Forth Ports Plc - FPT- Profile

Forth Ports PLC. The Group's principal activity is providing port, cargo handling, towage and related services and facilities. The Group operates eight ports located in - Dundee on the Tay Estuary, Tilbury on the Thames and six on the Forth Estuary - Leith, Grangemouth, Granton, Methil, Burntisland, Kirkcaldy and the new Port of Rosyth. The Group also provides a comprehensive range of facilities in order to ensure the safe movements of shipping. These include a vessel traffic system, pilotage and navigational aids such as lighthouses, shore marks and buoys. The Group's property business owns 400 acres of land available for development and forms the major part of Edinburgh's waterfront. Port Operations accounted for 89% of 2005 revenues and Property, 11%