Ports, harbours, marinas, and slipways - August 2016

The locations of ports, harbours, marinas and slips around Scotland. Ports are a key part of the maritime infrastructure, providing the transport infrastructure between land and sea. Ports are critical in the effective movement of cargo and people especially in the context of today’s global economy and ever increasing demands of the customer. The 11 major ports are defined by Department for Transport (DfT) as regularly handling over 1M tonnes per year.

Locations  were derived from a number of sources including Marine Scotland, Transport Scotland and Ports.org.uk, compared with Ordnance Survey data and with feedback from port authorities (facilitated by British Ports Authority). Port codes were derived from 2015-2 version of the UN LOCODE database.