Port of Ardersier Ltd also had plans to make the port a hub for offshore wind.
In 2013, the company submitted applications to the Highland Council, Marine Scotland and Transport Scotland for consent needed to redevelop the site. In 2014, the Highland Council gave the planning consent and the Scottish Government granted a marine licence.
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According to the news from 2015, when the then-port owner went into administration, market conditions at the time slowed down the redevelopment project and Port of Ardersier Ltd was unable to “get things moving fast enough to satisfy the debt attached to the site” that the company said was inherited from the former occupant.
Now, Ardersier Port has not only started construction work to redevelop the former McDermott oil rig fabrication yard but has also joined the new Scottish Offshore Wind Ports Alliance (SOWPA) which gathers 13 ports with an aim to optimise the opportunities from offshore wind.
Last year, Haventus joined the Green Freeport consortium that includes the Port of Cromarty Firth, Port of Inverness, Global Energy Group, The Highland Council, the University of the Highlands and Islands, Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd and Inverness Chamber of Commerce.
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Haventus, the owner of the Ardersier Port in the Moray Firth, Scotland, has taken a final investment decision and kicked off construction work on redeveloping the port to serve both fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind projects. The revamped port is expected to open in the second half of 2025. Th
