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Port of Barrow

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in 1991 marked a reduction in the demand for military ships and submarines, and the town continued its decline. The shipyard's dependency on military contracts at the expense of civilian and commercial engineering and shipbuilding meant it was particularly hard hit as government defence spending was
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management of detailed plans for Barrow's industrial renewal in the mid-to-late 1980s remains controversial. This has led to interest in the possibilities of converting military-industrial production in declining shipbuilding areas to the offshore renewable energy sector.
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replaced the port at Roa Island. The increasing quantities of iron ore mined in Furness were then brought to Barrow to be transported by sea. The sheltered strait between Barrow and Walney Island was an ideal location for the shipyard. The first ship to be built,
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on Earth, and the Port of Barrow was the main route used to transport the steel produced in the town. Historically, the Port of Barrow and BAE cover a large area, so that Barrow is one of the country's largest shipbuilding centres. Hundreds of
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as a guest house and residence for its managing director, Commander Craven. By the 1890s the shipyard was heavily engaged in the construction of warships for the Royal Navy and also for export. The Royal Navy's first submarine,
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The port plays a major role in the region's energy production. British Gas Hydrocarbon Resources Limited operates a condensate-storage site in Ramsden Dock, through which the liquid by-product of gas production at the nearby
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The port of Barrow has seen a big decrease in trade since steel production in the town halted; but many local businesses rely heavily on the port to import and export goods. Some 41,000 tonnes of
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advert said that their 300 acres (120 ha) of water and 400 acres (160 ha) of quays handled 375,000 tons of cargo per year. The port's busiest year was 1956, when 1,155,076 tonnes of
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to be used in the paper industry and in the production of industrial gases. There is also a well-established rail link which was originally built as part of the
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in 1897, by which time the shipyard had surpassed the railway and steelworks as the largest employer and landowner in Barrow. The company constructed
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was proposed as part of the multi-million pound waterfront development (see the 'Future' heading). This was subsequently removed from the plans.
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production facility. The port is heavily involved with the transportation of natural gases and other forms of energy from local sites such as
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Mort, Maggie; Graham, Spinardi (2004). "Defence and the decline of UK mechanical engineering: the case of Vickers at Barrow".
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Barrow has a long and complex history of shipbuilding and maritime trade. In the late 19th century, the town had the largest
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have been constructed in Barrow, which remains the only operational submarine production facility in the UK. A 1936
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The Works at Barrow-in-Furness of The Naval Construction and Armaments Company Limited - Historical and Descriptive
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arrived at Barrow-in-Furness as a young speculator and dealer in iron, and in 1850 he discovered large deposits of
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reduced dramatically. The workforce shrank from 14,500 in 1990 to 5,800 in February 1995. The rejection by the
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Views of main parties as part of report into British Aerospace PLC proposed merger with VSEL
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is based at the port of Barrow, and is used to transport nuclear material between nearby
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surrounds it to the south and west. The port is currently owned and operated by
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The Barrow Shipbuilding Company was taken over by the Sheffield steel firm of
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built for the Brunei Navy, but never delivered, berthed at the port of Barrow
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Barrow shipyard is one of the largest in the United Kingdom (it has built
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Cruise ships that have called at the port of Barrow since 2000
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looking to disable the town's shipbuilding capabilities (see
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List of ships and submarines built in Barrow-in-Furness
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Barrow itself has relatively few nearby tourist spots (
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in 1852; the first steamship, a 3,000-ton liner named
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The Port of Barrow and the town's shipyard about 1890
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Effects on employment of the closure of VSEL or YSL
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Country
United Kingdom
Cumbria
Coordinates
54°06′29″N 3°13′37″W / 54.108°N 3.227°W / 54.108; -3.227
UN/LOCODE
Operated by
Associated British Ports Holdings
Owned by
harbour
berths
Draft depth
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Princess Selandia
Buccleuch Dock
dock
Barrow-in-Furness
England
Morecambe Bay
Irish Sea
Associated British Ports Holdings
BAE Systems Submarine Solutions
North West England
Buccleuch Dock
Cavendish Dock
Devonshire Dock
Ramsden Dock
deep water port

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