KPL welcomed the Ronja Carrier recently for a collection of salmon smolts bound for Scottish salmon farmers MOWI. The Ronja Carrier is a 62m long x 12m beam fish carrier built in 2010, with a 1226 GT. The Port staff welcomed the vessels first visit and look forward to welcoming her back again in the future.
KPL recently welcomed to site the Community Liaison Group, which included a number of people from the local community, along with the Highland Council and HIE. Pictured is Helen Murchison, Chair Person of the Lochcarron Community Council and Kristine McKenzie, Development Officer of Lochcarron Community Development Company enjoying a tour of the Port and Dry Dock. The Voyageur Spirit, pictured in the background, was built in 2008 and currently occupies the dock.
Kishorn Port Limited (‘KPL’) welcomes the findings of Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council’s recent report Scottish Offshore Wind Strategic Investment Assessment and the earlier Port Enhancement for Offshore Wind report by Crown Estate Scotland (CES), Scottish Enterprise (SE) and Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE). Our 45ha port has been recognised for its significant potential to support future offshore wind development building on an already approved port masterplan which will see the creation of additional laydown land, a new deep-water quay and an extended dry dock facility.
Kishorn Port has welcomed Northern Offshore Company, Northern Producer Floating Production Facility (‘FPF’) to the port for a period of anchorage. The Northern Producer was located in the Northern North Sea sector and until it’s recent disconnection provided the export route for oil produced from a number of fields. The FPF will remain within the port until such time as arrangements are made for the platform’s redeployment or, alternatively, it’s decommissioning (deconstruction and recycling). Director Alasdair Ferguson said: ‘We’re delighted Northern Offshore has chosen to bring the FPF to anchorage at Kishorn. This is a further endorsement of the services […]
Kishorn Port is delighted to have received approval today from The Highland Council for its proposal to extend the port’s dry dock. This is a further and significant step in the regeneration of the port and dry dock which was originally established in the mid-1970’s to fabricate the Ninian Central oil & gas platform. The development proposal involves an extension of the dry dock into adjoining land which, when completed, will allow the port to receive vessels and structures up to 250 metres in length in comparison to the current 160 metres. This will allow the port to accommodate a […]
Kishorn Port has been awarded a yard stay project by Semco Maritime for Altera Infrastructure’s FPSO asset Voyageur Spirit which will be moored at the West coast Kishorn Port facility. The award was based on Semco Maritime’s extensive project management and engineering expertise in conjunction with the bespoke Kishorn Port base.
KPL have made further improvements to the facilities on site in recent weeks with the delivery of additional office blocks that include catering capacity, drying rooms and first aid facilities. KPL Director, Alasdair Ferguson comments; “The first units have started arriving on site and once installed, these facilities will add to what we can offer contractors and KPL staff at the port. We plan to include semi-permanent accommodation on site in due course to support the yards aspirations of attracting further contracts within the Energy sectors, Oil & Gas, Decommissioning and Renewables markets, as well as building on the Aquaculture […]
Last week, KPL once again attended SPE Offshore Europe in Aberdeen. It was a busy few days with many people visiting the stand enquiring about the Port & Dry Dock and its recent progress. Please see a few images of the week including a visit from some of the Diamond Offshore Drilling team and Colin Clark MP, Under Secretary of State for Scotland.
Kishorn Port & Dry Dock will be exhibiting at SPE Offshore Europe 2019 Conference & Exhibition, in Aberdeen from the 3rd-6th September. We look forward to meeting you at Stand 2K48. KPL Directors Alasdair Ferguson and Simon Russell will be present and all enquiries are welcome.
Kishorn Port Ltd and its partners Leiths (Scotland) Ltd and Ferguson Transport & Shipping always strive to support the local communities in and around the site. Recently, KPL and its partners were delighted to contribute a cheque of £4000 towards the fundraising efforts for Achintraid play park refurbishment to Kishorn Community Trust. Pictured above at the proposed Achintraid play park (L-R) Colin Ortlepp of Leiths (Scotland) Ltd, Simon Russell of Leiths (Scotland) Ltd & KPL, Kurt Larson of the Kishorn Community Trust and Carol MacKinnon and Alasdair Ferguson of Ferguson Transport & Shipping & KPL.