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The Port is owned by Ashtenne Holdings Plc and is located on the central East coast of the UK in Southern Lincolnshire,one of the largest agricultural counties in the UK. It is ideally positioned as a gateway between the UK industrial Midlands and North,and the near Continent and Scandinavia.ThePort, situated at the crossroads to the UK,enjoys major trunk route road connections with the main A16 and A52 passing within yards of the dock estate. The A1 North/South trunk road is only 45 minutes away with both Birmingham and Sheffield easily reached within two hours driving time. Port Facilities CRANAGE TYPE Container crane: SWL 35 tonnes. Average discharge of 25-35 boxes/hour.Bromma spreader 20',30' and 40' TYPE Rail mounted(4): SWL 6 tonnes. General purpose and bulk grabs.150 tonnes/hour TYPE Mobile heavy lift: SWL 50 tonnes. Specialist high cab steel handling 250 tonnes/hour and fast 6 tonne fly jib Mobile heavy lift: SWL 40 tonnes @ 27m radius. (Gottwald HMK 260) TYPE Mobile Jones(2): SWL 15 tonnes. General, fast cycle mobile and bulk grab Special lifts by prior arrangement. Standard charge up to 30 tonne lift. Port Container Services All inclusive single charge-stevedoring,cranage,port charges Interchange/inspection services Container repairs on site Computerised data/tracking/history Customer modem access. Port of Boston is proud of its record of adapting to the needs of its customers and can now offer a full interchange facility to container line operators, with specialists available to carry out minor repairs through to major refits.The engineering department also offers ship owners qualified and skilled staff for most minor shipboard repairs as well as a fully stocked ship chandelery supplying anything from a loaf of bread to a new generator. 30,000 TEU containers per year 60 per hour through Container Park Computerised tracking and retrieval Paper Terminal 72,000 sq ft, modern, clean warehousing and undercover vehicle loading bay. Computerised stock control with customer interface, sideport vessel access and container ramps and de-stuffing facilities. Steel Terminal 60,000 sq ft dedicated steel coil warehouse. Four overhead gantry cranes (20-25 tonne) with quayside access and train loading facilities. 20,000 tonne stock capacity. Computerised stock control. Road/rail connected and undercover loading. Rail Terminal New 1997 rail link. 900 tonnes per train load. Up to 4 trains/week to Birmingham area. UK rail head for Channel Tunnel link available and UK distribution. Aggregate railhead now established and leased by Lafarge Aggregates, 3 trains per week direct from quarry to stockpile making use of 'self discharge' trains. Grain Terminal The port exports up to 500.000 Tonnes of grain into Europe each year. Both silo and direct overside loading for vessels up to 4200 are available in the dock and along the riverside. Port Services and Information Navigation The Port covers 246 square kilometres of The Wash and 31 buoys are maintained to mark the approach channels. The River Witham is navigable for commercial shipping for the eight kilometres and 32 lighted river beacons allow safe passage on any tide. VESSELS:up to 4,500 tonnes In the Dock a limit of 95m is observed and a cill clearance of 1.5m is usually required. However, these are the normal limits and are frequently exceeded for specific vessels or specific tides.With adequate planning, vessels of up to 120m or a draft clearence of less than one metre have been handled. Application for specific vessel dimensions should be made to the Dock Master (Tel: 01205 362328). At Riverside Quays a normal limit of length of 80 metres is observed with a draught margin dependent on length. However vessels of up to 95m are regularly berthed, the port can accommodate up to 11 vessels at any one time. Pilotage Is compulsory for all commercial vessels. Pilots normally board from fast launches in the approaches. They may be ordered direct from the Pilot Master (Tel:01205 362114),or through ships agents or the radio station. Radio The Port radio station listens on channels 16 and 12 from two and a half hours before to one and a half hours after high water and also during normal office hours. Vessels may use the station for berthing advice/information and as a relay service for agents or general communications. Towage Is effected by a port-owned harbour tug,the Bostonian,powerful enough to assist all classes of vessel. The Lock The lock is operated to allow vessels to arrive/depart from two and a half hours before and one and a half hours after high water. Special locks outside these times can be arranged,subject to tide. Depths on the berths and in the approaches are regulary measured and maintained by the Authority's own computerised survey system and dredger,the Mary Angus. The lock is 13.7 metres wide and it is planned to extend this to 18 metres in the year 2000. Port Information Lat 52deg 58'N; Long 0deg 1'W Boston Dock Basin 2.8 hectares (6.9 acres) North Quay-251m South Quay-257m West Quay-137m East End-Small craft with two ramps for Ro-Ro Access Lock-86m long, 13.6m broad Cill depth-7.5m at MHWS, 5.4m at MHMN Riverside Quay and Witham Wharf 700m of quay where vessels dry out on soft bottom. The port was constructed in the 1880`s enabling vessels to remain afloat during low tides. Boston has always had strong maritime links and in previous years had been larger in terms of revenue collection than the Port of London. The port was owned by the local borough council until 1989 and had developed grain export trades from Lincolnshires extensive farming areas in addition to 2 regular container services in the 1980`s. In 1989 a new initiative by the council resulted in a harbour revision order privatizing the port. Joint ownership was established between John Sutcliffe & Sons Grimsby and the Budge Construction Group. This partnership later dissolved, the Budge organisation being replaced by Cleveland Trust Plc who subsequantly took on full ownership. The existing owners Ashtenne Holdings Plc gained possesion in May 1999 following a succesful take over of Cleveland Trust Plc. The Port is owned by Ashtenne Holdings Plc and is located on the central East coast of the UK in Southern Lincolnshire. Port of Boston (UK) - Ashtenne Holdings Plc