company industry port management founded 1967 headquarters edinburgh scotland uk key people christopher collins chairman charles hammond ceo revenue 181.9 million 2010 1 operating income 49.8 million 2010 1 net income 45.1 million 2010 1 owner arcus european infrastructure fund website www.forthports.co.uk forth ports limited is one of the largest port operators in the united kingdom . it is based in edinburgh scotland which is situated on the firth of forth . formerly listed on the london stock exchange and a constituent of the ftse 250 index the company was acquired by a private equity investment fund managed by arcus infrastructure partners in june 2011 . contents 1 history 2 operations 2.1 ports on the firth of forth 2.2 other ports 2.3 property 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was established in 1967 as the forth ports authority . 2 it became responsible for pilotage on the firth of forth in 1988 . 2 it was privatised and first listed on the london stock exchange in 1992 . in 1995 it acquired the port of dundee on the river tay and the port of tilbury on the river thames . 2 in 2007 it bought the nordic group who manage terminal operations at chatham . 3 in march 2011 forth ports agreed to a 751 million takeover by the arcus european infrastructure fund . 4 the deal was completed in june 2011 . 5 operations edit forth ports operates 5 ports on the firth of forth and 2 ports elsewhere 6 ports on the firth of forth edit grangemouth is scotland s largest container port . it is located at the head of the firth of forth in the heart of central scotland . burntisland is located in fife on the north side of the firth of forth . methil is also situated in fife on the northern shores of the firth of forth . it has two docks and is able to take vessels up to 3 000 dwt . the port specialises as a wood pulp and timber distribution centre . rosyth is located eight miles 13 km from edinburgh and 40 miles 64 km from glasgow on the north shore of the firth of forth immediately west of the forth road bridge and the forth bridge . leith is located on the southern banks of the firth of forth and is 2 km north of edinburgh city centre . the port of leith is the largest enclosed deep water port in scotland and has the capability to handle ships up to 50 000 dwt . the port offers a full stevedoring and cargo handling service . other ports edit dundee is the most northerly port owned by forth ports and is located on the north side of the firth of tay on the east coast of scotland . the port provides services in paper pulp and forest products and also a wide range of general and bulk cargoes . port of tilbury the only english port operated by the company is located on the river thames and is part of the port of london . it is the uk s leading paper handling port and also specializes in containers bulk commodities and building materials . property edit forth ports property business owns 400 acres 1.6 km2 of land which are available for development and which form the major part of edinburgh s waterfront . see also edit associated british ports peel ports references edit a b c annual report 2010 a b c forth ports history forth ports to expand nordic forth ports agrees 751 million takeover retrieved 2 4 11 fraser douglas 3 june 2011 . port assets go forth . bbc news . retrieved 8 june 2011 . forth ports about us external links edit official site yahoo profile retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title forth ports & oldid 704202877 categories transport operators of scotlandcompanies formerly listed on the london stock exchangeport operating companiescompanies based in edinburghcompanies established in 19671967 establishments in scotlandfirth of forth navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 february 2016 at 04 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view