How much power can my port get, and when?
Median grid capacity at a UK port is 5.5 MW, and some ports report waits of up to 15 years for new connections.
No UK-wide register tracks quay wall or runway condition.
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Respondents who say they or their customers lost business for lack of electricity. DfT, Aug 2026
£24m
Portsmouth's shore power system waited on a grid connection delayed to April 2026. BBC News, Feb 2026
20 Mar 2025
A substation fire closed Heathrow. A moisture reading logged in July 2018 had not been acted on. NESO review, 2025
What Savitram does in ports and airports.
- See
Watch quays, substations and aprons from your own records and CCTV, beside DfT and CAA data.
- Know
Compare peer spend and traffic using DfT port tables, CAA airport data and company accounts.
- Comply
Draft NIS evidence, Port Marine Safety Code declarations and UK ETS maritime reports from your records.
- Plan
Model power needs for cranes, shore power and charging against DfT grid figures and NESO data.
The data behind every ports and airports record.
Public registers, read on each publisher's own schedule, joined with your data and Savitram's data.
- Port and waterborne freight statisticsDfT · Quarterly and yearly
- UK airport dataCAA · Monthly and yearly
- Port Marine Safety Code compliant portsMCA
- Net zero ports grid capacity surveyDfT
- Freeport maps and sitesMHCLG
What is coming up.
- 26 Oct 2026Lords Report Stage of the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill.
- Nov 2026The CAA publishes its H8 final proposals for Heathrow.
- Nov 2026NATS submits its NR28 plan for 2028 to 2032.
Who uses it.
Heads of engineering. Energy and sustainability managers. Chief information security officers. Operations and resilience directors. Heads of regulatory finance.
We build and run AI systems on your inspection logs, work orders and load profiles, and train engineers and operations staff to use them.