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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

KPL recently accommodated the casualty vessel MS Rotsund at Kishorn Port dry dock after it sustained minor damage after grounding in local waters.   The vessel was carefully towed to Kishorn’s deep water dry dock gates berth by Gina Mary, a workboat from Inverlussa Marine Services, with additional support from the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s […]

KPL Directors, Alasdair Ferguson, Colin Ortlepp and Carol MacKinnon, along with Kevin Ferguson, Operations & Project Manager welcomed a visit from the First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney to Kishorn Port & Dry Dock earlier in the week.   Joining the visit was Thomas Meikle, Senior Policy Officer – Offshore Wind Directorate, Scottish Government, Eilidh […]

KPL Directors Alasdair Ferguson & Colin Ortlepp along with Kevin Ferguson, Operations and Project Manager welcomed a visit recently from Geir Birkeland, Project Director – Talisk Offshore Wind Project and Trond Gartner, Supply Chain and Engineering Manager, of Magnora Offshore Wind.It was great to see Geir again and as Trond hadn’t visited Kishorn Port & […]

The KPL directors Alasdair Ferguson, Colin Ortlepp and team had a wonderful time at the Offshore Wind Conference 2025 at the SEC in Glasgow. The conference was a fantastic opportunity to share ideas, discuss successes, challenges, and lessons to investigate how we can all collaborate to support each other in the future of offshore wind. […]