From Barges to Concrete: Britain’s New Port in the Falklands

... or not the new port will shift the balance of power or bolster Britain’s standing in the region in any significant way. Dmitry Stefanovich: The British Nuclear Trident At present, the critical ingredients of British transport infrastructure in the Falklands are the Mount Pleasant Complex (RAF Mount Pleasant) with its small port of Mare Harbour and the civilian port in Port Stanley, located next to the capital of Stanley. In the autumn of 2018, the Falkland Islands Government launched a tender for the construction of a new port, citing the poor state of the existing infrastructure. By April 2020, the government signed ...