Bristol Port Brochure

Britain’s Most Centrally Located Deep Sea Port

In September 1991, First Corporate Shipping Limited,a private company owned by Terence Mordaunt andSir David Ord, acquired the Port of Bristolfrom Bristol City CouncilIn 1991 a promise was made...“Our objective is straightforward. We aim to create a thriving enterprise at the Avonmouth and Portbury Docks for the continuing benefit of all thosewho depend on the Port of Bristol for their jobs and their business. We believe that a modern, commercially viable port is vital to the prosperity ofBristol and we are convinced that this goal is achievable.”Statement by Terence Mordaunt and David Ord at the launch of their bid for the Port, Western Daily Press, 2 October 1990

Throughput up from 4m tonnes to a peak of 11m tonnesRevenue up from £22m to £87mOver £500m of private investment across the 2,600 acre dock estateSignificant new business attracted to the PortProtected and created over 9,100 regional jobs that depend on the Port...for more than 25 years the promise has been kept.Since taking over the Port, we have delivered on our promises and exceeded Bristol remains an independent, privately owned business and our superb geographicaleven our most optimistic targets. We have invested in the technology to compete location, coupled with our ability to deliver quick decisions, will ensure that the Port ofand customers are sharing the rewards of that investment through increased Bristol retains its position as a leader in productivity and innovation in our industry.productivity. We are one of the few major UK ports to employ a permanentworkforce – a workforce that is flexible, skilled and highly motivated.Their commitment enables us to give our customers a competitive edge. TERENCE C MORDAUNT SIR DAVID ORD 3

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The Bristol Port AdvantageBristol Port has excellent motorway and The key advantages that the Port of Bristol  Bristol is recognised as the most economical port rail links. provides to customers are: distribution location in the UK (see above).Left: Bristol Port provides vital national  Bristol is the only multi-user port south of  Bristol has the best motorway access of anyinfrastructure for large ships. Immingham able to handle bulk carriers of UK port. Both Avonmouth and Portbury have their 130,000dwt (dead weight tonnes). own dedicated motorway junctions on the M5 – just seven miles from the M4 interchange  Huge consumer markets in the Midlands and and four miles from the Second Severn Crossing. London, as well as the fast-growing South West and South Wales, are within easy reach. These vital resources, combined with creative, efficient management, provide a climate for  Both Royal Portbury and Avonmouth Docks are innovation. To ensure Bristol’s continuing rail connected. competitiveness, The Bristol Port Company continues to invest in the technology, the skills and  Bristol’s entire 2,600 acre dock estate is zoned for the people who make it happen. industrial use and can offer spacious sites adjacent to the Port. 5

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Commercial Activities and OpportunitiesLorries discharging grain at the The Bristol Bulk Handling Terminal kernels and other agricultural products are handled Inside one of the 100,000 tonneGrain Export Terminal. The most significant investment in the Port through the terminal. capacity agricultural feedstuffs sheds. culminated in May 1993 with the opening of The Two large warehouses of 100,000 tonnes eachThe Avonmouth Bulk Terminal Railhead where Bristol Bulk Handling Terminal, a £120m joint venture are connected to the berths by totally enclosed,1,750 tonne trains can be loaded in 40 minutes. between The Bristol Port Company and National computer-controlled conveyors. This is a clean, Power plc (now RWE). This sophisticated, multi-user modern and automated facility providing customersLeft: The two Kone CSUs discharge a terminal can handle a wide range of bulk products, with traceability, speed and quality, unmatched in including biomass, the full range of grain derivatives the UK. The storage bays in the warehouses allowPanamax coal vessel. and aggregates, as well as all specifications of coal different products to be safely segregated before and petroleum coke. being loaded to lorries by large front-end loaders. At the grain export facility, grain can be received The terminal operates around the clock and has a by lorry at a rate of 1,000 tonnes per hour and maximum discharge capacity of 4,000 tonnes per delivered either straight to the vessel or to 15,000 hour. There are two Kone Continuous Ship unloaders tonnes of silo storage. The sophisticated shiploader (CSUs) and two Kone aspirated grab cranes. can load Panamax vessels at the rate of 2,000 tonnes per hour. The entire terminal is controlled by Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs), which provide The Bristol Bulk Handling Terminal. uninterrupted real-time data on operating conditions. 7 The terminal has a 65 acre (750,000 tonnes) stockyard with three large stackers/reclaimers. A sophisticated automated water sprinkling system covers the whole stockyard area. It is automatically sensitive to weather conditions. Up to 12 trains per day can be loaded within the Portbury stockyard. A totally enclosed conveyor link, tunnelled under the River Avon, connects the stockyard with another railhead in Avonmouth where up to 24 trains per day can be loaded. The terminal is manned and maintained by Port personnel and has been designed to operate to the highest environmental standards set by the Environmental Protection Act. The terminal area has been, and remains, a dust free zone. Adjacent to the berth is a large storage facility for the agricultural feed industry. Soya, corn gluten, palm

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Commercial Activities and OpportunitiesThe Bristol Port Company handles in excess Motor Vehicles Warehousing The Port has over 1 million square feetof 700,000 vehicles per annum The import and export of motor vehicles is one of The Bristol Port Company provides cost-effective, of warehousing. the most important trades of the Port. There are efficient, secure warehousing solutions withThe Bristol Port Company has a long history now over 600 acres of car compounds including excellent connectivity to motorway and rail networks. 9in the handling of break-bulk. 352 acres of common user storage. In excess Customers benefit from many flexible options for of 700,000 vehicles per annum are handled by warehousing and land both on the Port’s 2,600 acreLeft: Royal Portbury Dock. a permanently employed, highly trained work site and on development land close by. There are force. The objective of damage-free operations is over 1 million square feet of warehousing at the achieved by continuous improvement and constant Port and ample external storage space. The Port’s quality review in partnership with manufacturers. in-house IT team is able to customise stock data to Bristol’s central location results in the most cost- integrate fully with customers’ systems, giving control effective inland distribution in the UK. Shipowners of cargo location, deliveries and logistics. The team and operators have the benefits of Bristol being of Warehouse Operatives ensures cargo is devanned outside the Low Sulphur Zone. or loaded, stored, picked, packed and despatched to the customer’s requirements. Break-Bulk Bristol Port has a long history in break-bulk; the first Motor vehicles ready for export. vessel to call at the newly opened Royal Portbury Dock in 1978 was owned by Gearbulk. Today, The Bristol Port Company has regular calls from Gearbulk from South Africa and Saga Welco from Asia as well as European break-bulk shipments in coaster vessels. Cargoes currently handled include Steel, Aluminium, Plywood, KLB, Paper and Pulp. The Port operates over 1 million square feet of high quality, quayside warehousing with polished concrete floors for the storage of break-bulk cargoes as well as extensive open storage areas. Containers The Bristol Port Company handles containers at both the Portbury and Avonmouth terminals and offers a complete package to both deep- sea and short-sea container operators. Portbury Container Terminal handles larger Panamax vessels including the weekly MSC feeder from Antwerp. The Avonmouth Container Terminal serves vessels calling from Northern Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula.

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Commercial Activities and OpportunitiesBulk discharge at Avonmouth. Dry Bulks Liquid Bulks 11Left: Avonmouth Docks. The Bristol Port Company is experienced in the From aviation fuel to fruit juices, The Bristol Port handling of a variety of dry bulk cargoes at the Company handles and stores liquid bulks safely Dry Bulk Terminal at Avonmouth Docks. Vessels and efficiently. Over 2 million tonnes of bulk liquid up to 40,000 deadweight tonnes can be is handled each year through terminals at Royal discharged and loaded. A wide range of cargoes is Portbury and Avonmouth Docks. At Royal Portbury handled, such as aggregate, agricultural feedstuffs, Dock, 25% of total UK imports of aviation fuel is fertiliser, grain, wood pellets, minerals and coal. discharged, which is delivered directly into the The Port operates cranes from a 100mt Gottwald pipeline and storage network serving the UK’s major Harbour Mobile to hydraulic mobile cranes and airports, including Heathrow and Gatwick. has invested in over 400,000 square feet of bulk In excess of 500,000 tonnes of finished petroleum warehousing at Avonmouth Docks in recent years. products is handled annually at Avonmouth Docks Value-added services are also offered, such as for the local market using the multi-berth common blending and milling for agricultural feedstuffs user system. This is operated by the Port’s customers and grains. and has direct connections to storage tanks nearby. The Port’s flexible approach enables facilities to be tailor-made to suit customers’ requirements with development land available for new storage facilities. The UK’s agricultural sector is supported through the import of liquid products such as fertiliser and molasses. The European Juice Terminal at Avonmouth handles concentrated orange juice imports from Brazil with bespoke storage on site. Over 2 million tonnes of bulk liquids each year.

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Commercial Activities and OpportunitiesBristol Port is experienced in Project Cargo Development Landhandling project cargo. From a single lift of out-of-gauge cargo to complex The Portbury, Avonmouth and Severnside area long-term projects, The Bristol Port Company has is already a popular and convenient location the equipment, facilities and skills to handle virtually for national and regional distribution centres any project cargo. Both undercover and open which form a major distribution hub. There are storage areas can be provided as well as areas for over 10 million square feet of retail distribution on-site assembly. The sourcing of heavy transport space within 30 minutes of the Port, occupied and cranage can also be arranged. The Port has by companies such as Tesco, Asda, Morrisons, cranes capable of lifts up to 150 tonnes as well as Sainsbury’s, John Lewis, Accolade, Co-operative, good working relationships with external crane hire Argos, Marks and Spencer, Dixons (DRG), Nisbets, companies for large mobile cranes. Transporting Yankee Candle and The Range. There are over unusual cargo can be challenging so the Port’s 1,000 acres of development land in the immediate Project Cargo team works with customers and the vicinity of Bristol Port – the largest brownfield highways authorities to plan the journey between development site in Western Europe - much of quayside and site. With level access from the which already has planning consent so projects quayside to the UK’s motorway network directly can be completed rapidly. The new Avonmouth/ adjacent to the Port, customers can be connected to Severnside Enterprise Area gives additional all parts of the UK. incentives to developers. With motorway, rail and the Port on the doorstep and 67% of the UK’s Cruise Bristol population (43 million people) within easy reach, The Bristol Port Company brings cruising to the heart this area is set for rapid expansion. of the UK. The excellent motorway links with theThe Bristol Cruise Terminal. M4 and M5 allow passengers to have a stress-free 10 million square feet of retail distribution space within 30 minutes of the Port. 13 journey to the terminal at the start of their holiday. AllLeft: Bristol Port’s proximity to the cruise embarkation takes place at Avonmouth DocksM5 motorway. with high security and on-site parking. Passengers on cruises calling at the Port enjoy unrivalled quality and variety of excursions within a 100 mile radius.

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Marine CapabilitiesThe Bristol Shoalbuster ‘Graham Robertson’. The Bristol Port Company is both the Statutory The Bristol Pilot Boat ‘Bristol Interceptor’. Harbour Authority (under the Harbours Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847) and the Competent Harbour Authority (under the Pilotage Act 1987) for the Port of Bristol. The principal duties as the Statutory Harbour Authority are to provide and maintain harbour facilities, provide a ‘safe harbour’, and to regulate the activities of persons and vessels using the harbour. In discharging these duties, the Port adheres to the Port Marine Safety Code (PMSC) to safeguard the harbour, its users, the public and the environment. Bristol Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) provides harbour users with comprehensive information concerning vessel movements, height of tide and weather conditions. The Bristol VTS area covers much of the lower Severn Estuary from the Holm Islands to the Lower Shoots including the River Avon. Pilot orders and lock times are allocated by Bristol VTS to ensure the safety and efficiency of navigation in the estuary. As the Competent Harbour Authority, the Port provides a pilotage service for ships arriving at Avonmouth and Royal Portbury Docks. The Port’s staff manage the pilot boat station and operate the pilot cutter service to the pilot boarding area at Breaksea, to the west of the Holm Islands. The pilots themselves are self-employed, but authorised by the Port. Towage services in Bristol are provided by Svitzer and line-handling services by the Pill Hobblers.Left: Royal Portbury Dock has the largest sea Avonmouth lock has dimensions of 30.5m beam x 266.7m length x 11m arrival draft. 17lock in the UK with dimensions of 42.7m beamx 365.7m length x 14.5m arrival draft.

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New Developments Deep Sea Container Terminal In 2010, the Port was granted consent to build a new UK Super Post Deep Sea Container Terminal in the Bristol Channel. Panamax Container Imports The development has specific economic and environmental advantages. UKIM-BASIC-001-MAR-2007Left: Computer-generated image  It is near to the heart of the country and the major of the planned Deep Sea Container population areas.Terminal.  There are excellent existing road and rail links.  There is a natural deep water channel within a mile of the Port. The development is designed to service not only today’s large container ships, but also successive generations of Ultra Large Container Ships in excess of 18,000 TEU and 16 metres draught. Terminal Features:  1.2 km of quay with 12 post-Panamax gantry cranes with a maximum 67 metres outreach.  3 deep water berths accommodating 16 metre draught vessels alongside at all states of tide.  Over 100 acres available for container handling and storage, with a terminal capacity of 1.5 million TEU per annum.  Direct link to existing rail and motorway networks. Closer to the Markets Detailed mapping of UK container distribution shows that Bristol is, on average, 68 miles closer to the market than Felixstowe and 33 miles closer than Southampton on a round-trip basis. Real Cost and Emissions Savings These road and rail savings significantly outweigh the effect of any additional vessel miles on today’s popular rotations. This provides real cost and emissions savings to customers as the ship brings containers closer to their final destination. 19

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Investing in PeopleA new intake of Apprentices meet Chief Improving the skills base of the Port’s employees, The Bristol Port Company is at the forefront One in four employees is qualified in 21Executive Officer, David Brown. the majority of whom are permanently employed, of a pioneering initiative, the “Port Operative first aid. is an ongoing priority. New plant and technology Apprenticeship Scheme.” This was introducedLeft: Agricultural feedstuffs being are increasingly complex and capital intensive. Ship when the Port was acquired and was the first The Port of Bristol Police.discharged. costs have escalated, increasing the need for an scheme of its kind in the UK. The objective of ever faster turnaround. the programme is to maintain a supply of young All Port Operatives participate in regular training and people with the training and skills to meet the reassessment programmes and, on the arrival of all Port’s anticipated medium and long-term cargo new equipment, are subject to additional evaluation handling requirements and to raise the status of and instruction by the full-time training staff. cargo handling as a profession. From the maintenance requirements of a Kone cranes CSU to the fire-fighting procedures of Over 70 young people have taken up the hazardous cargo, the Port has a responsibility to intensive two-year training course, which ensure that individuals in all roles and at all levels are leads to the National Vocational Qualification confident in the execution of their duties. (NVQ) (levels 1 and 2) in cargo handling. These standards were the first to emerge for the port A flat management structure ensures speedy and industry and Bristol is pleased to have played the efficient communication between levels. A central leading role in the process and continues to do objective of the Company is to give young people so with the level 3 qualification. In recognition of a career opportunity and a chance to learn new the valuable contribution that employees make skills. Since 1991, 166 young people have joined the to the success of the Port, there is a profit-related Company as Apprentices in a range of disciplines pay scheme. This creates a direct link between including Marine, Mechanical, Warehousing, the efforts of all employees and the profitability Electrical, Motorshop and Port Operations. of the Company. The Port of Bristol Police The Port retains a Home Office warranted Port Police Force of 30 officers. In 2004, the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) came into effect. The Code imposes strict security requirements on vessels and port facilities. Bristol Port has been compliant with the relevant elements of the Code from the outset. Significant expenditure has been made on additional security personnel and equipment to enhance the Port’s security arrangements to ensure full compliance with the Code. Bristol was the first port in the UK to complete fully the processes required by the Port Security Regulations 2009.

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Information Technology for Today Anticipating the Future The Bristol Port Company recognises that Information Other systems have been specially commissioned Electronic charts are used in Technology is critical to achieving many corporate to support the efficient receipt, storage and conjunction with vessel tracking objectives. Profitability and high standards of customer despatch of cargo passing through the Port. These technology. service are dependent upon the efficient deployment systems make extensive use of radio frequency, of resources across a wide range of tasks, on a daily or barcoding, swipe-card, graphical stock control Technology is vital to efficiency across even hourly basis. and internet technologies to support the growing the business. volumes of trade. Standard back office, engineering stores and plant maintenance applications have been enhanced The latest communications technology is with the integration of custom-designed computer employed to create a high speed network integrating systems. Vessel arrivals and departures are recorded both hardwired and mobile elements. Over 100km of and monitored using a comprehensive Operations fibre have been laid, reaching over 40 key locations. Database combined with vessel tracking technology External links with many customers have been to provide real-time information. GPS technologies implemented using technologies ranging from linked to charting and CAD systems provide a standard EDI or proprietary formats through to XML- sophisticated solution for the management of marine based messaging. and shoreside infrastructure. The Bristol Port Company will continue to invest in The internally-developed Resource Allocation System Information Technology, particularly where tangible (RAS) helps to ensure that the best combination benefits in increased efficiency can be demonstrated. of skills and equipment can be swiftly mobilised. This, in turn, will enable the Port both to remain Security has been enhanced by the addition of fiercely competitive and to respond more quickly to comprehensive CCTV, number plate recognition, an increasingly sophisticated customer base. smart card access control and gate control systems.Left: The latest barcode scanning 23technique records despatches.

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Living with the EnvironmentLeft: One of Bristol Port’s designated Following the acquisition of the Port in 1991, Most UK species of owl are now resident withinwildlife corridors. a management plan for the dock estate was the estate, including the first recorded agreed with English Nature, the Environment recolonisation by the Barn Owl. In order to Agency, the Hawk and Owl Trust and local encourage further breeding, a 30 acre area adjacent Councils. This resulted in large parts of the estate to the Port was purchased and covenanted for the being designated wildlife corridors and areas protection and development of wildlife. Purn House which would be excluded from Port development. Farm in North Somerset was purchased in 2004 The plan remains in place and is reviewed annually. following agreement with English Nature to provide compensation land for new dock developments. All species of plant and animal life have been The Farm has now been transformed into a thriving recorded and the management plan lays out nature reserve adjacent to the River Axe and has specific tasks and responsibilities which are several resident species of international importance. undertaken throughout the year. This has involved planting native species of vegetation, grazing Economic growth is vital to increasing prosperity. To at times conducive to wildlife, clearing ditches, have an economic interest does not automatically planting and laying hedges. preclude sensitivity to the environment. Bristol Port has demonstrated that success has been achieved Twelve lake and pond sites have been created by understanding and sincere intentions translated within and around the Port; all have been stocked into effective solutions at a local level. with fish and aquatic plants. Water voles have been successfully reintroduced to rhynes around the “The idea of industry co-existing so perfectly with wildlife Port in co-operation with Bristol Zoo. may seem alien to some, but I have witnessed the two working side by side within the confines of The Bristol Port Company estate. Whether one looks at the important grasslands that harbour a diversity of small mammals and insects, or the nationally and internationally rare owls that breed on the estate, it is clear that sensitive environmental management has allowed both wildlife and business to flourish simultaneously. We remain concerned about the bio-diversity of our fragile planet, yet we should be reassured that these new areas for wildlife, created within working industrialised areas, such as Royal Portbury Dock and Avonmouth Docks, prove that The Bristol Port Company is playing its part by thinking globally and acting locally.” Chris Sperring MBE, Hawk and Owl Trust 25

Board of Directors Principal Banker The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Chairman Trinity Quay 1 Terence C Mordaunt Avon Street Bristol BS2 0PT Managing Director Sir David Ord Auditors Deloitte LLP Chief Executive Officer 3 Rivergate David A J Brown OBE Temple Quay Bristol BS1 6GD Commercial Director Andrew C Ord Solicitors Wedlake Bell LLP Engineering Director Level 8 Jonathan C Mordaunt 71 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4AY Finance Director Ian D Sharper Estate Managers North & Letherby Limited Marine Director St Andrew’s House Jerry H Stanford St Andrew’s Road Avonmouth Non-Executive Directors Bristol BS11 9DQ John B Alexander Cllr Stephen A Clarke Jonathan N Ord Martin A Skelton Christopher C Tite26



The Bristol Port Company Tel: 0117 982 0000St Andrew’s House, St Andrew’s Road Email: [email protected], Bristol BS11 9DQ, UK Web: www.bristolport.co.uk