Bristol is the UK's most centrally located container port, located on England's west coast and has two container terminals. In providing marine services, stevedoring and quayside operations, we offer a complete package to both deep-sea and short-sea container operators using our permanently employed workforce.

The Bristol Port Company handles containers at both the Portbury and Avonmouth terminals.  Portbury Container Terminal (details below) handles larger vessels including the weekly MSC feeder from Antwerp.  The Avonmouth Container Terminal (details below) serves smaller vessels with rapid turnaroud time for smaller volumes.

The consented Deep Sea Container Terminal will add a further 1.5m TEU.  With berthing pockets dredged to 18 metres the new terminal will provide a key gateway for container ships - including the new generation of Ultra Large Container Ships - to access UK markets.  We are ready to build as soon as market conditions are right.

For further information about our existing and future container services call us on +44 (0)117 982 0000 or email our Commercial team

Existing carriers

Line	Route	Contact details
MSC	Weekly feeder service connecting to worldwide services	01473 277777 email
DFDS Suardiaz Line (DSL)	Weekly service to and from Bilbao	01469 562100 email
MacAndrews	Weekly service to and from Bilbao (joint service with DSL)	0151 479 5555 email
Grimaldi Lines	Weekly service to and from Mediterranean Weekly service to Wallhamn, Sweden and Esbjerg, Denmark Weekly service to Cork, Ireland	0207 930 5683 email
Cronus Logistics	Four sailings per week each way to/from Warren Point, Northern Ireland	02841 753241 email