Portland has an active port and which has built upon its Royal Navy heritage by accommodating some of the largest cruise liners in existence. Portland is also host to the National Sailing Academy.
Weymouth & Portland is a densely populated area with the urban area covering 59% of the borough and housing 81% of the population. The Weymouth & Portland area is a centre for employment with about 19,000 employees in employment and around 2,180 businesses, excluding the self-employed.
Communications
The borough has road links to the 
Bournemouth-Poole conurbation via the A354 Dorchester road via Wareham, and rail links to London and Bristol.
Weymouth & Portland have harbours with registered fishing vessels. Weymouth has 59 vessels and Portland has 27 (as at October 2010). Portland Port offers services for commercial shipping cruises vessel and Royal Naval contracts.
Commercial land
Key industrial sites in Weymouth & Portland
- Basepoint Business Centre
- Lynch Lane Industrial Estate
- Granby Industrial Estate
- Weymouth Gateway
- Osprey Quay
- Portland Port
- Southwell Business Park