# Workington (GB WOR)

**UN/LOCODE:** GB WOR  
**Country:** United Kingdom  
**Water Body:** Irish Sea; North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Very Small  
**Harbor Type:** River (Tide Gates)  
**GPS:** 54.5667, -3.6333

Around 300,000 tonnes of cargo and some 300 ship movements a year pass through Workington, the largest port in Cumbria, sitting at the mouth of the River Derwent on the Solway Firth. Its core business is forest products — raw timber and woodchip from Scottish forests plus wood pulp from continental Europe — feeding the adjacent paper mill, alongside dry and liquid bulks, project cargo and breakbulk. Handling takes place in the enclosed Prince of Wales Dock, a seven-berth facility owned and operated by the port itself. This is a regional multipurpose port rather than a container terminal: no mainline box services call regularly, and deep-draught vessels are limited by the dock entrance. Road and rail link Workington into north-west England, but shippers needing container slots, greater draught or transatlantic services route via Liverpool, Heysham or nearby Belfast.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [London → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-shanghai)
- [London → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-shenzhen)
- [London → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-guangzhou)
- [London → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-hong-kong)
- [London → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-tokyo)
- [London → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/london-busan)

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