Containers

The facility operated by Coastal Container Terminal Ltd supports regular services to Ireland and the Mediterranean. Cardiff offers: two ship-to-shore gantry cranes and secondary handling equipment; stuffing, destuffing, turnout and clearance (with covered accommodation available), and distribution; 24-hour, seven-day-a-week operations; vessels worked upon arrival; a direct rail link; agency services.

Dry bulks

Cardiff can handle a range of dry bulks at both general-purpose and specialist terminal, including aggregates and minerals. All facilities employ ship-to-quayside discharge methods using modern equipment and techniques.

• A scrap-metal processing facility on Roath Dock is operated by European Metals Recycling Limited

• RMC and Hanson Marine Aggregates import marine-dredged sand through their respective terminals located on the port estate

• Pet-products specialist The Bob Martin Company has a dedicated facility handling mineral imports on the south side of Queen Alexandra Dock

• Cardiff has processing operations such as concrete batching plants and a bagging operation

Forest products

Cardiff has a growing reputation for handling forest products. The Cardiff Forest Products Terminal receives a wide variety of products, including timber, logs, panel boards, paper and pallet wood.

Cardiff offers:

• a dedicated berth able to accommodate shipments of up to 10,000 cu m capacity

• three ship-to-shore cranes and a range of other specialist equipment, including fork-lift trucks and specialist clamps

• three specialist facilities: the Seawood Shed, the Rubb Shed and Cardiff Timber Shed providing covered storage of 6,500 sq m, 2,500 sq m and 5,500 sq m respectively

• 25,000 sq m of open storage at Queen Alexandra Dock, with additional open storage on Bell’s Wharf and Roath Basin

• a registered duty-deferment terminal at Cardiff Forest Products Terminal

• facilities within the port estate for timber treatment and pallet manufacture

Fresh produce and perishables

State-of-the-art chill and cold store facilities are operated in tandem with ABP’s warehousing and distribution subsidiary, ABP Connect. Offering frozen and chilled storage for all types of produce, the stores have a capacity of approximately 9,000 pallet spaces and the ability to operate with temperatures down to –29 degrees centigrade. The facilities are ISO 9002 accredited.

Cardiff offers:

• fully bonded warehousing

• an all-weather operation with fully enclosed loading bays

• 24-hour access, providing maximum customer flexibility and convenience
  

• drive-in racking systems, assuring the safety and security of goods and the improved ability to track the movement of goods

• a computerised stock-control system

• a highly skilled and experienced team of operators
  

Liquid bulks

Cardiff has extensive storage and dedicated handling facilities for a variety of liquid-bulk cargoes.

Cardiff offers:

• a petrol and diesel distribution facility, operated by Simon Storage on behalf of Chevron Texaco

• a heavy fuel oil import and distribution terminal, operated by Fuel and Marine Marketing

• a liquid bulk and distribution service incoporating facilities for TotalFina Elf, Dow Chemicals and Prime Molasses operated by HCB Energy

Steel and other materials

Cardiff is a major port for steel, regularly handling export shipments of wire rod, reinforcing bar and merchant bar. Steel imports are received from all over the world, including coils, merchant bars and hollow sections.

Cardiff offers:

• Roath Dock Terminal, which has recently been extended to provide 9,000 sq m of undercover storage. It is equipped with a 60-tonne mobile harbour crane, a weighbridge, fork-lift trucks and a fleet of tugmasters. The facility is operated by Cardiff Stevedoring and Cargo Handling Co. Ltd

• a further 40,000 sq m of covered storage

• extensive areas of open storage for non-weather-sensitive cargoes

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