Two port stalwarts have retired from their roles after clocking up almost 100 years on the Humber.
Ships agency manager Roy Kersey and very large ships pilot Dave Hunter have put in 48 years and 47 years respectively for employers DFDS and ABP.
Roy had become the longest serving UK employee, for the former, a feat unlikely to be replicated. He began his career at the age of 15 with John Sutcliffe and Sons in Grimsby in 1975 who were agents for DFDS. When DFDS opened its own office in the town they asked him to come on board, and when the company moved to its Immingham site in 1995 he was instrumental in the transfer of operations.
