Alastair Bryden

KPL Directors are delighted to announce Kishorn Port Ltd were awarded – The Highland Business Award for Innovation.“A business that has implemented new ideas, products or processes which have contributed to its success, whether in terms of profitability, new customers and/or new markets.”Kevin Ferguson, Director of Ferguson Transport & Shipping and Operations & Projects Manager for KPL, along with Grant Milne, CEO – Leiths (Scotland) Ltd, joint venture partners, received the award on behalf of KPL.Kevin Ferguson commented when receiving the award “Thank you, on behalf of all the team on the ground and the two joint venture co-founders of KPL, Ferguson Transport & Shipping and Leiths (Scotland) Ltd, this recognition is greatly appreciated.”Kevin also gave special thanks to the Inverness Chamber of Commerce for arranging the awards ceremony and to UHI who sponsored the award.It was a lovely afternoon, spent recognising the hard work and dedication of the business community within the Highlands and Islands. Congratulations to all the businesses nominated for an award and the winners.Photo credit: Highland News & Media Ltd – James MacKenzie

A great video captured recently with the loadout of processed steel from the dismantling and recycling of the semi-submersible FPF, Northern Producer. Our marine and logistics team successfully loaded the cargo of processed steel onto the bulk carrier “Day Dream”, for further recycling. The remaining structure is significantly reduced in size now, as Liberty Industrial and EMR continue to cut, downsize, and process the final balance of ferrous metal.

A successful load out by the KPL, FT&S and the EMR Team at the start of the week.The Northern Producer is significantly reduced in size now as Liberty Industrial continue to cut, downsize and process the steel.Well done to all those involved. Great team effort!

Michelle Quinn, Director of Offshore Wind visited Kishorn Port recently with Alison Gilfillan, Head of Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement & Skills. KPL Directors Alasdair Ferguson and Colin Ortlepp hosted the visit. Highlands and Islands Enterprise team members Greg Paterson, Development Manager – Large Scale Renewables and Eilidh Cameron, Head of Business Growth-Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross  also joined in the visit. It was the ideal opportunity to talk through the exciting Dock expansion plans and show Michelle around the port. The group got to see firsthand how the impressive Northern Producer recycling project is progressing. Alasdair commented “We welcomed the visit, we have a great story to tell, and with the pending offshore floating wind development plans and the potential for the manufacture of concrete substructures and the support we feel we can provide for the sector we were delighted Michelle took the time to visit us at Kishorn Port”.

Kishorn Port Ltd recently saw the blowdown of the Northern Producer. Decommissioning, demolition, and recycling of the FPF is being carried out by lead contractor Liberty Industrial, working closely with KPL and its partners.The demolition saw the controlled collapse of the platform using 38 explosive charges at strategic points. This represented one of the largest single uses of explosives at a demolition site in Europe, ensuring the platform collapsed onto itself in a controlled manner. The next stage will be to load the bulk of the ferrous metal out by sea to foundries for recycling.

KPL Directors, Alasdair Ferguson and Colin Ortlepp welcomed a visit from Alastair Campbell, Partner, Rural, Bidwells and colleague Sarah Forfar, Rural Surveyor on behalf of Crown Estate Scotland.It was great to welcome Alastair back and to catch up on development and expansion plans and to introduce Sarah to Kishorn Port & Dry Dock and to give them both a tour.We look forward to welcoming them back in the future.

KPL Directors, Alasdair Ferguson and Colin Ortlepp welcomed Inverness & Cromarty Firth Green Freeport CEO Calum MacPherson along with his colleague Alli Vass, PowerHouse Manager and local 17 Culloden and Ardersier Councillor, Morvern Reid.Calum welcomed the opportunity to visit and see first-hand the activities going on at Kishorn Port. The guests had a site tour and got to hear about the exciting plans for the future, creating new jobs, the potential for concrete substructure manufacturing and improved port infrastructure. There was also the opportunity to explore what synergies there are between the Green Freeports on the East and a large energy port such as Kishorn on the West of Scotland.KPL Directors were delighted to host the meeting. Calum left with a far better understanding, of the “unique capabilities that Kishorn Port and Dry Dock has to offer, which will help inform future potential joint projects”.Please use the link below to view our expansion plans fly over video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QZP7RUthcQ

KPL Directors Alasdair Ferguson, Colin Ortlepp and Carol MacKinnon were all on site to witness the very impressive blow down of the Northern Producer last month.The Directors were joined by Project Director – Decommissioning, Lawrence Henderson and the wider members of the Liberty Industrial team, contractors and Gordon Donald, Vice President Marketing & Contracts, Regional Manager Europe & Africa of the Northern Offshore Ltd team along with Yongxi Bono Teng and Roy Baoliang Lu. Helen Murchieson, Chair of the Local Community Council was also invited along to see firsthand this important stage of decommissioning.Also joining the group for this momentous occasion, was Bill Cattanach, Head of Supply Chain and Sylvia Buchan, Supply Chain Manager of the NSTA to witness the event.Due to the nature of the demolition and use of controlled explosives the Fire Brigade were also on site, as a precautionary measure.More extensive footage of the Northern Producer blow down will be shared to our social media pages very soon!

KPL Director, Alasdair Ferguson welcomed a visit from Kenny Taylor, Partner – Energy Infrastructure, Zero Waste Scotland and colleagues Helen Lavery, Partner (Regional Development) and Lewis Cowie, Graduate Analyst.The main focus for discussion was Kishorn Port’s plans for sustainability and circular economy. It was also a great opportunity to share first hand the decommissioning activities of the Northern Producer which is currently in the dry dock and after the recent successful blow down.Meetings also took place on site with Clinton Dick, Co-Owner and Director of Liberty Industrial Ltd, the owners of the asset and principal recycling contractor, along with their Project Manager, Adam King and Kyle Coleman, Demolition Supervisor.It was a great visit, with a project update, how it was going, and the sharing of the experiences gained to date, all of which was thoroughly enjoyed by all, and we look forward to engaging further in the future.

The KPL team spent two very busy and productive days networking and catching up with friends, suppliers, and customers during the All-Energy Exhibition and Conference 2024. Thank you to all those who visited our stand and chatted to us about current and future happenings at Kishorn Port, and we look forward to keeping in touch and seeing you all again soon.