Portland Port
DRY CARGO HANDLING


Passenger, breakbulk and general cargo operations are performed by Portland Port's licensed stevedore, Berkeley Handling Limited:

  • STEVEDORING
    Berkeley Handling has a fully trained workforce and provides shippers with a quality service using its own range of plant and equipment. The management are committed to providing an efficient, reliable and flexible cargo handling service for their customers including:
  • Dry bulks - grain, fertilisers, animal feeds.
  • Break bulk - general cargo, project cargo, fresh produce, timber, palletised cargo, containers.
  • Passengers and baggage handling, porterage, stores.
  • Ro-Ro cars, trailers, plant, ferry operations.

The range of dry cargo handling services provided are:

  • Discharging, loading or transhipping cargo to vessels.
  • Quay transfer to or from storage.
  • Receiving from, or delivery to, road transport.
  • Full documentation and inventory control.
  • Value added work of all types of cargo.
  • Cargo consolidation for export cargoes.
The following range of landside handling equipment is available:
  • Quay cranage ranging from 3 tonne to 50 tonne SWL.
  • Dual feed conveyor capable of handling 350 tonnes per hour.
  • Various forklift trucks, plant and equipment.
  • Open and covered storage area close to the alongside berths.
  • Two deep water cargo handling berths.
  • Weighbridge facilities.

The Port is also licensed for handling explosives and hazardous substances.

Stevedoring services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Berkeley Handling is a fully accredited ISO 9002 stevedoring company with BSI and prides itself on producing a high quality, cost efficient service.


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Castletown, Portland, Dorset, DT5 1PP, England
Tel: +44 (0) 1305 824044 Fax: +44 (0) 1305 824055
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