Plans are to develop a purpose-built fabrication yard with deepwater quay on a 138-hectare (340 acre) plot of vacant land on the Moray Firth, east of Inverness.
Once approved, the harbour revision order, onshore planning and marine consents would set the wheels in motion for major dredging work later this year, withthe port open for business in early 2014.
“There are few other locations in the UK, or indeed Europe, which can offer this quality and quantity of vacant land, a 1000-metre-deep water quay and proximity to the major offshore wind development zones in the North Sea," says Port of Ardersier chiefexecutive Stephen Gobbi.
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