The Port of Milford Haven’s Board has announced the appointment of Tim Bownes as a new executive Board member.
Tim, who is the Port’s Engineering Director, has a wide range of experience covering ports and the construction industry both in the UK and overseas, including work in environmentally sensitive areas. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer and in 1997 was appointed Chief Engineer of Mersey Docks and Harbour Company, taking responsibility for a wide range of projects and maintenance activities for the group’s ports at Liverpool, Birkenhead, Heysham, Sheerness and Chatham. Whilst in Liverpool, Tim was responsible for the consenting and construction of the Twelve Quays ferry terminal and for obtaining consent for the in-river terminal now known as Liverpool 2. Tim has also worked on the Doha New Port in Qatar, a new coastguard harbour near Muscat in Oman and a new port on Boubyan Island in Kuwait.
Chairman of the Port of Milford Haven, Peter Jones, welcomed the appointment. “We are at an exciting point in our diversification strategy and plans to develop Milford Waterfront and Pembroke Port are now progressing at a pace. Tim will bring specialist advice in terms of infrastructure planning and development as we develop these assets alongside our operation as a thriving deep water port,” he said.
Photo: Tim Bownes has joined the Port’s Board
Notes to Editors
Port of Milford Haven
The Port of Milford Haven is the UK’s top energy port and Wales’ busiest port handling around 20% of Britain’s seaborne trade in oil and gas. It is widely recognised in the industry as the energy capital of the UK.
The Port, along with the cluster of energy-related businesses along the Waterway, is a key driver of economic activity in Pembrokeshire, attracting inward investment and supporting over 4,000 jobs.
The Port of Milford Haven also owns and operates Pembroke Port and Milford Dock. Activities such as cargo handling, ferry operations, fish landing and cruise calls as well as a first class marina are spread across these two sites.
One of the most prominent on the West Coast, the Port is in the heart of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, the only Coastal National Park in Great Britain. It is marked as a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) and has many areas designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
The Port of Milford Haven is a Trust port – an independent, commercially run organisation that has statutory responsibilities governed by its Acts, to maintain and improve navigation and the provision of Port and Harbour services and facilities. Additionally, the Port provides significant financial and in-kind support to a wide variety of local causes. All profits are retained within the business to fund these objectives.
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Anna Malloy
Port of Milford Haven
01646 696100
anna.malloy@mhpa.co.uk