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Nigel Kent to lead Peel Ports projects team

[ October 5, 2026   //   ]

Peel Ports Group has appointed Nigel Kent as its first head of project cargo. He moves from a head of commercial role at Peel Ports Logistics and, rather than customers dealing with a different contact at each port, now leads a single team across the  network.

He is based at Ellesmere Port with a national remit. He first joined Peel Ports Logistics – formerly Quality Freight UK – in 2010 as a commercial manager, becoming head of commercial in 2021.

He said: “Previously project cargo used to be handled on a port by port basis, but bringing it together under one team gives customers a single point of contact, gives a clearer line of communication throughout  projects and highlights synergies across our UK ports.”

“The energy transition market is changing what moves through UK ports, whether it be power station components or renewables infrastructure, and these schemes are planned many years in advance. We’re already working with clients on projects that won’t begin until the end of the decade. Getting involved early is where we are able to add  the most value to the supply chain.”

Handling project cargo depends on capacity such as laydown land, quay strength, heavy lift craneage and suitable road access, interfaced with the highways authority and traffic policing, which Peel Ports Group offers across all its sites. King George V Dock at Clydeport in Glasgow has handled components for more than 1,200 wind turbines since 2005 and recently opened a £3 million egress road to move oversized loads more efficiently.

In 2025 it delivered a 178-tonne transformer and cooler to the Deeside Converter Station for National Grid’s £54 billion transmission upgrade, among the heaviest abnormal loads ever to move through a UK port. The port operator also announced plans last year to develop a new deep water terminal and 350 metres of extra quay at Port of East Anglia to support project cargo.

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