{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Place","additionalType":"https://schema.org/Port","name":"Bird Port","identifier":"GB BPT","unlocode":"GB BPT","city":null,"country":"United Kingdom","waterBody":"Bristol Channel; North Atlantic Ocean","harborSize":"Very Small","harborType":"River (Natural)","channelDepthMeters":1.8,"confidenceLevel":null,"coordinates":{"latitude":51.566667,"longitude":-2.966667},"description":"Opened in 1900, Bird Port has grown into the busiest dock on the River Usk and the only under-cover port on Britain's west coast. Sitting just east of Newport in south Wales, it specialises in steel, timber and loose bulk cargoes and moves up to 800,000 tonnes a year. A double set of Goliath gantry cranes spans the dock and more than 160,000 sq ft of covered storage protects high-value steel from the weather, complemented by the UK's only covered rail link of its kind. The facility is owned by S","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/seaports/bird-port-gb-bpt","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/seaports/en/bird-port-gb-bpt","source":null,"provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Freight Academy","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Bird Port · (UN/LOCODE: GB BPT) · United Kingdom · Very Small · 1.8 m"}