Factory proposed for former oil terminal on Cromarty Firth
The factory would be an extension to existing renewable energy sector work done at Nigg.
Ardersier Port Ltd has also lodged a PAN for further work at another North Sea oil and gas yard in the Highlands.The company has been redeveloping 450-acre (182ha) site at Ardersier on the Moray Firth.Earlier this month, it was announced the port is to serve as an assembly and operations centre for the Aspen offshore wind farm, off the Aberdeenshire coast.The PAN outlines proposals for further dredging of Ardersier Port's harbour and construction of a new quay.Until recently the yard was one of the largest vacant industrial, or brownfield sites, in the UK.In the 1970s it was used for the construction of offshore platforms for the then newly-established North Sea gas and oil industry.At its height the yard employed about 4,500 people but it closed in 2001 as demand dropped.Ardersier, along with Nigg, form parts of the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport.
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