Poole (England)
Cruise Port schedule, live map, terminals, news
Region
Ireland - UK - British Isles
Local Time
2021-03-02 17:17
8.4°C
3.4 m/s
42 °F / 6 °C
Poole is a port city in Dorset county (southern England), located approx 33 km (21 ml) east of Dorchester and approx 180 mk (111 ml) southwest of London. By population (around 150,000) the town is ranked Dorset's second largest (after Bournemouth).
Poole is a major tourist resort vacation destination, featuring large natural harbour, rich history, beautiful beaches. As commercial port, Poole is an important cross-Channel port serving cargo and passenger ferries. British Royal Marines have a navy base in the harbour. The port serves large ferry boats connecting Poole with Cherbourg (France). Brittany Ferries operates regularly scheduled daily service (one roundtrip) with MS Barfleur, as well as freight line to Bilbao (Spain). Condor Ferries ship Condor Liberation serves seasonally connections to Channel Islands (Guernsey, Jersey) and France (St Malo). The nearest airport (16 km / 10 ml) is Bournemouth Airport (in Hurn) with scheduled Thomson Airways flights to major UK and European airports.
City's economy is based on manufacturing and leisure travel. Sunseeker (world's largest privately owned motor yacht manufacturer) is based here and employs over 1800 workers in its shipyards. Also here are located major manufacturers like Faerch Plast (food packaging), Hamworthy Heating (boiler manufacturer and supplier), Hamworthy Combustion (emissions control and clean-air combustion systems), Lush UK (handmade cosmetics), Mathmos (lava lamps), Kerry Foods (production, packing, distribution), TransDev (Power transmission and conveying), Eurac (vehicle components), Siemens, Southernprint (Wyndeham Group, offset printers), Ryvita (fresh-baked rye breads), Animal (clothing). Other major employers are Nuffield Industrial park, Mannings Heath park, Arena Business Park, Poole Trade Park, Branksome Business Centre.
Service industries include banking, tourism, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Bournemouth University, Arts University, Merlin Entertainment (world's second-largest theme park company after Walt Disney), Dolphin Shopping Centre (Dorset's largest indoor retail complex), shops, bars, restaurants, hotels, guest houses, bed and breakfast rooms, Rockley Park (caravan site by Haven Holidays). Poole Harbour is one of UK's largest sailing boat locations with popular sailing clubs like East Dorset, Lilliput, Parkstone, Poole Yacht Club, Sandbanks Yacht Company, Royal Motor Yacht Club.
As cruise port, Poole featured the homeporting season (2019-2020) of CMV's (Cruise and Maritime Voyages) liner Astoria. From Poole, CMV Astoria had scheduled roundtrips to Iceland, Scotland, Faroes, British Isles, Norway (Norwegian Fjords), Baltic Sea (Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Poland). During its UK season 2019-2020, the CMV liner was also homeported in Hull and Portsmouth.
Poole cruise terminal
South Quay's new cruise berth was officially opened in May 2018. The new dock project (GBP 10 million / USD 12,6 million) is a deepwater quay with capacity to handle larger vessels (with max LOA length 220 m / 722 ft) and passenger capacity over 1000. South Quay Cruise Terminal was part of port's 7-year Poole Harbour expansion project - one of UK's largest port developments in recent years. The project received GBP 8,5 million funding from NatWest (National Westminster Bank) - 1968-established major UK banking group.
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Brittany Ferries calling for UK officials to allow Covid vaccine travel corridors
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February 16, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Cotentin ferry returns to the fleet of Brittany Ferries
After nearly 8 years in the Baltic, the Cotentin ferry made a welcome return to the Brittany Ferries fleet. The vessel returned to the route for...
January 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Ferry cargo shipping receives UK government GBP 35 million Coronavirus subsidy
Cargo shipping services between the UK and mainland Europe received COVID-19/Coronavirus subsidy on Monday, May 18, with a UK government GBP 35...
May 19, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Astoria Leaves Cruise and Maritime Voyages' Fleet
Cruise and Maritime Voyages (CMV) decided to say farewell to its cruise ship Astoria, with 2020 as her farewell season. With 2 new bigger vessels...
January 20, 2020 - Cruise Industry
Boudicca Becomes the Biggest-Ever Cruise Ship to Visit Poole
Fred Olsen's cruise liner Boudicca made an inaugural visit to Poole Harbour (Dorse UK) on June 4, becoming port's biggest cruise vessel to berth to...
June 5, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Brittany Ferries Launches No-Deal Brexit Ferry Crossings
The first of 20 new weekly cross-Channel ferry crossings began on Friday as part of a GBP 46.6 million taxpayer-funded no-deal Brexit contract. The...
March 31, 2019 - Cruise Industry
CMV Astoria Commences 2019 Cruise Season at Poole
Cruise and Maritime Voyages liner Astoria kicked off her 2019 cruise season at Port Poole (Dorset, UK). CMV Astoria is due to call frequently...
March 12, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Ferry Sailings Cancelled Due to Possible No-Deal Brexit
Thousands of cross-channel ferry passengers had their bookings amended in order to accommodate extra journeys in case of a no-deal Brexit. According...
January 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
UK to Spend US$130 Million on Ferries
The British government intends to spend over GBP 100 million (USD 130 million) chartering extra sea ferries in order to ease cross-Channel congestion...
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