Peel Ports

Peel Ports is the UK’s second largest port group, owning and operating six of the UK’s most important ports (Liverpool, Heysham, Manchester, Medway (Sheerness/Chatham), Clydeport and Great Yarmouth).

It also owns the Manchester Ship Canal and BG Freight shipping line, and operates a container terminal in Dublin.

Peel Ports handles 65 million tonnes of cargo every year, which equates to around 13% of the total UK major ports traffic. Headquartered in Liverpool, it employs around 1,200 staff, and had revenue of £ 596 million and EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) of £ 212m for the year ending March 31 2016.

Peel Ports is part of the Peel Group, one of the UK’s foremost privately owned investment enterprises.

Group strategy embraces a broad range of sectors - land and property, transport and logistics, retail and leisure, energy and media - with assets owned or under management of more than £ 5 billion.