UK Government backs Port of Aberdeen’s multi-million-pound shore power project
The Department for Transport funding will deliver a seven-figure sum for making the Granite City's harbours greener.
The Department for Transport funding will deliver a seven-figure sum for making the Granite City's harbours greener.
A giant offshore wind farm construction vessel was a fitting backdrop for Port of Aberdeen (PoA) bosses to mark the end of quayside construction work in a £420 million expansion of the historic harbour.
The head of Port of Aberdeen says he supports a “multi-harbour solution” to support the deployment of floating offshore wind in the UK.
Port of Aberdeen has reported a return to pre-pandemic levels of activity a year earlier than expected, with 2023 showing further progress.
Port of Aberdeen boss Bob Sanguinetti is confident new plans to boost the harbour's green credentials will help the Granite City become net-zero capital of the world.
Despite being the oil capital of Europe, Aberdeen could not previously accommodate jackup rigs or FPSOs due to water depths - but now that option is on the table.
Port of Aberdeen bosses have hailed progress on the UK’s biggest marine infrastructure project.
More than 60% of Port of Aberdeen’s £400 million South Harbour development is operational, bosses said today.
Over 100 leaders representing more than 20,000 people living and working in the north-east have signed a letter calling for a green freeport to be based in Aberdeen and Peterhead.
Partners behind an ambitious plan to create 30,000 jobs across the north east have called for governments in Holyrood and Westminster to back its proposal to create a "green freeport" in Aberdeen and Peterhead.
Aberdeen Harbour Board, the oldest company in the UK, will rebrand later this month as its transformational port expansion project takes shape.
As Scottish ports vie for green freeport status, Aberdeen Harbour’s boss has warned the north-east could fail to “realise its full potential” if not chosen.
A project pipeline of more than 50 years in offshore wind could be secured thanks to the ScotWind seabed auction, according to a northern port.
It has been 18 long months of stormy seas for Aberdeen harbour, but Bob Sanguinetti is confident the port and its £350 million expansion project is well on its way to reaching safe haven.
Aberdeen Harbour’s new boss has pledged to put the port at “the heart of the UK’s energy transition”.
The former boss of one of Europe’s busiest cruise ship ports will take over as chief executive at Aberdeen Harbour Board (AHB) in September, it was announced yesterday.