Scottish ports need to cooperate to unlock offshore wind potential
Greater cooperation between ports is needed to help the Scottish supply chain take advantage of the coming offshore wind boom.
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ScotWind: Scottish Power mulls ports for big spend on Machair project
Kishorn, Nigg and Arnish are among the sites being considered for a construction port for tens of millions of pounds of spend.
Royal opening for £420m Port of Aberdeen expansion
The Port of Aberdeen’s “transformational” £420 million expansion project has been officially opened by The Princess Royal on Friday, September 22.
Floating Wind: Will others follow Celtic Sea in leasing round port requirements?
"What we’re looking at here is probably more of an effort to get an earlier level of coordination within the industry."
Government must transform UK ports to boost floating offshore wind, report says
The Government needs to transform up to 11 ports around the UK to enable the roll-out of floating offshore wind at scale, according to a new report.
‘Massive’ amount of work needed to improve ports ahead of offshore wind boom, says expert
There is less than a month to go until the results of the hotly contested ScotWind leasing round are expected.
UK Gov to invest £160m to create floating offshore wind ports in Scotland
The UK Government has set aside tens of millions of pounds to build new large-scale floating offshore wind ports and factories.
Bottlenecks at Scottish ports could hamper offshore wind growth, warns industry leader
Scotland’s lofty offshore wind aspirations could be stifled as companies jostle for position at the country’s ports, an industry expert has warned.
ETIDEX: ‘Step change’ needed for floating wind, calls to ‘transform’ transmission network
The offshore renewables industry needs to make a significant “step change” if floating wind deployment is going to be brought on par with fixed-bottom.
Report maps out route for ports to harness wind
A new report from Crown Estate Scotland (CES) spells out how Scotland’s ports and harbours can tap into the “huge potential” of offshore wind.
Masterplan unveiled to unlock potential of Ayrshire port
Plans to unlock the "vast potential" of a former port and industrial site have been unveiled as a consultation on its future is launched.
Orkney harbours competing at the highest level
Orkney’s location is a unique attraction for both oil and gas and marine tourism activity.
Scottish ports on the crest of a wave
You may be relieved to know that this is not an article about Brexit. However, every cloud has a silver lining - because the last six months of Brexit-related debate have in fact seen the UK’s ports sector attract an unusual amount of political, and therefore public, attention.
UK Government doubles support for maritime trainees
UK government funding to help train new recruits in the maritime sector has been doubled to £30million per year.
Councillors unanimously back north-east harbour investment after Nigg row
A north-east councillor who accused the local authority of prioritising cruise ship tourism over maintaining historic harbours has welcomed fresh investment.
Tribal leader who helped secure Libya oil ports hurt in car bomb blast
A prominent tribal leader who helped eastern force take control of major oil ports in Libya has been wounded after a car bomb exploded.
Libya clashes halt first oil cargo from Ras Lanuf since 2014
Libya halted loading what would be the first overseas crude shipment from the port of Ras Lanuf since 2014 as rival armed forces began fighting for control of the facility, complicating efforts to end a five-year conflict that has slashed oil exports from the OPEC country.
Libyan Islamists pushed back from attack on oil ports
The force defending oil ports in eastern Libya pushed back an onslaught that Islamist militias had started 11 days ago to capture the facilities. “We pushed them back and it’s we who are now attacking them,” Ali al-Hasy, a spokesman of the Petroleum Facilities Guard, said by phone from Es Sider, Libya’s largest oil port. “The oil ports are safe and they suffered no damage. All the fighting took place well outside the ports.”