Historic Projects
In 1977, excavation took place in the dry dock with over 3,000 workers being housed on site in two great ocean liners ‘ Rangatira and Odysseus’.
In an effort to escape the downturn in oil exploration and production, the Port diversified to construction, before bankruptcy took hold in 1986, followed by the clearance and closure of the site. More about the history of the Port
Historic Projects
Buchan Alpha
Serviced in Kishorn Port, BP’s ‘Buchan Alpha 18,000 tonne structure was modified for a major refit and conversion to gas lift operations for the North Sea. Pre-planning and daily scheduling were essential to the completion of this project, fitting new and serviced piping, ducting and wiring to the existing systems. Followed by a rigorous and […]
Maureen Platform
In 1981, Phillips Petroleum contracted Howard Doris to construct an articulated concrete loading column for the Maureen Platform, 5 concrete sections were cast in Kishorn Dry Dock. The platform weighing in at 110,000 tonne was the largest steel gravity structure in the North Sea and once complete was floated out in 1983 on a barge […]
Skye Bridge
The Skye Bridge is 500 metres long and is a prestressed concrete haunched structure road bridge and uses the principle of a balanced cantilever in its design. Construction of the Skye Bridge began in 1992, with the design focused on providing direct access from Kyle of Lochalsh to the Isle of Skye.
Raasay Ferry Terminal
Leiths (Scotland) Ltd supplied the concrete to Balfour Beatty for the manufacture of the “lego” building blocks for the new £12m Raasay Ferry Terminal. Early in 2008, Leith’s (Scotland) Ltd began the quarrying of Torridonian Sandstone at Kishorn in the vicinity of what was known as Area 6. An order was received from Balfour Beatty […]
St Kilda World Heritage Site
Galliford Try were appointed as the main contractor for the redevelopment of the MOD facilities on the remote British Island, St Kilda. Galliford Try leased an area at Kishorn Port throughout 2017-2019 and used the Port as its main onshore operating base throughout the contract. The site was used to store and distribute the building […]
Highland Road Salt
Highland road salt is brought in via Kishorn Port and Dry Dock. In 2011, Ferguson Transport & Shipping, one of KPL’s partners, secured an agreement with Highland Council to berth, discharge and transport all the road salt required locally in the area through Kishorn Port to the local depots in and around Wester Ross for […]
Highland Council TEC Services
Highland Council issued its Annual Framework tender for 2011 and for the first time Kishorn Quarry was included in the Group’s submission In late April 2011, The Highland Council TEC Services decided to trial Kishorn Chippings in their West Coast Surface Dressing Programme through KPL partner Leiths (Scotland) Ltd. In the last few weeks of […]
Ninian Central
In the early 1970’s, 1.8 million tonnes of Torridonian Sandstone was blasted out of the mountainside to create the dry dock and Howard Doris Ltd started to build the Ninian Central oil platform in August 1975 for Chevron Petroleum (UK) Ltd. Over 3,000 people were employed to construct the concrete platform. They were locally called the “Kishorn […]