Hound Point

Hound Point Terminal

Hound Point terminal at dusk
Location
Country United Kingdom
Location Firth of Forth, Scotland
Coordinates 56°2.167′N 3°18.735′W / 56.036117°N 3.312250°W / 56.036117; -3.312250Coordinates: 56°2.167′N 3°18.735′W / 56.036117°N 3.312250°W / 56.036117; -3.312250
Details
Opened 1975
Operated by BP
Owned by BP
Type of harbor oil terminal, Panamax

Hound Point is a marine terminal on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, Scotland, just east of the Forth Bridge. Opened in 1975, it is owned and operated by BP as an oil-export terminal for North Sea oil and is the largest such facility in Scotland. The name also refers to a rocky headland on the Forth's southern shore.

The terminal is made up of two sea-island berths that can load vessels of up to 350,000 DWT. Crude oil, supplied by the Forties Pipeline, is loaded from a tank farm at Dalmeny on the southern shore of the estuary or direct from the pipeline.

The name 'Hound Point' derives from a local legend surrounding the lord of nearby Barnbougle Castle, currently Lord Rosebery. The legend states that one of the first lords set off to fight in the Crusades, leaving his beloved hunting-hound behind. At the moment the man was killed, the hound began howling uncontrollably, eventually dying of its grief. Ever since then, the howling ghost of the hound has appeared on the point whenever the present lord is about to die.

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