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Hunterston iron ore terminal being dismantled in 2020
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
Hunterston iron ore terminal being dismantled, with Great Cumbrae, Bute and Arran in the background, taken from Fairlie in 2020 by David Palmar
08 February 2020
Direct Reduction Plant, Hunterston
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
The idea of the Direct Reduction Plant at Hunterston was to reduce the oxide in the iron ore and increase its iron content to over 90%, prior to being transported to Ravenscraig, thus reducing transport costs. The plant, proposed in 1974 and built in 1981, was never used as its fuel cost was too great. In 1994, the plant was dismantled and sold. Taken by David Palmar
29 January 2021
Coal and iron ore stockyard, Hunterston
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
Stockyard for coal (and formerly iron ore) at Hunterston, taken in the 1980s by David Palmar. Since Ravenscraig steelworks closed in 1992, only coal has been imported at the deep water berth here.
29 January 2021
Coal (and former iron ore) terminal, Hunterston
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
Coal (and former iron ore) terminal at Hunterston, taken in the 1980s by David Palmar. Since Ravenscraig steelworks closed in 1992, only coal has been imported at the deep water berth here.
29 January 2021
Coal (and former iron ore) terminal at Hunterston
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
Coal (and former iron ore) terminal at Hunterston, taken when it was under construction in 1979 by David Palmar. Since Ravenscraig steelworks closed in 1992, only coal has been imported at the deep water berth here.
29 January 2021
Coal (and former iron ore) terminal and stockyard at Hunterston
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
Coal (and former iron ore) terminal and stockyard at Hunterston when it was under construction in 1979, taken by David Palmar. Since Ravenscraig steelworks closed in 1992, only coal has been imported at the deep water berth here.
29 January 2021
Hunterston iron ore and coal terminal, Firth of Clyde by night in 2006
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
Hunterston iron ore and coal terminal, Firth of Clyde by night in 2006. The terminal was originally built in 1979 to import iron ore for Ravenscraig steelworks. Later it was used to import coal for power stations such as Longannet. In 2020 the coal unloading facilities were demolished.
04 February 2006
Firth of Clyde from the Haylie Brae above Largs in 2003
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North Ayrshire - Largs, Fairlie and Hunterston
The Firth of Clyde from the Haylie Brae above Largs in 2003, looking across the Hunterston Coal Terminal and Hunterston nuclear power stations (one Magnox, now being decommissioned, and one AGR (Advanced Gas-cooled Reactor) towards Arran, with Holy Isle and Ailsa Craig visible in the distance.
08 June 2003
Bulk carrier Golden Shanghai docking at Hunterston
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Bulk carrier Golden Shanghai attended by three tugs, docking at Hunterston coal terminal on the Firth of Clyde. Coal was still being imported at this time, but that is no longer the case, as the terminal cranes were being dismantled in early 2020.
01 June 2012
coal carrier Chin Shan at Hunterston coal terminal
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
The coal carrier Chin Shan at Hunterston coal terminal in 2009, an example of the frequent freight traffic to this terminal, which uses Great Cumbrae as a roundabout, steaming north between Great Cumbrae and Bute, then meeting tugs off the north of Great Cumbrae, which guide the vessels into port southwards down the Largs Channel. Coal is no longer being imported, and the cranes were being dimantled in early 2020.
