Former owner, Derbyshire-based land and property developer CWC Group, bought the yard in 2016 in a 5 million deal. Aerial view of Ardersier, site of former oil rig construction yard, E of Inverness, looking E. Aerial view of Ardersier Oil Construction Yard at Whiteness, Nairn, looking N. Close aerial view of Ardersier Oil Construction Yard at Whiteness, Nairn, looking N. General oblique aerial view from Whiteness Head and the former Ardersier Oil Rig Construction Yard along the south coast of the Moray Firth, looking NE. The authorities have more recently backed the ports potential as a site for renewables-related development as part of the Scottish Governments national renewables infrastructure plan. Highland Council planning officers have recommended councillors grant planning permission in principle. She leaves to cherish her memory her brother. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Detail of project notice board within Deck Assembly building. Its quite incredible to think that opportunities are being missed.. CWC Group now lists the 700. The low blue and white building is the yard centeen, the size of which shows the imeesity of Deck Assembly building beyond. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey MP Drew Hendry said: We will need to hear more about the new owners and their future plans, but it is certainly positive news that this site has finally been bought. 8 images in cluster Barmac Fabrication Yard in NH8057. View from SSE along SE side of Pipe Mill buildings. 2023 BBC. At over 400 acres (162ha) and with more than a kilometre of quayside, Ardersier is the largest brownfield port in the UK. The same two men own Messiah Decommissioning, which is dismantling the Hutton platform legs at Queens Dock at Port of Cromarty Firth. Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey MP Drew Hendry said: We will need to hear more about the new owners and their future plans, but it is certainly positive news that this site has finally been bought. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. On its website, CWC Group says it is fuelled by its own hard-won resources and has raised itself from the ground to become one of the largest and strongest privately-owned UK property investment and property development organisations.. Based in Brailsford, Derbyshire, the CWC Group was founded in 1964 by Charles Clowes, who went on to feature regularly in a London newspapers list of Britains richest people. View along SW side of building to SE side of Deck Assembly building (possibly Paint Shop). Oblique aerial view of the Ardersier oil rig construction yard, taken from the SW. Aerial view of Fort George and Ardersier, E of Inverness, looking NE. View from S of Paint Hangar (? All Rights Reserved. Dana submits draft plans for Western Isles decommissioning, One of the giants: CNR to shut down Ninian oilfield over challenging market (Exclusive), Well-Safe Solutions drafts in Aberdeen firm to help cut carbon emissions, Appetite for investment: Equinor boss says Suncor deal shows commitment to the UK, North Sea helicopter emergency lands at Sumburgh Airport in Shetland, Longboat eyes second route for relinquished Egyptian Vulture licence, Aberdeen Drger facility expands rental equipment by 20%, Exxon sued by US after five nooses found at Louisiana plant, Sonelgaz seeks EPC contractors for solar PV tender. Their aim is to have nothing moved off-site, so there will be no waste from the site. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, James Connie Andrews, to whom she was married for 60 years, and her brother, Samuel Elzie Williams II. Around two and a half thousand workers were paid off last, spring as work in the yard ran down, and there have been frequent, rumours that the yard's owners, US-based MacDermotts, was ready to pull, Now it has emerged that the yard is in the final stages of being, awarded a relatively small sub-contract for piling work for the Claymore, field, 110 miles north-east of Aberdeen, which is being developed by Elf, Enterprise. Ordnance Survey licence number 100057073. A fall in demand led to the facility's closure in 2001. MHG45951 - Ardersier, Oil Rig Construction Yard Summary. Plans to build floating wind turbines by recycling redundant oil platforms could create 4500 jobs in the Highlands. All Rights Reserved. What sparked a 'ferocious frenzy of bidding' at Dingwall Mart's sheep sale? But the involvement with SLP could develop into joint bids being, submitted by MacDermotts and SLP for the larger contracts due to be, awarded later this year. Worked on various projects at Nigg and Ardersier Fabrication yards in Scotland, Terra Nova FPSO Project in St John's Newfoundland Canada, Barracuda and Carratinga FPSO's in Rio de Janeiro and was seconded Agip in Dubai UAE on Kashagan project Mike #McDermott employees and families rolled up their sleeves to clean 10 . Mr Clowes died in February last year, with his son David, a former commercial pilot, taking over as chairman of the group in the same month. New owners have ambitious plans for Ardersier fabrication yard. Port of Ardersier Ltd, formed in 2012 to develop the former former oil and gas fabrication yard into an offshore wind manufacturing hub, had won Scottish Government consent last year to bring the site back into use. Historic Environment Scotland. 2023- Highland News and Media Ltd. All rights reserved. The B9092 subsequently links with the A96, which is the Previous purchases by the group in Scotland include the former Stoddards carpet factory in Kilmarnock, which is being developed as a residential site. THE oil fabrication yard at Ardersier on the Moray Firth could be about to re-open, after being on a care and maintenance basis since April, 1993. I work for the bids and proposal team for Plante Moran. This site uses cookies. It all sounds very, very positive. A former oil and gas industry fabrication yard at Ardersier near Inverness has been sold. Click here to sign up to our free newsletters. Ardersier Port (Scotland) describes the facility as the largest brownfield port in the United Kingdom and say it has been identified as one of just three UK east coast sites with the size, scale, shape, and location capable of being an offshore renewable energy hub port. Ardersier's dormant fabrication yard is set to take on a new life as one of Europe's most important locations for renewable energy and decommissioning, according to its new owners. One of the largest brownfield ports in the UK, Ardersier - on the Moray Firth between Inverness and Nairn - has been identified as one of just three UK east coast sites with the size, scale, shape, and location capable of being an offshore renewable energy hub. Although work fluctuates and the yard changes hands several times, it becomes a major employer in the area over the next 40 years. Ardersier's long dormant fabrication yard is set to take on a new life as one of Europe's most important locations for renewable energy and decommissioning, according to its new owners. Oblique aerial view over Ardersier fabrication site with Whiteness point and in the foreground the Carse of Ardersier, looking NE. Ardersier Port (Scotland) describes the facility as the largest brownfield port in the United Kingdom and say it has been identified as one of just three UK east coast sites with the size, scale, shape, and location capable of being an offshore renewable energy hub port. General view along access road, with Moray Firth and Black Isle beyond. By: valenta. View from SE at approach to main entrance, with Pipe Mill buildings beyond, and 'Whiteness' sign in the foreground, the name of the Company who were about to re-develop the site. Detailed view from SE along SW side of Pipe Mill buildings. yard several years ago, but subsequently pulled out. It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse. View from E along (open) side of Deck Assembly building. View from E of sub-station and water treatment facilities on SW side of the yard. . But representatives of the main, contractor on the Claymore project, SLP Engineering, have visited the, yard, and it is understood that the contract could be awarded within the, Work for the Claymore development has also been carried out in the, Lewis Offshore yard in Stornoway, with the first consignment of braces, and leg sections for the ''Submerger 1'' being shipped yesterday for, delivery and assembly at Teeside. View from SE along foundations of travelling crane in area of former stockyard, with Pipe Mill buildings in background. ), adajacent to former Slipways. CWC Group now lists the 700-acre site, near Nairn, among its nationwide portfolio of 118 properties, but the companys plans for the land are not yet known. The Highland Council has today granted planning permission in principle to Port of Ardersier Ltd to establish an off-shore renewables port facility at the former McDermott Fabrication Yard at. View of Office building to W of Deck Assembly building. In the past, the journalists job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Please Login or Register now. View of ancillary buildings at the edge of SW side of the yard. Morag (Robertson) Cooper Tags. Copyright and database right 2023. This means that we may include adverts from us and third parties based on our knowledge of you. But though, the yard has a history of multi-million pound contracts, even a small, contract is regarded as a major psychological boost, since it improves. View from W of NW and SW sides of Deck Assembly building. The completion of sites sale, for just over 5million, was revealed in a recent progress report by administrators KPMG. On its website, CWC Group says it is fuelled by its own hard-won resources and has raised itself from the ground to become one of the largest and strongest privately-owned UK property investment and property development organisations.. 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It states there is the potential for up to 2000 new jobs View from SE at main entrance, showing Pipe Mill buildings. Ardersier, Oil Rig Construction Yard A Gannett Company. You must be signed in to do this. Leading offshore wind farm developer BW Ideol AS has reaffirmed plans to create a major manufacturing hub at the former McDermott fabrication yard site at Ardersier after securing rights to develop a floating offshore wind farm with an approximate capacity of 1GW off the northeast coast of Scotland. It includes 340 acres suitable for development and a 3,280ft-long harbour protected by a sand and shingle bank. A Derbyshire-based land and property developer has emerged as the new owner of the former fabrication yard at Adersier, in the Highlands, following a 5million deal. General view from S along SW side of Pipe Mill buildings. Ardersier Port has been sold to new owners who have ambitious plans for its future. Opened by US engineering group McDermott in 1972, at its height the Ardersier fabrication yard had some 4500 staff, making it the largest private sector employer in the Highlands. Ardersier Port has been sold to new owners who have ambitious plans for its future. Elf Enterprise was the company which took delivery of the, last large contract to be completed by the Ardersier yard, the Piper, Bravo jacket and topsides which replaced the ill-fated Piper Alpha, The contract, for eight piles, each 72 metres long and weighing a, total of around 2000 tonnes, is thought to be worth in the region of, #500,000, and should employ 80 to 100 men for several weeks. Access to the site is gained via a dedicated 2.5km long access road, which links to the B9092 to the south. Grantown on Spey, Scotland Structural Draftsman . J. Ray McDermott announced the closure of Ardersier Fabrication yard in 2002, following almost 30 years of activity at the site. In 2016, Clowes Developments purchased the site from administration for 5m. Community leaders in the area are watching closely. As a country, we have our ten-point plan for industrial revolution. Oblique aerial view, looking NE over the Moray Firth and Ardersier fabrication site and Whiteness point. Ardersier, 14 miles east of Inverness, opened in the early 1970s and was used for building steel jackets for oil platforms. the yard's chances of winning further orders in future. New town and marina proposed for former oil yard, Harry: I always felt different to rest of family, Everything Everywhere wins big ahead of Oscars, Street fighting in Bakhmut but Russia not in control, US-made cheese can be called 'gruyere' - court, PM to end asylum claims from small boat arrivals, Mbappe breaks PSG goal record in win over Nantes, Alex Murdaugh's legal troubles are far from over, From Afghan TV fame to a US factory floor. Ardersier Port was opened by US engineering group McDermott in 1972, at its height the fabrication yard employed as many as 4,500 staff at its peak, making it the largest private sector employer in the Highlands. The site includes a long "spit" of land, known as Whiteness Head. Oblique aerial view centred on the Ardersier Oil Rig Construction Yard under construction in 1973, taken from the SE. Ardersier's long dormant fabrication yard is set to take on a new life as one of Europe's most important locations for renewable energy and decommissioning, according to its new owners. View from SE within Deck Assembly building. Gordon Arthur, director at Clowes Developments, commented: "We are delighted to complete the deal which will no doubt see the site prosper within the renewable energy market. Aerial view of Ardersier fabrication yard, Whiteness Point and the Moray coast, looking E. General view of yard from SSE, with the approach road stretching out in the foreground, and the Moray Firth and Black Isle in the background. The proposed development at Whiteness, on the Moray Firth near Ardersier, was given the green light in principle in 2007. View from S of open bay of Fabrication building to SE side of Deck Assembly building (possibly paint shop). An aerial view of previous plans for the Port of Ardersier site. View from SE along open (NE) side of deck Assembly building. Business partners Tony O'Sullivan and Steve Regan, former chief executive of civil . The site at Whiteness Head on the Moray Firth, west of Nairn, is the former McDermott Yard which opened in the early 1970s for the fabrication and construction of offshore platforms for use in the North Sea gas and oil industry. The facility was formerly owned by Derbyshire-based land and property developer CWC Group, which bought the yard in 2016 in a 5 million deal after its previous owner went into administration. An oblique aerial view of Ardersier fabrication yard, E of Inverness, looking E. Aerial view of the Moray Firth and Carse of Ardersier, looking E. General oblique aerial view of the Ardersier oil rig construction yard with the Black Isle and Sutherland beyond, looking to the N. Ian B M Ralston Aberdeen Archaeological Surveys.
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