The Port of Liverpool is the name for the enclosed dock system that runs from Herculaneum Dock to Seaforth Dock, on the east side of the River Mersey, combined with the facilities built around the Great Float on the west side of the river. ||-||-|-||-||-||-||-||-||-|} A port is a facility for receiving Ships and transferring cargo Liverpool ( is a City and Metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary A dock (from Dutch 'dok' is a man-made feature involved in the handling of boats or ships Herculaneum Dock was part of the Port of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. Seaforth Dock (also known as the Royal Seaforth Dock) is a purpose built dock and Container terminal, on the River Mersey, England See also Mersey River (Tasmania and Mersey River (Nova Scotia. The Great Float, is a large dock at Birkenhead, Wirral Peninsula, England.

The working docks are operated by Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, the docks to the south of the Pier Head are operated by British Waterways. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC is the current incarnation of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board which itself had replaced Liverpool Dock Trustees who The Pier Head is a riverside location in the city centre of Liverpool, England. British Waterways is the informal name of the British Waterways Board a Statutory corporation sponsored by the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Contents 1 Connections 2 History 3 Activity Today 4 See also 5 External links

Connections

At one point the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company railway totalled 104 miles (166km) of line, with connections to many other railways. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Company (MDHC is the current incarnation of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board which itself had replaced Liverpool Dock Trustees who A section of the line ran, unsegregated from other road traffic, along the dock road. Today only the Canada Dock Branch is used. The Canada Dock Branch is a 4 Mile 59 chain (762 kilometre long Railway

History

It was one of the most advanced port systems in the world and parts of it are a World Heritage Site. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex

Liverpool was the home port of many great ships, including RMS Baltic and the ill starred Tayleur, MV Derbyshire, RMS Mauretania, RMS Lusitania and the RMS Titanic. The RMS Tayleur was a fully-rigged Iron Clipper chartered by the White Star Line, and her fate would be a black mark on 2001 RINA Analysis In 2001 Prof Douglas Faulkner Emeritus Professor of Naval architecture, University of Glasgow published a lengthy and highly analytical paper Construction and trials Owned by the Cunard Steamship Company built by John Brown and Company Lusitania was named for the ancient Roman province of Construction The Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland

Both White Star Line[1] and Cunard Line[2] were based at the port. The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company or White Star Line of Boston Packets, more commonly known as the White Star Line, was a prominent British Shipping Cunard Line is a British shipping company operator of the Ocean liners RMS ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' ( QE2) RMS ''Queen Mary 2'' (

In 1971 the last transatlantic liner sailed from Liverpool. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.

The Liverpool Dockers' Strike in 1995 was a pivotal point for the Port of Liverpool. The Liverpool Dockers' Strike lasted from 1995 to 1998. Although referred to as a strike it was strictly a dispute because the employers The dispute ended in 1998.

Activity Today

Product	2004	2003	2002	2001
Grain	2,289,000 tonnes	2,377,000 tonnes	2,360,000 tonnes	2,455,000 tonnes
Timber	295,000 tonnes	391,000 tonnes	406,000 tonnes	452,000 tonnes
Bulk Liquids	774,000 tonnes	727,000 tonnes	788,000 tonnes	707,000 tonnes
Bulk Cargo	6,051,000 tonnes	6,296,000 tonnes	5,572,000 tonnes	5,026,000 tonnes
Oil Terminal	11,406,000 tonnes	11,406,000 tonnes	11,604,000 tonnes	11,236,000 tonnes
General Cargo	374,000 tonnes	556,000 tonnes	468,000 tonnes	514,000 tonnes
Total	32,171,000 tonnes	31,753,000 tonnes	30,564,000 tonnes	30,501,000 tonnes
Passengers	720,000	734,000	716,000	654,000
Containers	616,000	578,000	535,000	524,000
RoRo	513,000	476,000	502,000	533,000

See also

• Isle of Man Steam Packet
• Port of Liverpool Building

External links

• Port of Liverpool
• UNESCO citation
• Interactive flash map
• The Port of Liverpool In Camera
• Historic map of railways in Liverpool
• LUPTS photo archive
• Select Committee on Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs: Memorandum by Merseytravel

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