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We were delighted to welcome Scotland’s Deputy First Minister, Kate Forbes MSP, to Kishorn Port recently. The visit gave us a very welcome opportunity to show her at first hand the rapid progress that is being made on our £42.2million expansion project.Last month, the Deputy First Minister announced investment of up to £24m by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), enabling us to deliver this major development. It will enable Kishorn Port to play a pivotal role in the delivery of offshore wind projects in Scotland and elsewhere. Within days of the Deputy First Minister’s announcement, work got underway on this project, which […]

We recently welcomed back the Bakkafrost vessel “Bakkanes” into Kishorn Port after her refit, where she will load out smolts in due course. Also evident in the photographs is the investment made by KPL with the new concrete abutment improvements, carried out in recent times on both the East and the West sides, encasing the older sheet piled walls. Future proofing further the dry dock infrastructure. The marine design engineers for the works were Wallace Stone and the specialist diving contractor work was carried out by Shearwater Marine Services Ltd.

KPL Director, Alasdair Ferguson welcomed members of the West Highland Chamber of Commerce for a very special visit last week. The Chamber are running a series of “Behind the Scenes” tours and Kishorn Port & Dry Dock were delighted to host one of these visits.   The group were treated to refreshments and then shown a company overview presentation by Alasdair in the Ocean Great White room. A tour of the port site and Dry Dock followed. It was a great opportunity for the Chamber members to see first-hand the impressive services and facilities on offer at Kishorn Port. Frazer […]

It’s great to see the dumpers and diggers arriving on site this week to begin construction of the new laydown area and the extension to the dry dock. We welcomed Alastair Nicolson, Area Manager for Lochaber, Skye and Wester Ross, and the HIE team, along with Helen Murchison, Chair of the local Lochcarron Community Council, who joined KPL Directors and management staff. Staff from R J McLeod (Contractors) Ltd also joined in celebrating the start of the project and the machines mobilising on site.

Construction work is starting next week on our £42.2million expansion project, which will prepare Kishorn Port to play a pivotal role in delivery of offshore wind projects in Scotland and elsewhere. This major development will see the size of the dry dock increased and land reclaimed to create capacity for the manufacture of concrete floating offshore wind foundations. It will enable us to provide full integration, with laydown, marshalling and assembly, in the long-term. With a quarry on-site, Kishorn Port is ideally suited for manufacturing of concrete floating offshore wind sub-structures. The development opens the port to new market opportunities […]

We are absolutely delighted to welcome the recent announcement by the Deputy First Minister, Kate Forbes, of investment of up to £24million by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in Kishorn Port’s £42.2m Phase 1a expansion project. This funding is key to us delivering the development, which will enable Kishorn to play a pivotal role in the delivery of offshore wind projects in Scotland and elsewhere. The project includes expansion of our dry dock and land reclamation, enabling the manufacture of floating offshore wind foundations. With a quarry on-site, Kishorn is ideally suited to manufacturing of concrete floating offshore wind sub-structures, […]

KPL Head of Compliance & Safety, Steve Welham recently hosted a visit from Fatima Ferreira do Rosario, an Environmental Engineer with Petrobras, the national oil company of Brazil. As Petrobras is facing the challenge of decommissioning many FPSOs and semisubmersibles in the coming years, the visit was intended to provide background information on a well-established ship recycling facility with expertise and experience in this activity.Although Petrobras are looking to implement their own ship recycling facilities, given the challenges of bureaucracy and red tape in Brazil’s legislature and thus the timelines to do so, their back-up plan is to utilise only EU […]

KPL Directors, Alasdair Ferguson, Colin Ortlepp and Kevin Ferguson had a great time at the All-Energy 2025 Conference at the SEC in Glasgow recently.   There was a great shout out by Chris Stark CBE, Head of Mission Control for Clean Power 2030, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero for the investments being made by the ports, in particular in the Highland and Islands, and the undertaking to make sure they are kept busy in the future!   They also had the valuable opportunity to hear firsthand from the Deputy First Minister of Scotland, Kate Forbes MSP, UK Minister […]

Alasdair Ferguson, Director, Kishorn Port Ltd, recently welcomed a visit from the Scottish chair representative of the British Ports Association, and Chief Executive, Port of Inverness, Sinclair Browne. The weather was extremely kind, as it has been for the last wee while on the west coast, and it was a great opportunity to catch up about all thing’s ports!

KPL Directors were delighted to host a visit from the Highlands and Islands Enterprise Executive Board and Scottish Government officials recently.  This visit was well received and much appreciated by the Directors of KPL. It was a privilege to host the HIE Board along with members of Scottish Government to the port and was an opportunity to be able to show them around the Kishorn Port & Dry Dock facilities.The morning started with a welcome and introductions by KPL, Director, Alasdair Ferguson, followed up by a company presentation and overview from KPL, Director, Colin Ortlepp, highlighting the evolution and story of […]