Date: 25/06/2022

The operator of Greenock Ocean Terminal is placing a £17m order for two cranes. Peel Ports said the tender would help to 'future-proof' the freight port as it prepares to accommodate increased demand from cargo owners. [The containerbase is built on the site of Greenock Princes Pier station and the Albert Harbour with its associated goods sidings. A freight only railway served the containerbase until the late 1980s. Much of the route remains and could be reinstated as part of a Green Freeport. A passenger station could also be opened to serve the cruise ship pier. -RS]

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Scottish port operator to invest £17m in new cranes

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Peel Ports says the investment at Greenock Ocean Terminal will help to accommodate increased demand.

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20202 and 20189 passing the site of Greenock Lynedoch in November 1983 with containers from Coatbridge to Clydeport container terminal. [Ref query 9 December 2018]
Location: Greenock (Lynedoch)
Company: Greenock and Ayrshire Railway
/11/1983 Bill Hamilton

20189 and 20202 sitting on the overbridge on Brougham Street, Greenock in November 1983 see image [[66743]].
Location: Greenock Princes Pier [1st]
Company: Greenock and Ayrshire Railway
/11/1983 Bill Hamilton

Greenock container port in 1988. At the time the port was closed. The cranes were idle and the straddle carriers, which had carried the containers to the Freightliner sidings, were parked up and rusting (just out of shot). Freightliner closed their depot officially two years before in 1986. This had been the site of Greenock Princes Pier and the Albert Harbour. The Freightliner terminal was located at a higher level off to the right beyond Brougham Street, the former railway bridge being retained for access.
Location: Greenock Container Port
Company: Greenock and Ayrshire Railway
//1988 Ewan Crawford

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Tags: x Greenock Ocean Terminal x Peel Ports x Clydeport x Greenock Containerbase x Greenock Princes Pier x Green Freeport