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This page has been designed to give you an overview of Harwich International Port.

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Harwich International Port (HIP) is one of the UK's leading multi-purpose freight and passenger ports. It is a member of the Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Group, the world's leading port investor, developer and operator with interests in 15 countries throughout Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Today, HPH operates a total of 177 Berths in 32 ports worldwide together with a number of transportation related service companies. HIP has been receiving cruise ships for the past 10 years and is a well established port for ships cruising in Northern Europe. In 2002 a record 51 cruise ships called, with over 75,000 passengers.  For small ships, 3 anchorage options are available (outside of winter bird breeding season) - the most stunning of these being in Stour River in an area where saltmarsh and intertidal mudflats adjoin ancient sweet chesnut woods forming the RSPB Stour Estuary reserve which are linked by the Essex Way footpath it is a beautiful area on the very edge of Constable Country. For a virtual tour of the area please visit the The Harwich Society site.

Harwich's Town's importance as a port is a result of its location; protruding out into the estuary of the rivers Orwell and Stour, it commands the only safe anchorage between the Thames and the Humber. Harwich is famous for is sea-faring history and heritage; once used as the base for English fleets in 14th and 15th centuries, then later as the Headquarters of the King's Navy. Harwich has strong connections with the Pilgrim Fathers who travelled to America in 1620. It was here that the Mayflower ship was built and was home to Master Christopher Jones, who's originally Elizabethan House, rebuilt in 17th Century can still be seen. Visitors can follow the Maritime Trail taking in the Ha'penny Visitor Centre and its Mayflower exhibition, Grade One listed Guildhall, lifeboat museum and the restored Napoleonic Redoubt Fort.
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