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Site: Site size (Available land area etc): • South Side of = Lay down and storage area of 18 – 20 acres • North Side of Anchor Line Basin = Lay down and storage area of 10 – 12 acres • Additional land adjacent to Estate available Details of wet and dry dock facilities/ river frontage/ site quayside accessibility: • Approx 500m of general quay frontage • A further 500m (approx) of quay frontage with heavy lift capability • BAE Systems Shipbuilding Facility partly located within port estate. Buildings and warehousing: • 6000m2 warehouse on site • Waterfront Business Park adjacent to port estate offers opportunities for new buildings and warehouse facility.

Maximum Vessel capacity (length, width, draught (m)): • Length = up to 200 metres (subject to certain criteria for vessels over 170m LOA) • Beam = Dock entrance width = 36 metres • Draught = variable but typically up to 8 metres or more • No.1 Dock Gate opens 2.5 hours before high water, closes at high water or shortly after. Nearby industrial sites (approx. distance from port) vacant or otherwise: • Vacant Waterfront Business Park adjacent to port estate = approx 40 acres Location, Transport and Connections - Location i.e. nearest cities/industrial areas: • Barrow-in-Furness Town Centre = 1.5km away from the port • Lancaster = 75km • Preston = 108km • Manchester = 160km Major road, rail, water and air transport links: • A590 – From Barrow = 50km to M6 Motorway • Rail – Dock rail link to Furness Line which is connected to West Coast main Line • Direct trains to Manchester Airport from Barrow • By road to Manchester Airport = 170km

Offshore Wind Opportunities - Offshore Wind projects that the port has been involved in: • Walney Offshore Wind Farm – Phase 1 and 2 – importation, storage and load-out of piles and transition pieces and aggregates • Ormonde/Vattenfall – importation, storage and load-out of piles for Ormonde Offshore wind farm • Ormonde Offshore Substation constructed in the port and shipped out to site • O & M Base for Barrow Offshore Windfarm • New O & M Bases for Walney and Ormonde windfarms now operational • Siemens – site constructed to support turbine installation for Walney Phase 1 and 2

H:\My Documents\Commercial\PORT OF BARROW.doc • Site for O & M Base for West of Duddon Sands windfarm agreed (construction due to start in 2013) • Substations for Barrow and Robin Rigg OWF built at Barrow • Gwynt-y-Mor Offshore Windfarm – aggregate shipments Proximity to offshore wind farms: • Barrow Offshore Windfarm = 5km • Walney Offshore Windfarms = 15km • Ormonde Offshore Windfarm = 7km • West of Duddon Sands Offshore Windfarm = 10km • Possible Walney OWF Extension = 25km • Round 3, = 50km

Other Port Traffic & Customers - • Centrica – export of gas condensates from Irish Sea gas operations • INS – International Nuclear Services fleet (PNTL) of nuclear fuel carriers based at Barrow • BAE Systems shipyard facility – Construction yard for nuclear for the Royal Navy • Tarmac – Imports of sand and aggregates, exports of aggregates for offshore activities e.g. cable laying, rock armour etc. • Kimberly Clark – Imports of Fibria woodpulp for KC’s Barrow Mill • Heavy Lift port – designated heavy/abnormal load route to the M6 serving northern and southern Scotland.

Skills and workforce - Please provide, where possible, detail of engineering, construction, maritime companies nearby, highlighting any existing connections:

Barrow has a wealth of engineering expertise due mainly to the presence of the BAE Systems shipyard. Local engineering and other companies with relevance to Offshore wind farms include:

• Agrilek (Electrical) • Scurrah Nassau Engineering Ltd (engineering) • Handmark Engineering Ltd (engineering) • Bay Towage & Salvage Ltd (small tugs, workboats, crew transfers) • Furness Fluid Power (hydraulics) • Marl International Ltd (electronics, lighting) • Oil States MCS (offshore engineering) • Underwater Diving Services (diving, inspections) • Trelleborg Engineering (connectors) • St. Andrews Engineering Ltd (engineering) • Neil Martin Construction Ltd (site preparation, construction, civil works)

Links with University, Schools and other academic bodies:

Local Colleges and Universities are: • Furness College • University of • Lancaster University

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The above offer a range of courses or apprenticeships to support provision of relevant skills.

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