A contract to provide security services for the ports of Plymouth and Southampton by Associated British Ports (ABP) has gone to Profile Security Services. Profile reports that ABP is an existing customer. The four year deal agreed recently will transfer from the ports’ security supplier, G4S, whose staff will also transfer to Profile on January 1, 2014. Profile says that its new contract includes cover for an associated freight terminal at Hams Hall, Birmingham also run by ABP, Britain’s largest port operator.
Lincolnshire-based Profile Managing Director Martin McGowan-Scanlon said: “This is a substantial contract which reflects the high quality service provided by Profile as well as a competitive pricing structure and a flexible approach to customer needs. It also further cements our position as the leading independent security company within the security industry. It is a significant win and adds to our other recent successes in the area of Critical National Infrastructure.”
Profile adds that it has committed to opening an office in Southampton. This will add to the company’s ten regional offices around the UK. Profile already manages port security at other ports: Ramsgate, Goole, Leith and Hull. Profile will also start operations at Ipswich early in 2014.
About the Port of Southampton
The Port of Southampton is one of the UK’s principal automotive ports, landing and exporting over 750,000 vehicles each year. It is also the country’s premier cruise port and the UK’s most productive container port. Profile will manage security for all the port’s cargo installations, as well as overseeing cruise passenger movements for prestigious operators such as Cunard, P&O Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Celebrity Cruise Line, Saga and Fred Olsen.
The Statutory Harbour Authority for Plymouth handles over two million tonnes of cargo a year, as well as managing leisure traffic in and out of its sailing clubs and marinas. Profile’s responsibilities will include overseeing security for Plymouth’s Continental ferry port, cruise liner operations and general cargo facilities.
About Profile Security
Profile Security Services Limited is based at Barrow-Upon-Humber and has offices in Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, London and Warrington. Established in 1980, the company provides a range of services from manned guarding, electronic security and alarm response to facilities management and services such as lone worker monitoring, investigations and surveillance work.
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