ruben.maritime: Denholm moves up in UK agency

Denholm moves up in UK agency

LONDON 19 December – Denholm Barwil (DB), the agency arm of the J&J Denholm shipping group, has become the largest provider of port agency services in the south-west UK, through the acquisition of South Coast UK, owned by the international minerals group Imerys. The acquisition gives DB offices at Bristol, Portbury, Falmouth, Fowey, Portland and Poole. This takes the company's UK operation to 17 port officers serving 34 ports and handling in excess of 5,000 calls a year. DB managing director Niall Denholm said that “our strategy of managed growth means that we are looking at locations where the other national agency companies do not have representation, and also to develop niche markets such as cruise and military. The UK market is served by five main groups, and we are in the top three by volume.” He would not say whether there were any ports in which DB would particularly like to be represented. As to Group relations, Denholm said: “We work with a number of partners where we are not as strong as we should be and we also work with other Denholm group companies.”

Etiquetas: international maritime affairs