Investing in Port of Workington - Current cargo factsheet

The port has a quay length of 772.7m including the Prince of Wales Dock with seven berths. It can cater for a maximum vessel length of 137m, 20.4m beam, up to 8.5m draught, 12,000 dwt.

The port has 7,000m² of warehousing across 8 warehouses, 32,000m² of liquid bulk storage, extensive internal rail sidings, craines, reach stackers and weighbridge space.

Total cargo throughput is around 300,000 tonnes per year which consists of dry bulk (23% of current volume), liquid bulk, energy, project cargo, break bulk (forest products which account for 75% of current volume) and container sectors.

Key cargo types

Bulk cargo: 

• timber
• aggregates
• steel and scrap metal
• construction materials

Project cargo:

• heavy machinery
• industrial equipment
• renewable energy components (like wind turbines)

General cargo:

• consumer goods
• manufactured products
• breakbulk cargo

Specialised cargo:

• wind energy equipment

Nuclear project cargos:

• Sellafield and low level waste repository