Goods handled
Portsmouth International Port has an enviable reputation for specialist handling of large quantities of fruit and vegetables, but also handles a wide range of other cargo.
- Portsmouth imports 70 per cent of the bananas eaten in Britain, as well as all the Moroccan citrus fruit.
- Almost 610,000 tonnes of fruit, salads and vegetables were imported on board the 224 ships calling at the commercial wharves in Portsmouth during 2010.
- Portsmouth is one of the UK’s largest fruit-handling ports, with fruit arriving from the Caribbean, Central and South America, Morocco, South Africa, New Zealand and the eastern Mediterranean.
- Cargos have included a Eurostar train, Tube carriages, racing cars and frequent yachts and barges.
- Containers of humanitarian aid are sent via Portsmouth, such as for the relief effort after the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
- Other cargo imported or exported through Portsmouth International Port includes motor vehicles, ballast, fuel oil, building materials and timber.
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