With the exception of the port of Hunterston, which was acquired in 1993, the Clydeport business grouping has been in existence since the mid 1960s and was formerly conducted by Clyde Port Authority - a statutory Trust port formed in 1966 from the merger of the Clyde Navigation Trust, the Greenock Harbour Trust and the Clyde Lighthouses Trust.

Clyde Port Authority was privatised in 1992, and following privatisation was acquired by the Authority’s then management and employees. Clydeport obtained a full listing on the London Stock Exchange in December 1994, and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Peel Holdings plc in Jan 2003.

Clydeport’s headquarters have been in Glasgow since its formation in the mid 1960s.

Brief history of Clydeport and the Clyde