Situated on the Northwest coast of Scotland, Kishorn Port Limited (KPL) provide exemplary facilities with a large dry dock, port, manufacturing, and decommissioning services to the maritime and offshore energy sectors. KPL has a Waste Management Licence, EU Ship Recycling Licence and a NORM Permit, making our contained facility the ideal site, particularly for recycling vessels, floating assets, and offshore oil & gas structures.

Towards the end of 2023 going into 2024, Kishorn Port Ltd secured the contract for the decommissioning and recycling of the semi-submersible Northern Producer FPF, a first not only for the company but for Western Europe. Working with Liberty Industrial, the rig was stripped of hazardous materials, NORM, and fittings, before being blown down to half its height with strategically placed explosives. This allowed teams of demolition equipment to downsize the rig, shearing the steel to more manageable sizes for loading onto vessels to transport to foundries.

KPL has also been granted planning permission to expand the dry dock to accommodate vessels of up to 260m in length and for the reclamation of 9Ha of foreshore ground. This will increase the area of land available for decommissioning, as well as renewable energy manufacturing, particularly offshore floating wind structures, aquaculture support, concrete manufacture, and port & marine services by over 9.5ha, providing over 20Ha of laydown and hardstanding working area in a 45Ha footprint.