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KPL Directors Alasdair Ferguson and Carol MacKinnon hosted a visit earlier this month from Jim Fairlie MSP, Minister for Agriculture, Marine and Islands, Nathan Waldie – Private Secretary to Mr Fairlie, Hazel Bartels – Senior Delivery Lead – Farmed Fish Health and Innovation from The Scottish Government and the Chair of Highlands and Islands Enterprise – Angus Campbell and his colleagues; Alastair Nicolson – LSWR Area Manager, Ian Philp – Head of Strengthening Communities, Elaine Jamieson – Head of Life Sciences and the Blue Economy and Gillian Frampton – Creative Design Manager. The visit started with a company presentation to […]

Alasdair Ferguson – Managing Director attended the Leadvent Group Floating Wind Europe Conference in London last week. The event brought together experts in floating wind technology to discuss technical challenges, innovations, and solutions for the offshore wind sector. Key topics discussed include the bankability of floating wind, industrialisation and commercialisation strategies, port and supply chain readiness, and operational challenges Alasdair commented: “It was great to attend and be part of the recent Leadvent Conference in London. An industry leading event for business leaders in Floating Wind Europe. It was a great opportunity to make new connections within the sector”.

We’ve officially come full circle. Twelve months ago, we launched our first project update video, and while we’ve come full circle in time, the dry dock certainly doesn’t look like a circle anymore. Over the last year, circa 1 million tonnes of rock have been blasted and moved. New land has emerged from the water, infrastructure has taken shape, and the footprint of the extended dry dock and reclaimed foreshore is now clearly visible. What started as a vision , drawings, plans and ambitions is rapidly becoming reality. As Phase 1A moves into its final stages, the project remains on track for completion in autumn 2026. Every blast, […]

KPL hosted a visit from the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB) last week. Alasdair Ferguson – Managing Director, Kevin Ferguson – Director, Operations & Projects and Mike Bauermeister – Port General Manager welcomed Jennifer Matthews and Adam Lewis, Coastal Inspectors from the Navigation team at the NLB to Kishorn Port. Jennifer and Adam visited our exhibition stand at a conference earlier this year and were interested to learn more about the Port and visit in person. We were more than happy to accommodate their request and show them around the site and share our master plan vision for the future. They were […]

KPL Directors Carol MacKinnon and Kevin Ferguson hosted a visit from the UK Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) Ports and Offshore Wind team; Paulina Dence, Senior Policy Advisor, Chloe McCallum, Head of Offshore Wind Ports, Jamie Leatham – Senior Government Advisor – Floating & Deepwater Offshore Wind. Joining the visit from British Ports Association was Mark Simmonds, Director of Policy & External Affairs along Greg Paterson, Senior Development Manager – Energy Supply Chain & Infrastructure and Chantal Geyer, Senior Project Manager from Highlands and Islands Enterprise. The focus of the visit was to help DESNZ better […]

We are delighted to share that we have won the prestigious “Sustainability in Decommissioning Award” at the recent Decom Mission Dinner and Award Ceremony held in Aberdeen on Thursday night. The category celebrated the progress reached to date of the regeneration of Kishorn Port yard and dry dock to facilitate the decommissioning of oil and gas structures in a safe and environmentally friendly manner, whilst maximising material recycling potential. It is testament to the hard work of all team members involved, who have been a part of KPL, past and present. It is also very fitting that this year marks […]

KPL Director Carol MacKinnon and our Port General Manager, Mike Bauermeister hosted a visit from Mike Spain, Director – Marine and Tom Inglis, Head of Aquaculture from Crown Estate Scotland earlier this week. This was their first time visiting and discussions focused on the Crown Estate’s activities relative to ports. It was an ideal opportunity to show them around the site and the developments to date with the Dry Dock extension. Carol commented; “It was a pleasure for us to welcome Mike and Tom to site and share with them an update on our expansion works to date with our […]

Today, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal was welcomed to the major expansion project at Kishorn Port. The Royal visitor met staff and contractors during a tour of the west coast site, which is one of Scotland’s most strategically important deep water energy industry facilities. Kishorn boasts one of Europe’s largest dry docks, which was officially opened by The Princess Royal’s brother, King Charles III, 50 years ago this year. The current £42.2million expansion project will enable the Port, originally established as an oil and gas industry yard, to play a pivotal role in delivery of offshore wind projects. Kishorn […]

We had a great visit recently, where KPL Directors; Alasdair Ferguson and Carol Mackinnon welcomed Account Executives Ann-Marie MacRae and Jeremy Kinsman, from our insurers A J G Gallagher. They were given a tour of the site to see firsthand the progress with the phase 1a construction at the Port  

Congratulations to both the UHI men’s and women’s teams on becoming 2026 champions! We’re proud at KPL to sponsor both teams and support their continued success. An outstanding achievement all round! UHI has around 36,000 students enrolled each year, and community, education and sport are something KPL feel very passionate about and are keen to support wherever possible. “I am honoured to have captained the women’s team this year and to have had such incredible teammates beside me. To see the team finally lift the cup, after finishing third in our first year and runners-up last year, was truly an […]