Ports billionaire accused of leaving Scots site to ruin bagged £22m in a year

A billionaire tax exile accused of failing to maintain one of Scotland’s main ferry terminals banked a £22 million dividend from his ports empire last year.

The Isle of Man-based tycoon has been accused of blocking the development of key industrial assets like the huge Inchgreen dry dock, in Greenock, which was built with public money in the 1960s but has been largely mothballed for decades. The Peel Group, 68 per cent of which is owned by the Whittaker family, owns 37.6 per cent of Peel Ports, which entitles them to around £22million.

CalMac services to and from Arran have been badly affected by the emergency closure of Ardrossan’s Irish berth earlier this year after safety inspections.

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