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All change at Peel Ports

Peel Ports chairman Tom Allison is standing down 4 April but will remain on the Peel Group board as a non-executive director while current chief executive Mark Whitworth will stand down but assume the role of chairman. Claudio Veritiero will take over as new chief executive. Mark Whitworth (pictured, top) joined Peel Ports as Chief Executive in 2010 and has led major transformations including the concept and launch of the Liverpool2 ... [+]

Peel wins award for its clean, green fleet

Peel Ports Group has won a Greenfleet award for switching more than 50% of its fleet to electric, in the Private Sector Commercial Fleet of the Year (Small to Medium) category. Peel Ports is saving an average of 132 g/km of CO2 per vehicle per week, or over 31 tonnes per year. The ... [+]

Peel Ports to go net zero in 19 years

Peel Ports Group has committed to becoming a net zero operator by 2040, ten years ahead of the UK Government’s national decarbonising targets. Peel owns the Port of Liverpool, Clydeport and London Medway, and says it is the first major port group to convey such ambitious plans towards tackling climate change. By ... [+]

Let’s spread the load, urges Peel Ports boss

Peel Ports, the UK’s second-largest port operator is calling for the supply chain to make better use of the entire port network across the country helping to address problems caused by bottlenecks in the South-East. Managing director of group ports, David Huck, says that, according to Maritime UK figures, the top ... [+]

Quality Freight becomes Peel Ports

Quality Freight UK is to change its name to Peel Ports Logistics to reflect its current owner, which acquired the business in 2019. The shipping and freight forwarding company will roll the new brand across the business, assets and digital platforms. Peel Ports Group and Quality Freight UK will continue to develop ... [+]

Peel completes Sheerness stage one

Peel Ports has completed its first, £27 million, round of investment at its 50-acre Wellmarsh site in Sheerness. A further 25-acres of timber storage facilities have been constructed, and the port is currently the largest terminal of its kind in the UK, handling 1.3 million tonnes of timber and forest ... [+]

Liverpool wins Turkey and Canada links

MSC is to introduce a new call in Liverpool, as part of a rotation including Canada, Turkey and southern European ports. It follows the news that the 2M alliance, of which MSC is a member with Maersk, will make Liverpool a permanent call on its TA4 transatlantic service. The new Canada ... [+]

Peel seeks fresh talent

Peel Ports is set to bring 250 new staff on board during 2019 in anticipation of further business growth. It is particularly aiming to recruit function heads, senior managers, operations experts, and supply chain and business leaders from beyond the traditional port community as it aims to expand its wider ... [+]

Peel seeks fresh talent

Peel Ports is set to bring 250 new staff on board during 2019 in anticipation of further business growth. It is particularly aiming to recruit function heads, senior managers, operations experts, and supply chain and business leaders from beyond the traditional port community as it aims to expand its wider ... [+]

Liverpool a permanent fixture for 2M Alliance

The 2M shipping alliance – Maerk Line and MSC is to make permanent the temporary Liverpool call on its transpacific TA4 service introduced after last summer’s disruption in Felixstowe. The port rotation will be Antwerp, Rotterdam, Bremerhaven, Liverpool, Newark, Savannah, Port Everglades and North Charleston and the route will by ... [+]

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