Business As Usual for Port During Olympics

PRESS RELEASEDATE: 18thJuly 2012

BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR PORT DURING OLYMPICS

Portland Port will continue to operate as normal during the 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Sailing events.

The games which start in Weymouth and Portland’s Olympic waters at the end of July will not impact on the vessel services offered at Portland Port. Commercial activities will continue as normal during the sailing competitions.

The Olympic Sailing events take place between the 29th July – 11th August. The Paralympic sailing events take place from the 1st September – 6th September. During these dates there will be many Olympic Sailing boats out on the water, as well as security boats and other vessels. There will be certain restrictions in place for visiting boats during the games such as vessel movements, speed restrictions and viewing areas. Details can be found on the Portland Port website:

Commercial vessels that use the Port for services such as bunkering, crew and stores transfers will continue to use the harbour as normal during the sailing events. Portland Harbour Authority requires that any sailing boats / small vessels using the Olympic waters keep a good look out for commercial vessels and keep clear of commercial operations.

For more information about the Olympic & Paralympic Sailing events taking place in Weymouth & Portland please visit or call a member of the Commercial Department on 01305 824044.

NOTES TO EDITORS

For more information or images please contact Hayley Walker at Portland Port on 01305 825364 or

Previously a naval dockyard for over 150 years, Portland Harbour is now a thriving and successful commercial facility. It still maintains a close relationship with the past through its ongoing contract to support the RFA, as well as being home to the activities of Global Marine and Portland Bunkers International. It has over 4,000 acres of water at depths of up to 15m (C.D.); and provides vessel services from long term lay-ups to brief maintenance calls, luxury cruise liner docking facilities to industrial cargo shipments.

The tariff and general Portland Harbour Authority information can be viewed at

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Portland Port has over 2,000 metres of alongside berths and 11.6 metres (C.D.) depth of water at the deepest alongside berth.

Berthing for vessels up to 300 metres (subject to Harbour Master's approval).

11 designated anchorages are within the 2,000-acre inner harbour. Six designated anchorages are within the 2,500 acre Outer Harbour.

A width of 210 metres and depth of over 12.6 metres (C.D.) at the entrance of the harbour mean that there are few vessel beam, lock, or air draft restriction.

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