Editing Port Talbot (section)

===Port Talbot docks===
The [[Port Talbot Docks]] complex consist of an inner set of floating docks and an outer tidal basin. Construction of the tidal basin began in 1964 and the whole basin covers about {{convert|500|acre|ha|abbr=off|sigfig=1}}.<ref>[http://www.coastguard.ukf.net/pthistory.html www.coastguard.ukf.net: Port Talbot Coastguard Search and Rescue Emergency Team History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512011047/http://www.coastguard.ukf.net/pthistory.html |date=12 May 2008 }}</ref> The tidal basin is capable of handling ships of up to 170,000 [[Deadweight tonnage|DWT]] and is used mostly for the import of [[iron ore]] and coal for use by nearby [[Port Talbot Steelworks]]. The inner floating docks were constructed in 1898<ref>[http://www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/downloads/udp/complete_lowquality.pdf www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk: complete_lowquality.pdf] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821171138/http://www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk/downloads/udp/complete_lowquality.pdf |date=21 August 2008 }}</ref> and were closed in 1959. They were re-opened in 1998 for commercial shipping and in March 2007 for the import of some steel products<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abports.co.uk/news20075640.htm|title=Associated British Ports News: Port Talbot Docks Handles First Steel Cargo For Nearly Four Decades |publisher=Abports.co.uk |access-date=25 November 2013}}</ref> and are capable of handling ships of up to 8,000 dwt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abport.co.uk/custinfo/ports/port/facilities.htm |title=Associated British Ports: Port Facilities |publisher=Abport.co.uk |access-date=25 November 2013 |archive-date=27 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927125657/http://www.abport.co.uk/custinfo/ports/port/facilities.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> There have been proposals for the development of an [[Intermodal freight transport|intermodal freight]] terminal at the port.