Port of Truro

Truro’s commercial cargo activity centres on Lighterage Quay at Newham, downstream from the city centre. The quay has handled materials such as grain, fertiliser, scrap metal, cement and construction supplies, giving this river port a practical role in regional freight movements.

Covered and open storage support the transfer of cargo between small seagoing vessels and road transport. Project cargo has also passed through the port. Its position within Cornwall connects short-sea shipping with customers in the surrounding county and the wider South West.

Commercial shipping shares the wider harbour with moorings, leisure craft and the marina at Malpas. The approach follows the Fal and Truro river system, narrowing upstream towards the quay. That tidal setting shapes the relationship between the city waterfront, sheltered mooring areas and working cargo facilities.