Heysham Port
Heysham Port is the port of Heysham, Lancashire, England. It is served by Heysham Port railway station.
History[]
In 1891 the Midland Railway gave notice of its intention to develop a 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, this 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 was obtained for the construction of the harbour and the contract for construction of the harbour was let in July 1897. The project cost about £3 million.[citation needed][1]
The first ship to dock at Heysham was the Antrim, one of the ships that the Midland Railway had ordered for Heysham services. She came into the harbour on delivery from builders, John Brown at Clydebank on 31 May 1904. The first passenger sailing was a day trip to Douglas, Isle of Man by the Londonderry on 13 August 1904.
Heysham Port was acquired by Mersey Docks and Harbour Company in May 2001.[2]
Ships in operation[]
Ships that operate out of Heysham Port
| Picture | Name | Built (Commissioned) |
Route(s) | Capacity | Port of Registry | Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
MS Ben-my-Chree [VI] |
(July 1998) |
Douglas - Birkenhead Douglas - Dublin |
630 Passenger 275 Cars |
 Douglas
|
|
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HSC Manannan |
(May 2009) |
(Summer TT and Ben-my-Chree Dry docking only) |
800+ passengers 200 vehicles |
Douglas
|
|
|
MS Clipper Pennant |
(October 2009) |
 Limassol
|
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|
MS Seatruck Panorama |
(January 2009) |
Limassol
|
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|
MS Clipper Point |
(March 2008) |
Limassol
|
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|
MS Stena Performer |
(April 2012) |
 Douglas
|
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MS Stena Hibernia |  Vlaardingen
|
Current routes[]
The routes which Heysham port offers:
- Heysham - Dublin (Seatruck Ferries)
- Heysham - Warrenpoint (Seatruck Ferries)
- Heysham - Douglas (Isle of Man Steam Packet Co)
- Heysham - Belfast (Stena Line)
References[]
- ^ "Heysham port about us". Peel Ports. n.d. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ "Port plans rosy future". The Visitor. 14 June 2001. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
External links[]
Coordinates: 54°02′02″N 2°55′01″W / 54.03394°N 2.91696°W
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