| Heysham Port | |
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 Interactive map of Heysham Port | |
| Location | |
| Location | Heysham |
| Coordinates | 54°2′11.93″N2°54′49.61″W / 54.0366472°N 2.9137806°W /54.0366472; -2.9137806 |
| Details | |
| Built | 1897 |
| Opened | 1904 |
| Operated by | Mersey Docks and Harbour Company |
| Owned by | The Peel Group |
| Type ofharbour | Artificial |
| No. ofberths | 3 (Ro-Ro) |
| Overall Quay Length | 1,000 m (3,300 ft)[1] |
| Statistics | |
| Passenger traffic | 143,417 (2021)[2] |
Heysham Port is situated by the village ofHeysham,Lancashire,England. The harbour ships mainlyroll-on/roll-off freight, with one passenger service run by theIsle of Man Steam Packet Company, which operates a twice daily sailing toIsle of Man. There are three freight routes run byCLdN RoRo andStena Line which all sail toIreland daily.Heysham Port railway station links it toLancaster viaMorecambe. Adjacent to the dock site isHeysham nuclear power station.
In 1891, theMidland Railway, which already operatedMorecambe Harbour four miles to the north-east, gave notice of its intention to develop a new harbour at Heysham and appointed consulting engineers James Abernethy and his son to undertake a feasibility study of the project. The plan was for an enclosed dock accessed through a lock, but idea made no further progress.
In 1895, a much larger Heysham port plan was put forward by Messrs James Abernethy & Son, in conjunction with the Midland Railway's chief engineer. This formed the basis of the harbour which was built, although there were many changes as work progressed and the full scheme was never completed. In 1896, an enabling act of Parliament, theMidland Railway Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. clxxxiii), was obtained for the construction of the harbour, with the contract for construction was let in July 1897. The project cost about £3 million.[3][4]
The first ship to dock at Heysham was theAntrim, one of the ships that the Midland Railway had ordered for Heysham services. She arrived at the Heysham on 31 May 1904, following her delivery from the builders, John Brown of Clydebank.. The first passenger sailing was a day trip toDouglas,Isle of Man by theLondonderry on the 13 August 1904.
The south jetty was built in 1909 to reduce silt buildup at the harbour entrance. Plans from 1907 show that two jetties were originally planned, one on each side of the entrance, but a north jetty was never actually built.
In 1941 a deep-water berth (Ocean Jetty) was built to the north-east of harbour entrance. This was to allow tankers which were too large for the port to berth at the new Trimpell refinery, which produced aviation fuel. Much of the fuel produced would have been for fighter aircraft stationed around Britain duringWorld War II.[5] After theTranmere pipeline construction, the Ocean Jetty berth was rarely used until its demolition in 1976.
With the grouping of the railways in 1923, Heysham Port passed into theLondon, Midland and Scottish Railway. When the railways were nationalised in 1948, the port came under theBritish Transport Commission, then the British Railways Board, and its shipping armSealink. Sealink was sold by the government in 1984 toSea Containers.
Heysham Port was acquired from Sea Containers by theMersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC) in May 2001.[6] Then, in August 2005 the MDHC was bought by and merged withPeel Ports Limited.[7]
Vessels that currently operate out of Heysham Port.
| Image | Name | Built (commissioned) | Route(s) | Capacity | Port of Registry | Company |
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 | April 1998 (July 1998) | Heysham –Douglas (Back-up vessel) | 630 Passenger 275 Cars |  Douglas | ||
 | June 2022 | Heysham – Douglas | 948 Passengers 237 Vehicles 75 Trailers | Douglas | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company | |
 | November 1998 (May 2009) | Heysham – Douglas (Summer TT and cover for Dry docking only) | 800+ passengers 200 vehicles | Douglas | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company | |
 | August 1998 | Heysham- Douglas (Summer TT and Cover Dry docking Only) | 12 Passengers 65 Trailers | Douglas | Isle of Man Steam Packet Company | |
2025 | Heysham-Belfast | |||||
 | 1996 | Heysham –Belfast | 114 trailers | |||
_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5212174.jpg) | MSStena Hibernia | 1996 | Heysham –Belfast | 114 trailers | Stena Line | |
 | February 2012 (February 2012) | Heysham – Dublin | 151 trailers |  Douglas | ||
 | March 2012 (March 2012) | Heysham –Warrenpoint | 120 trailers | CLdN RoRo | ||
 | January 2012 (April 2012) | Heysham – Warrenpoint | 151 trailers | Douglas | CLdN RoRo |
The routes which Heysham port offers:
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