Commercial Shipping in the River Crouch
The Crouch Harbour Authority is the statutory harbour and navigation authority for the Rivers Croch and Roach controlling both pleasure and commercial use of the rivers.
The main destinations for commercial traffic in the Crouch are both on the south bank of the River
Ringwood Point and Wallasea Island servicing the Wild Coast project that will create a major marine habitat area.
Baltic Wharf- A regular ferry service operates to Riga and Liepaja in Latvia and Parnu in Estonia.
The port has been in existence since about 1920 and continues to
thrive mainly on the wood trade with Scandinavia and Eastern
Europe.
Over 60 small cargo ships dock each year using a deep water
passage through the mooring at Burnham on crouch.
The wharf also handles cargo ships carrying mainly timber and steel in its 62 acres of storage and facilities including a saw mill to process the imported timber.
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