Engineering group Harris Pye has started work on refurbishing the dock gates at Kishorn Port, as part of plans that could turn the redundant oil and gas facility into a hub for offshore renewables on Scotland’s west coast.
The contract with Kishorn Port, a joint venture between Ferguson Transport & Shipping and Leiths (Scotland), is valued at £340,000 and the work will take six weeks.
Harris Pye chief technical officer Chris David said: “We will be floating the gate – no mean feat as it weighs in excess of 13,000 tonnes; replacing all areas of corroded steel, and the rubber seals; and repositioning the gate prior to pumping the dock out to test the integrity of the gates.
“We will also be strengthening the access road to the dock gate and replacing the flooding covers and fitting new seals on them.”
Image: Kishorn Port
Dock work kicks off at Kishorn
Harris Pye contracted to refurbish facility on Scotland's west coast
By EBS