69 results found for 'Port of Cromarty Firth'

69 results found for 'Port of Cromarty Firth'
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  • UK Gov’t Grants GBP 55 Million to Scottish Port for Floating Wind Expansion

    6 March 2025
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The UK government has awarded more than GBP 55 million (about EUR 66 million) for the expansion of the Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland. According to the government, this will enable the port to become the first in the UK capable of making floating offshore wind turbines on site and at scale. The Department […]

  • Energy Minister Announces £4 Mln Grant for Port of Cromarty Firth

    8 August 2014
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today announced a £4 million grant from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) for the development of a new deepwater quayside at the Port of Cromarty Firth – bringing the total redevelopment project to £25 million. The 35 acre Invergordon Service Base, operated by the Port of Cromarty Firth, has been […]

  • Offshore Wind-to-Whisky Project Launches in Scotland

    5 March 2021

    Several Scottish companies have launched a plan to produce green hydrogen in Cromarty Firth using offshore wind power, part of which would then be used to power whisky distilleries in the Highlands. The plan, involving the Port of Cromarty Firth, is part of the North of Scotland Hydrogen Programme which aims to produce, store and […]

  • Cromarty Selected as Home Port for Two Offshore Wind Projects

    10 July 2014

    The Port of Cromarty Firth has announced that its deepwater engineering port facility at Invergordon Service Base has been chosen to fulfil the next phase of one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms. On Wednesday 9th July, the Chinese heavy lift vessel, the Xia Zhi Yuan 6 arrived into Port from Cartagena, Spain, carrying […]

  • SHL Picks Port of Cromarty Firth for Beatrice Works

    29 March 2017
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Scotland’s Port of Cromarty Firth has been awarded two contracts by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) to support the installation of the 580MW Beatrice offshore wind farm in Outer Moray Firth.

  • Port of Cromarty Firth Bags GBP 10 Million Moray East Deal

    27 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The Port of Cromarty Firth has signed a contract with Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd, the developer of a 950MW offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, which will use the port as an intermediate one during the project construction. 

  • First Batch of Foundation Piles In at Beatrice OWF

    4 April 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) installed the first cluster of foundation piles at the Beatrice offshore wind farm site on 2 April, according to the Beatrice Offshore Wind Limited’s (BOWL) social media pages.

  • Port of Cromarty Firth Services Buys 2 New Mobile Cranes

    15 December 2015
    Ports & Logistics

    Port of Cromarty Firth Services Ltd has bought a 90-tonne and 130-tonne Liebherr mobile cranes for more than £1m. Martin Brayshaw, Managing Director, Port of Cromarty Firth Services Ltd, said: “Purchasing these cranes will not only help to service our customers in oil and gas, they will also be used within the renewables sector and will be available […]

  • Cromarty Firth Ideal for Offshore Wind Marshalling and Assembly Hub – Study

    5 August 2021
    Jobs & Recruitment, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics

    A study by Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, and Crown Estate Scotland has pinpointed the Cromarty Firth as an ideal location for an offshore wind marshalling and assembly hub in Scotland. The independent Port Enhancement Study demonstrates that the Cromarty Firth is the best location to capitalise on the significant opportunities stemming from Scotland’s […]

  • Ideol and Scottish Port Pen Floating Wind Agreement

    18 November 2020
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    The France-headquartered Ideol has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland to cooperate for the floating offshore wind sector. The agreement will see Ideol and its future local construction partners use the port’s land and firth berthing sites and cooperate towards further developing the facilities and infrastructure to […]

  • Port of Cromarty Firth Secures Moray West Marshalling Deal

    25 January 2023
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Moray Offshore Windfarm West has selected the Port of Cromarty Firth (POCF) as the location for marshalling all 62 monopiles for the 882 MW wind project offshore Scotland. Moray West signed a multi-million-pound contract with POCF to use the recently expanded facilities at Invergordon for this scope. The monopiles will start to arrive in Invergordon […]

  • Port of Cromarty Firth to Feature Energy and Cruise Hub

    28 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Ports & Logistics

    Port of Cromarty Firth will invest GBP 30 million in a new quayside expansion, the port announced shortly after revealing its GBP 10 million contract for Moray East offshore wind farm. 

  • PSG Starts Moray East Work

    28 May 2019
    Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Invergordon-based PSG Marine & Logistics Ltd has started loading in and loading out the jacket prepiles and the related equipment from the Port of Cromarty Firth as part of the port marshalling contract awarded by DEME Offshore in support of the Moray East offshore wind project. As reported earlier, DEME’s installation vessel Apollo is carrying out […]

  • PSG Completes Moray East Marshaling Work

    13 September 2019

    PSG Marine & Logistics has completed its pin pile marshaling scope for the Moray East offshore wind farm in the UK. PSG was in charge of handling 159 pin piles and providing heavy lift crawler cranes, SPMTs and all associated heavy lift and transport personnel under a contract with DEME Offshore. The Invergordon-based company started loading in […]

  • SOWEC Unveils Stage 2 SIM Projects

    21 February 2024
    Business & Finance, Business development, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    The Strategic Investment Model (SIM) Working Group of the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council (SOWEC) has selected three projects to move into Stage 2 of its programme. The Port of Cromarty Firth Expansion and the Port of Nigg Deepwater Quay Expansion projects will move into Stage 2 of the SIM programme. The Scottish Government revealed […]

  • Dajin Heavy Industry Hits Halfway Mark on Moray West Monopile Delivery

    20 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Dajin Heavy Industry Corporation has delivered 24 out of the total 48 monopiles that the company is manufacturing for the 882 MW Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. On 14 July, the 3rd shipment of XXL monopiles, which weigh about 2,000 tonnes and have a diameter of ten metres, set sail from the Dajin […]

  • Ørsted, Falck and BlueFloat Support Cromarty Firth Green Freeport Bid

    23 May 2022
    Jobs & Recruitment, Ports & Logistics, Vessels

    Ørsted UK, Falck Renewables, and BlueFloat Energy have expressed their support for the bid to give Scottish Green Freeport status to the Cromarty Firth. The three companies, which have secured seabed leases in the recent ScotWind round, have become members of Opportunity Cromarty Firth (OCF), the partnership of private, public, and academic sector bodies committed […]

  • PSG Wins Contract for Scottish Floating Wind Farm

    29 July 2020
    Contracts & Tenders

    PSG Marine & Logistics has secured a staging contract by Boskalis Subsea for the Kincardine floating offshore wind project in Scotland. Work began at Port of Cromarty Firth, where PSG is undertaking the onshore handling, marshaling and loadout of mooring equipment destined for the project off the coast of Aberdeen. “This new award is to […]

  • DEME Books Nigg Port for Moray East Project

    7 June 2019
    Ports & Logistics

    DEME Offshore has selected Global Energy Group to provide the Port of Nigg as a staging port for the Moray East offshore wind farm. Under the contract, the Port of Nigg will be used for receiving the completed turbine jacket foundations destined for the 950MW project. “Using Nigg for jackets complements our previous announcement of the Port […]

  • Moray East OWF Gets Funding

    29 November 2018
    Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited consortium has secured financing for the construction of its 950MW offshore wind farm in the Outer Moray Firth, Scotland.

  • ABP to Explore Opportunities for Offshore Wind Port in Scotland

    11 October 2023
    Business development, Ports & Logistics, Research & Development

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has signed an agreement to investigate an area for the development of infrastructure to support offshore wind manufacturing, assembly, and marshalling and green energy on the Cromarty Firth in Scotland, within the Inverness Cromarty Firth Green Freeport. The area, located within the proposed Nigg and Pitcalzean area of the Green Freeport, […]

  • MHI Vestas Seals 950MW Scottish Deal

    6 December 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas and Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited have signed a firm turbine supply order for the 950MW Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland.

  • First Moray West Transition Pieces Arrive at Port of Nigg

    28 November 2023
    Equipment, Fixed-Bottom, Project Updates, Supply Chain, Wind Farm Update

    The first batch of transition pieces (TPs), that will be installed at the Moray West offshore wind farm, has arrived at Port of Nigg in the Cromarty Firth. The first delivery to Nigg included two TPs for the offshore substations, allowing progress on the export electrical infrastructure to be made, said Ocean Winds. As part […]

  • Windhoist Joins Moray East Team

    4 September 2020
    Contracts & Tenders, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    Ayrshire-based Windhoist Limited has won a contract to provide local technicians to assist with pre-assembly works for Moray East offshore wind farm in Scotland. 20 locally-based technicians have been recruited for the project which commences this month and is expected to reach completion in September 2021. This marks the third scope of works Windhoist has […]

  • Sarens and PSG Marine & Logistics Form Offshore Wind Joint Venture in Scotland

    1 June 2022
    Business & Finance

    Belgium-headquartered Sarens and UK-based PSG Marine & Logistics Ltd have formed a joint venture (JV) to support both the bottom-fixed and floating offshore wind projects with heavy lifting, transportation, and logistics services from the Port of Cromarty Firth. “We are extremely pleased to form this joint venture with the reference player in global heavy lift […]

  • First Moray West XXL Monopiles Arrive in Scotland

    11 July 2023
    Wind Farm Update

    Last month, the first shipment of XXL monopiles, manufactured by the Dajin Penglai facility, for the Moray West offshore wind farm arrived in Invergordon, Scotland. In June 2022, Dajin Heavy Industry was contracted by the wind farm’s developer, Ocean Winds, to supply 48 XXL monopiles for the project. The monopiles weigh about 2,000 tonnes and […]