News / Major box lines sign up to decommission ships at revitalised Scottish dock

After two decades, the Inchgreen dry dock at Greenock, Scotland, is to be restored to use, after two decades, as a vessel decommissioning facility, following a deal between owner Peel Ports and Atlas Decommissioning.

Atlas already has “two blue chip container lines signed up” and is “in talks with another two”, MD Michael Dixon told The Loadstar.

“They are less than 20 years old, some of these vessels,” he added.

The dimensions of the dock, at 300 x 45 metres, means it can accommodate ...