Port Restrictions

Port Penrhyn
is a tidal port with an operating time of 2 to 3 hours either side of high water. However we operate mainly with flat bottom 2500 – 3000 tonne coasters loading over the tide. We also specialise in heavy lifts with good access and plenty of dock side storage.

Location
Lat. 53 deg. 14 min. North
Long. 004 deg. 07 min. West

Transport Connections:

• Road: A55 Dual Carriageway
• Rail: Bangor (Intercity Station) 2miles
• Air: Manchester 91miles / Liverpool John Lennon 82miles

Maximum size of vessel accepted:

• LOA: 100m
• Beam: 18m
• Draft: 5.3m spring tide, 3.66m neaps

Grid capacity:

• Max Draught: 10 ft
• Length: Up to 100 ft

Pilotage:
Compulsory for :

• Passenger vessels over 20 metres in length.
• All vessels over 50 meters in length
• All vessels over 1500 g.t.
• Vessels engaged in towing where the combined length of the towing vessel and the tow is 50m in length or more.
• Vessels that yacht deem to require a pilot in the interest of safe navigation
• Vessels carrying hazardous cargo. As defined in mgn 340 (idgm)Additional for vessels making passage through the swellies channel:
• Every vessel holding a passenger certificate, and carrying passengers
• All vessels in excess of 3.5 metres draft and/or 50 metres in length, and/or in excess of 500 g.t.

Contact Neil or Ian on 01248 363400 – 07554 886092 – 07771 692412

History of Port Penrhyn:

In 1792 12,000 tons of slate was shipped from Port Penrhyn which was 50% of all slate shipped from North Wales. The mole at Port Penrhyn was extended in 1800, 1803 and 1829-30. A new quay was built to form a dock in 1855. Filling in behind the new quays could be done using incoming ballast from the empty slate carrier vessels or waste rock from the quarry where 90% of the extracted rock was rubbish. A standard gauge branch from the Chester and Holyhead Railway arrived in 1852 but most of the quarry’s production continued to be shipped. For example, in 1859 120,000 tons of slate was shipped from Port Penrhyn.

Today we handle up to 20 shipments per year and we are the home for up to 300 boats stored ashore, 50 berths around the dock and a further 35 swinging moorings in the bay. We offer both leisure and commercial marine solutions. We have one of the biggest covered marine workshops in the northwest offer repairs, services, boat sales etc

We have a dedicated lifting dock with a new 40ton Wise hoist, a dedicated heavy lift area up to 275 ton on our 13-acre site. We truly offer the complete marine service.