Tour Scotland Video Athos Cargo Ship Perth Perthshire

Tour Scotland travel video of Athos cargo ship docking at the harbour on visit and trip to Perth, Perthshire, Scotland. All the cargo ships arriving in Perth have to dock by this method, that is, by reversing into the harbour. Located at Friarton, opposite Moncreiffe Island, one mile South of the town centre, Perth Harbour is effectively the highest point of the River Tay navigable by sea going vessels, 30 miles inland from the North Sea. This modest harbour was built in the 1840s for Perth Harbour Commissioners to plans which had been drawn up by Robert Stevenson, born 1772, died 1850, and his son Alan, born 1807, died 1865. Stevenson's plan was not fully implemented due to financial difficulties; a permanent navigable channel in the River Tay was never completed and the harbour was smaller than intended. In part due to the coming of the railway, the Harbour Commissioners were bankrupted in 1854 and the harbour was taken over by Perth Town Council, whose successors still run it today in the form of Perth and Kinross Council. Quays were added in 1898 and 1939, which remain in use today, and significant improvements were carried out in 1955

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