Portsmouth Upper Harbour Ammunitioning Facility - An new £18m facility to load and unload ammunition, shells and hi-tech missiles has been completed, replacing the jetty on the Gosport side of Portsmouth Harbour which has served the Royal Navy well for more than 80 years.    VolkerStevin Marine has spent the last ten (10) months building the jetty which sits in the harbour, with lighters ferrying out the ammunition from its secure storage in Gosport to the new facility, from where it can be loaded on to waiting RN warships.   It can be used to load or offload ammunition such as SEAWOLF and SEA VIPER  missiles and 4.5in shells in winds of up to Force Six (30mph).    The facility includes two (2) hydraulic cranes and mooring pontoons – is 85m long and 15m wide and can accommodate ships up to 10,000 tonnes