PORTS REVIEW 2021
One of the benefits of Kishorn Port’s huge dry dock is that waste is contained therefore environmental risks are greatly reduced. Plans are underway to
extend it from its present 160m diameter to 250m KISHORN Port came into being in the 1970s, as Kishorn Yard, a manufacturing and fabrication yard for oil platforms. The owner at the time, Howard Doris Ltd, operated the yard from 1975 to 1987. Today Kishorn Port is a 50/50 joint venture between Ferguson Transport (Spean Bridge) Ltd and Leiths (Scotland) Ltd. The partnership combines the quarrying, concrete and construction materials expertise of Leiths with the port operations, shipping, stevedoring, warehousing and transport logistic skills of Ferguson Transport & Shipping (FTS). Combined, the two companies employ over 700 staff and have an annual and shipping turnover in excess of £70 million.
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