Forth Ports

Chartered accountant Stuart Wallace is to be the next group chief executive of Forth Ports after Charles Hammond OBE announced he will step down from the role next summer. Over the next six months, Mr Hammond will work closely with Mr Wallace, currently the company's chief operating officer and a bo

Cruise ship calls in 2023 for Forth Ports’ Capital Cruising business on Scotland’s east coast are set to jump by 50%, with around 150 cruise ships, carrying an estimated 225,000 passengers, expected to visit Edinburgh, Fife and Dundee this year.

The Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest freight hub, has delivered an abundant ‘tattie’ season with 65,000 tonnes of seed potato exported around the globe from Grangemouth. The busy container terminal grew annual volumes with 150,000 containers moving through the port in 2022.

Forth Ports Limited has acquired Dundee-based project engineering company OM Heavy Lift (OMHL) for an undisclosed sum.  The acquisition further enhances Forth Ports’ ability to offer an attractive, full-service package for offshore renewables projects, providing marine services; quayside

Forth Ports has appointed Matt McCreath as its new group financial controller.  The group has also appointed Michelle Primrose as group HR manager.

Forth Ports Limited has acquired the entire share capital of Targe Towing Limited for an undisclosed sum.

A round-up of business news from across Scotland featuring: Bancon Homes' expansion plans for Central Belt; PPE wins for Tayside and Fife firms; Gravitricity's sign-up with Forth Ports and Sedgwick's new home at Glasgow’s Sentinel.