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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 […]

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 […]

KPL Director, Alasdair Ferguson, welcomed the opportunity to join Minister for Climate Action, Gillian Martin and Michelle Quinn, Director of Offshore Wind, along with other Scottish Government colleagues and industry experts from the supply chain and offshore wind developers engaged with ScotWind projects. The sessions took place in Dublin this week, bringing together Irish Ministers and guests at Advanced Offshore Wind Energy Ireland on a learning journey for offshore wind and to forge relationships between Ireland and Scotland for the sector.Opening talks started with a welcome from Peter Burke, Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, followed by setting the scene […]

Alasdair Ferguson, KPL Director attended the Scottish Renewables Supply Chain & Logistics Conference in Dundee earlier this week.   Alasdair had a great session presenting during “Ports by Numbers”. It was the ideal opportunity to show case Kishorn Port and Dry Dock and KPL’s vision for the future and development plans to expand into the market to potentially support the manufacture of Floating Offshore Wind concrete substructures.   Alasdair was also able to enjoy the rest of the speaker sessions and network with likeminded individuals from the renewable energy sector.

Directors Alasdair Ferguson and Colin Ortlepp were delighted to be nominated for the Sustainability award at Decom week 2024 recently.    We would like to extend our congratulations to all those who won this year:- Innovation in Decommissioning Award: Utility ROV Services Ltd Emerging Professional in Decommissioning Award: Chloe Grigor of DeepOcean Sustainability Award: AF Offshore Decom The Decom Mission Member Award: Thompsons of Prudhoe Emeritus Award for Outstanding Contribution: Roy Aspden   The KPL team, had a busy and productive few days networking and catching up with friends, suppliers, and customers. It was great to see everyone who stopped […]

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.

Alasdair Ferguson, KPL Director, and Kevin Ferguson, Operations and Project Manager, recently welcomed to the Port ‘Prosper Scotland’ and guests, including the Chief Planner for Scotland Dr Fiona Simpson, Prosper CEO Sara Thiam and Prosper Regional Manager Grant Campbell. We were delighted to do a tour of the Port, giving Fiona, Sara, Grant and guests a real feel for the size, scale and future development plans at Kishorn. During the visit, we also got the chance to discuss housing in the area, the local road infrastructure, planning processes and any developments at site.

The IADC North Sea Chapter Safety Awards were held recently in Aberdeen and KPL were delighted, as associate members, to continue to support the event again this year.   It was a great evening, with good company and thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who attended in the offshore drilling industry.    

KPL Directors, Alasdair Ferguson, Carol MacKinnon and Colin Ortlepp welcomed Cameron Douglas, Green Energy Specialist and Louise Innes, Project Manager from the Capital Investment Team at Scottish Development International to Kishorn Port recently. It was a great visit showing them both the exciting development plans and then a tour of the site and dry dock.

We welcomed the recent visit of the chair of Scottish Ports Group, British Ports Association, Stuart Cresswell to Kishorn Port and Dry Dock. It was a great opportunity, as members of the BPA, to show Stuart round, do a tour, and present our ambitious port expansion plans for the future in the port’s aspirations to play its part in Energy Transition and journey to net Zero, through the Oil and Gas sector, decommissioning, offshore floating wind and our support for the Aquaculture sector.The weather was on our side and it was a great visit with very engaging discussions. Thank you to […]