Predominantly used for imports of coking coal, minerals and ores to the steelworks, Port Talbot Tidal Harbour offers a unique port location, able to accommodate vessels of up to 16m draught. On 7 June 2022, Councillor Robert Wood was appointed the mayor of Neath Port Talbot. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Swansea Bay is defined by its shallow waters with its overall physical character changing markedly according to the tides a wide intertidal zone of mudflats is exposed at low tide in the west, and maximum depths in the inner bay are of less than 10 metres. Recipients of the Freedom of the Borough. The Middle Mother Ditch and the Lower Mother Ditch flow northwards along the eastern boundary of Port Talbot steelworks, where they intercept drainage from a reen network around the Eglwys Nunydd Reservoir. The centre of the town is covered by the Port Talbot ward for local council elections. On 20 November 2007, the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) granted consent for the world's largest biomass power station to be built at Port Talbot. Some of these wards are coterminous with communities (parishes) of the same name. Cllr Warman worked as a boilermaker for more than 30 years at the Port Talbot Steel Works and was a volunteer member of the plants rescue team. The local beach is known as Aberafan Sands and is situated along the edge of the bay between the River Afan and the River Neath. behaviour changes into a standing wave, exhibited by near coincident times of high water at Swansea and Port Talbot. [11], The Cross of Brancuf an early Christian Sculptured Stone which stands in the church of St Catharine at Baglan. For the inshore area between Swansea Docks and Port Talbot, which includes the River A glimpse of past NPT Mayors from Google images. Terrestrial fossils include fern tree branches, trunks, leaves and roots. 1908. [64], The Aberavon beach is popular for surfing and kite surfing. ABP DevCo creates value from non-port-related development of underutilised land by working collaboratively with stakeholders. Sea depth around Port Talbot is 10 to 50 metres (35 to 165ft) with increasing depth with increasing distance from the coast. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. There is a varied coastline between development, including estuaries (of the rivers Tawe, Neath, Afan and Kenfig), sandy bays, dunes and low limestone cliffs and pavements. For the area identified as inshore east, there is a further flow divergence centred on Port Talbot.