Cardiff now has three operational docks capable of handling ships of up to 35,000 tons deadweight: Queen Alexandra Dock, Roath Dock and Roath Basin. Although still owned by the port, Roath Basin is now only used as a hospitality berth, and …

The Port of Cardiff is 14 miles (22.5km) from Junctions 29 and 30 of the M4 and has direct links to the national rail network, making it an impressive multimodal location. It is also less than two and a half miles (4km) from the city centre, making it an ideal distribution centre.

Apr 29, 2022 · These fascinating pictures show how much what is known today as Cardiff Bay has changed since it was one of the world's key industrial ports.

Top things to see and do in Cardiff Bay. Cardiff Bay offers heaps to do – eateries, boat trips and cultural attractions. Enough to keep you occupied all day… and into the night. Cardiff-based writer and local resident Helia Phoenix shares her favourites.

Tiger Bay (Welsh: Bae Teigr) was the local name for an area of Cardiff which covered Butetown and Cardiff Docks. Following the building of the Cardiff Barrage, which dams the tidal rivers, Ely and Taff, to create a body of water, it is referred to as Cardiff Bay. Tiger Bay is Wales’ oldest multi-ethnic community, with sailors and workers from ...

5 days ago · Cardiff now has three operational docks capable of handling ships of up to 35,000 tons deadweight. The port has transit sheds with 258,500 m2 (2,782,000 sq ft) of storage space, two overland distribution sheds totalling 13,870 m2 (149,300 sq ft), and two timber sheds totalling 13,870 m2 (149,300 sq ft), two specialist steel sheds, with overhead ...

Port of Cardiff. Located on the north side of the Severn Estuary, connected to the rail network, and within easy reach of the M4 motorway, the Port of Cardiff has expertise in the handling of containers, steel, forest products, and dry and liquid bulks.

In 1862, 2 million tonnes of coal were exported from Cardiff Docks; by 1913, this had risen to nearly 11 million. This was the heyday of the coal industry before the depression of the 1930s. Cardiff was the boom town of late Victorian Britain.

Between 1794 and 1913 Cardiff Docks grew to become the largest exporter of coal.

Cardiff grew from a very small town to the largest export port for coal by continually adding new dock facilities over a 70 year period