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Preston (GBPRE)

Preston, England, United Kingdom

Port Code GBPRE Port Name Preston
City Preston Country/Region United Kingdom
Port Type Feeder Port Category Port City
Latitude 53.45 Longitude -2.43
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Preston Docks (Port Code:GBPRE) are now a marina, retail and apartment area. They are located at the western edge of Preston and the lock gates open to allow in the river at high tide.The main dock was called the Albert Edward Dock after Queen Victoria's husband. It was one of the largest single docks in the country, and still is. In 1948 the dock was the first to introduce roll on roll off traffic. By the 1960s the port held the record for the handling the largest amount of container and ferry traffic. Traffic reached a peak in 1968, when 500 dockers were employed and 1,437,000 tons of unit load trade passed through the port (16% of the UK total). Cotton and wood pulp were the most important cargoes landed here. The port had it's own sand-pump ships that stayed in the estuary most of the time. The docks are now home to pleasure craft, and the surrounding waterside areas house a retail park, multiplex cinema, housing, offices and light industrial units.

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