Aberdeen Harbour

Location type

Water

Name and dates

Aberdeen Harbour

Station code: National Rail
Opened on the Lochs, and lakes, water.

Description

Aberdeen's harbour lies on its east side. The harbour was built around the entry of the River Dee into the sea.

The harbour remains busy, very much associated with the oil industry in the north sea and with ferries to Lerwick and Kirkwall.

Docks include:

- Aberdeen Victoria Dock 1848 (north west)
- Aberdeen Albert Basin 1869 (centre west)
- River Dee quaysides (south west)
- Tidal Harbour (east)

The Aberdeen Harbour Commissioners was incorporated in 1895. Shunting within the docks was by horses until 1915 when the Great North of Scotland Railway took over at the instigation of the Admiralty.

Tags

Docks
11/12/2021

Chronology Dates

  /  /1805Aberdeenshire Canal
Opened from Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, to Aberdeen Harbour. The Great North of Scotland Railway later used its course for its line between Port Elphinstone and Aberdeen Waterloo.

News items

28/01/2022£30m heading towards expansion of Aberdeen Harbour [Original 106]
03/03/2021Aberdeen Harbour Board boss Michelle Handforth quitting for new role with Network Rail [Press and Journal]
05/02/2021Harbour is quay to a new era [Herald Scotland]
25/06/2020Investigation after freight ferry runs aground at Aberdeen harbour [BBC News]
09/10/2008£6m Intermodal investment at Aberdeen Harbour [Aberdeen HB Website]