Port of Leith
Owner
Forth Ports LtdAddress
David Webster
Senior Port Manager
Imperial House
Albert Dock
Leith
EH6 7DN
Phone
0131 555 8752Port of Leith
The Port of Leith is ideally located within the Forth Estuary on the East Coast of Scotland for all North Sea Oil and Gas activities and has earned a well-deserved reputation for its reliable service and high quality support facilities for offshore developments. Leith is also the largest fully enclosed deepwater port in Scotland, with a Panama standard lock entrance ensuring calm water within the port. Leith has the capability of handling ships up to 50,000DWT and continues to act as a key subsea mobilisation port for many companies. Top international marine contractors in the oil and gas pipeline industry regularly choose Leith for a wide variety of projects owing to the port’s expertise and ability to offer large areas of ground and dedicated berths for specialised mobilisation and demobilisation work. The Port of Leith has connections with many companies that offer a collaborative approach to delivering customer solutions.
Tidal range
Leith is a locked Port and therefore no tidal range.
Cill Height is -6.71m Below Chart Datum.
MHWS - MLWS 4.8m Range
MHWN - MLWN 2.4m Range
HAT - LAT 6.35m Range
Max vessel dimensions port has accommodated
Beam - 30.50mDraft - 11.00m
LOA - 210.00m
Relationship between Chart Datum and Ordnance Datum
2.90mHeaviest load over quayside to date
750 tonnesTotal quayside length
3356.00mPort Services
- Deep water berths
- North Sea support and decommissioning
- Open storage and laydown space
- Warehousing
- Project cargo
- Spoolbase
- Dry docks
- Quayside craneage
- Cruise port
- Railhead within port
- Construction hub
- Grain handling and storage
Future Development Plans
Planning approval has been granted for the demolition of the grain silo which is situated opposite the Imperial Dock. Clearance of this unused building opens up approximately 16 hectares of land next to a deep water berth creating excellent logistics opportunities for renewables, oil and gas and late life operation.
Location
Port of Leith quayside facilities
Port of Leith Media
Chart Datum
Chart Datum (CD) is a level set low enough to ensure that the tide rarely falls below it. The UK usually determines this as being approximately the level of Lowest Astronomical Tide. In effect, this is the minimum depth that can be achieved by a quayside or port entrance channel.
Vessel Dimensions
Length overall (LOA) means the maximum length of a vessel's hull when measured parallel to the waterline.
A ship’s beam refers to its width at the widest point, when measured at the ship's nominal waterline.
The draft of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull (keel), which includes the thickness of the hull. The draft of a ship or boat signifies the minimum depth of water it can safely navigate.