Peel Ports Group has named Alex McIntosh as its new Head of Marine for Scotland.
McIntosh has been promoted to a senior position at Peel Ports Clydeport, becoming the port group’s first female executive in Scotland.
She just returned to the company, having become its first female pilot in Scotland in early 2010.
Her new post, situated at the Port of Greenock, is ensuring the safe navigation of vessels ranging from luxury cruise liners to containerships across 450 square miles of ocean.
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McIntosh said: “It’s a real honour to take up this important role at Peel Ports Group. The juxtaposition between vessel types we’re dealing with every day is quite spectacular.
“One day we can be supporting a luxury cruise ship with hundreds of people on their holidays, and 200 metres up the quayside we can have a large container vessel coming in carrying consumer goods from anywhere in the world, or a road salt delivery in the winter months.”
McIntosh worked as a pilot for nearly three years before going to the Port of Aberdeen, where she eventually became Harbour Master.
The port group’s official harbour authority region extends over the West of Scotland, from Loch Fyne on the west coast of Argyll and Bute to Ayrshire, Glasgow, and everywhere in between.
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McIntosh joins the Port of Greenock during a busy moment for the facilities, with two new £25 million ($31 million) cranes recently arriving and expected to be fully operational this year.
She leads a team of five at the port, with an additional 20 team members from the larger department assisting with the authority’s water navigation.
Jim McSporran, Port Director at Peel Ports Clydeport, said: “It’s fantastic to have Alex back in the business. Alex is returning with a wealth of experience and is extremely well respected in our industry.”
