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Record breaking ship arrives at Bristol Port in time for Christmas

The Bristol Port Company was delighted to welcome the largest ship ever into Royal Portbury Dock today. The MSC Loretta, with a length of 303.94 metres surpasses the previous record set by MSC Blandine and MSC Roberta, by almost 10 metres.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 1926 - 2022

We are all deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty the Queen. Our immediate thoughts are with the King and the Royal Family.

'Down at the Docks': Bristol Port employees give an insight into docker life in national BBC One program

Several Bristol Port Company employees featured in the BBC One documentary series 'We Are England', offering an insight into their lives working at a busy port.

The Search is on for next Port Apprentices

Bristol Port is on the search for new apprentices to join our busy and thriving Port, starting at the end of August.

Big twins sail in for heavy lifting

The first heads have been carefully loaded onto barges at Avonmouth Dock, ready to be towed out to meet two floating heavy lift cranes “Gulliver” and “Rambiz” which will work in tandem to lower the structures into place.

Bristol Port welcomes Mazda UK's first direct shipment of cars from Japan

Mooring at Bristol’s Royal Portbury Dock on the 28th March, the NOCC Atlantic delivered 2,355 cars to Mazda’s new automotive port handling centre within the Bristol Port Company estate. 

The Bristol Port Company pledge to plant a tree for every employee

The Bristol Port Company is always striving for new initiatives to make the dock estate greener, therefore, as part of Port’s journey towards Net Zero, we have pledged to plant a tree for every employee. 

Weather Warning 16.02.22

Major winter storm to coincide with high spring tides. Currently Amber warning has been issued but it is at the top end of high impacts. Potential for a Red Warning to be issued on 17 February 2022.

The Bristol Port Company Newsletter December 2021

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Farewell to the Bristol Giant

The gigantic floating crane is steeped in history, supporting the construction of crucial infastructure at Avonmouth Dock since 1965.