Port St Mary Port St Mary Port St Mary ( or "Purt-noo-Moirrey") is a village district in the south-west of the Isle of Man. The village takes its name from the former Chapel of St Mary () which is thought to have overlooked Chapel Bay in the village. Its population is 1,953 according to the 2011 census. In the 19th century it was sometimes called Port-le-Murray. Port St Mary is located in the south-western part of the island, near Port Erin. A railway station is just north of the village, one of the stops on the surviving section of the Isle of Man
The Peel Group Ports was formed in 2005 and followed the acquisition of the Manchester Ship Canal Company in 1986, Clydeport plc in 2003 and Mersey Docks and Harbour Company in 2005. Peel Ports comprises operations in Liverpool, Manchester Ship Canal, Heysham, Glasgow, Medway, Dublin and Great Yarmouth. Peel Ports operates BG Freight Shipping Line. In 2007 Peel Ports acquired a majority investment in Cammell Laird in Birkenhead and in late 2015 it extended its port activities with the acquisition of the East Coast port of Great Yarmouth. Having been restricted by the lock gate infrastructure in the port of Liverpool and the