ABP ANNOUNCES MARINE MANAGEMENT CHANGES

ABP ANNOUNCES MARINE MANAGEMENT CHANGES

Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced that Captain James Chestnutt, ABP�s Marine Adviser and the Harbour Master and Deputy Port Manager at the Port of Southampton, has decided to retire on 30 September 2004.Captain Chestnutt will be succeeded as ABP�s Marine Adviser by Captain Philip Holliday, who will retain his current position as Marine Manager, South Wales Ports.Captain Chestnutt�s successor as Harbour Master, Southampton, will be Captain Steven Young, currently the Port Manager at ABP Barrow and Silloth.

Captain Chestnutt, 61, retires after a very successful career with both ABP and the Royal Navy.He joined ABP in 1993, after completing three years as The Queen�s Harbour Master and Captain of the Port at Portsmouth, and 30 years� service with the Royal Navy.

Philip Holliday, 36, is a Class 1 Master Mariner.Before joining ABP in 1998, he spent 11 years at sea, before gaining a first-class BSc degree in Business Information Studies at the University of Teesside.He has been Marine Manager, South Wales Ports, since 2002.

Steven Young, 46, is a Class 1 Master Mariner who, prior to joining ABP as Deputy Harbour Master at Southampton in 1990, had a 15-year career at sea with P&O Steam Navigation Co. He was appointed Port Manager at ABP Barrow and Silloth in 2000.

26th August 2004

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