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Regional hubs
Britain's port clusters do not behave alike. A deep-sea container region, a RoRo corridor, an offshore energy coast and an all-island road network each produce different pallet demand. These hubs explain the difference before you get to the individual port pages.
Priority area
South Coast ports — Solent, Sussex and Dorset
The South Coast is Port Pallets' commercial priority area. (5 port pages)
Read moreEnglandThames Estuary, East Anglia and the Channel
This region carries the largest concentration of unitised freight in the UK. (5 port pages)
Read moreEnglandSouth West England — Severn, Devon and Cornwall
The South West splits into two very different markets. The Severn Estuary around Avonmouth and Royal Portbury is one of the UK's densest bulk and distribution clusters with immediate motorway access. (4 port pages)
Read moreWalesWales — South Wales industrial ports and the Irish Sea gateways
Welsh port activity divides between the South Wales industrial cluster along the M4 — Cardiff, Newport, Swansea and Port Talbot — and the Irish Sea ferry gateways at Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock, with the Milford Haven energy waterway alongside. (8 port pages)
Read moreEnglandNorth West England — Mersey, Ship Canal and Lancashire
The North West combines deep-sea container capability on the Mersey with inland waterway terminals along the Manchester Ship Canal and Irish Sea trailer traffic at Heysham. (3 port pages)
Read moreEnglandHumber, Yorkshire and the North East
From the Humber up to the Northumberland coast, this region carries very large bulk tonnages, North Sea ferry freight, container traffic on the Tees, and a growing offshore wind manufacturing and maintenance sector. (6 port pages)
Read moreScotlandScotland — central belt, east coast and the Highlands
Scotland's port market runs from the central belt container gateways at Grangemouth and Greenock, through the Forth and Tay estuary ports, up to the offshore energy bases at Aberdeen and the Cromarty Firth. (8 port pages)
Read moreNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland ports
Northern Ireland's port network centres on Belfast, with short-sea trailer traffic at Larne, mixed cargo at Warrenpoint on the Carlingford Lough border, and bulk and general cargo at Foyle Port in the north west. (4 port pages)
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