Ardrossan Harbour September 2025 Commercially Sensitive Peel Ports More Than Ports 1 Unsolicited Bid and Outcome ▪ Following an unsolicited bid in 2015 to the Scottish Government (SG) from the owners of the Port of Troon, (ABP) to relocate the services to Troon, the Scottish Transport Minister requested a full evaluation of the joint proposal from Peel Ports Group (PPG) and North Ayrshire Council (NAC) compared with ABP’s. ▪ In April 2017, the decision was made that Ardrossan was the preferred location to service Arran, given the strong case put forward by PPG and NAC. ▪ Publicly, both parties committed in 2017 to spending £15.5m, of which PPG were replacing the link span and making a £2.2m contribution towards the new terminal building, totalling £8.4m of investment. ▪ From 2017 to 2020, various iterations of the redevelopment took place before the final scheme was agreed.