed at all the access points to the restricted areas.
  • Security levels have been set, which determine the level of security needed at certain points of the port.

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Tilbury Port Information
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Port Infrastructure

The Port of Tilbury on the Thames estuary is the U.K.’s largest container port for timber and paper products.

It has many advantages

  • its location in the prosperous South East, close to London, with 30 million people living within a 140-kilometre radius,
  • its direct links to the UK's motorway network,
  • its wide customer base, broad range of cargo handling operations and highly skilled workforce.

What is more, the many shipping lines which call from all over the world have for a number of years established Tilbury as a hub of international dimensions. Tilbury has benefited from an investment of more than £35 million since joining the Forth Ports PLC Group in 1995. Among the high profile investments is the establishment of Tilbury's new Finnish Terminal for the import of newsprint and other paper products. Containers, forest products, bulk grains, chill store: all have seen the benefits of the capital investment which a large port group committed to growth is prepared to make.

Tilbury is developing into a freight distribution hub, offering cost-effective total distribution packages to its customers. It is achieving that through a pro-active, customer-orientated marketing strategy and close liaison with haulage companies and other sectors. The aim is to work in partnership with potential and existing customers to create overall cost savings while still offering a quality service.

Sophisticated information technology systems are a key part of an efficient port in the 1990s, and the Port of Tilbury continues to invest heavily in hardware and software to keep ahead in this fast-moving discipline. In this regard Tilbury has probably become the only port to give its container customers the choice of using either of the UK's two major customs clearance systems - Community Network Services (CNS) or Felixstowe's Maritime Cargo Processing System (MCPS).

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Facilities and Cargoes

  • Ro-Ro Roll-on roll-off operators, in particular, consider Tilbury a convenient port of call, because of its sheltered in dock facilities and constant water level.
    A significant proportion of Tilbury's general cargo tonnage is handled via ro-ro vessels. Cargoes including forest products, wheeled vehicles and trailers, sto-ro cargo, palletised fruit and vegetables, containers, trade cars and vans are loaded and discharged via quarter ramps, stern ramps or side ports.
  • Chill Storage Temperature Controlled Storage.
    The Port of Tilbury facility provides chilled and ambient storage all under the same roof. The store is situated only 12 metres from the quayside to facilitate a swift transfer from vessel to store with the briefest of interruption to the cool chain. The store was originally built in 1994 and was extended in 1997 to add an ambient covered reception area and ambient storage facilities for 2000 pallets. The complex was further extended in February 1998 to add around 5000 pallet additional chilled storage spaces in 4 fully racked chambers.
  • Forest Products
    Tilbury is the UK's number one port for forest products, handling about 12 per cent of the nation's imports, and volumes are increasing at an impressive rate. There are 23 hectares of forest products warehousing in total at Tilbury
  • Dry Bulk & General Cargo
    The port is experienced in dealing with combination cargoes. A mix of containers, steel, pallets, bags and heavy lifts may be handled from a single vessel using a variety of modern equipment including container cranes, conventional quay cranes and mobile equipment
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Location
Port of Tilbury is approached via the River Thames and is some 40Km from Sea Reach No 1 Buoy
Depth of water
7.3m below Chart Datum on outer sill
Quay length
over 3km
Quay depth
10.8m - 11.6m
Storage capacity
53 Hectares of which 23 hectares are covered
Air Connections Available
Distances from the port
London City (LCY) - 32 km
London Heathrow (LHR) - 69 km
London Gatwick (LGW) - 69 km
London Stansted (STN) - 62 km
Rail Rail-borne cargo has direct access from main line to the main port terminals. Passenger services operate from an adjacent railway station.

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Regulations
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New regulations on packaging - UK exports - ISPM 15

Tough new regulations are to come into force to ensure goods being exported abroad are free of pests and diseases. The regulations, backed by the World Trade Organisation, are being adopted by a number of countries. Failure to comply with the stringent rules - known as ISPM 15 - could cost businesses millions of pounds and severely damage their credibility.

  • Many of the pests are carried into countries in wood packaging such as boxes, crates, drums and pallets containing goods being shipped from one country to another.
  • The regulations have been adopted by a number of countries including the USA and Canada. The European Union - including the UK - is expected to have introduced them by March next year.
  • A new free information website - www.fumigation.co.uk - which will help exporters comply with the rules has just been launched.
  • The website has been produced by Merseyside and Cheshire pest control company Eleberts Pestforce.
  • At the heart of the regulations is the need for exporters to ensure that wood packaging has been either fumigated or heat treated.
  • The regulations originated from the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) which is a multilateral treaty aimed at preventing the spread of plant pests.
  • All shipments using any species of sawn wood packaging must be heat treated or fumigated and stamped with the approved stamp before being allowed entry to or crossing through a participating country.
  • Non compliance can be a serious problem. Customs have said they can turn back, repackage or destroy items that do not meet the new standards.
  • The cost in terms of money and credibility to exporting businesses can be devastating.
  • The regulations are being introduced by countries around the world in response to growing concerns over the spread of plant pests and diseases.
  • The new regulations leave businesses with no option but to ensure their goods are properly fumigated before they are exported.
  • The information website - supported by the Forestry Commission - has been set up to provide up to date information about the pests and a country-by-country guide to the regulations. Go to http://www.fumigation.co.uk/eu.htm

Contacts and Links
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Felixstowe Terminal
LAT: 51 57 N LON: 01 19 E
Landguard Terminal

Port of Felixstowe
LAT: 51 57 N LON: 01 19 E
Port of Felixstowe [Languard and Trinity Terminals]
Tomline House The Dock Felixstowe IP11 3SY
Tel: (+44) 1394 604500
Fax: (+44) 1394 604949
E-mail: enquiries@fdrc.co.uk
Website: www.portoffelixstowe.co.uk

The Port of Tilbury London Ltd.
Leslie Ford House
Tilbury Freeport
Tilbury
Essex RM18 7EH
Telephone: +44 (0) 1375 852200
Facsimile: + 44 (0) 1375 855106

HM Customs & Excise
Provides assistance on any matter relating to importing or exporting goods to/from UK
Website: www.hmrc.gov.uk

Port of Felixstowe
Felixstowe Ports Users Association
Port of Tilbury

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