Port of Aberdeen News

Port of Aberdeen invests £4M in shore power for net zero

Construction of Scotland’s largest commercial shore power system started at Port of Aberdeen as part of a £4 million project designed to supply clean electricity to vessels at seven berths. The project is scheduled to deliver its first power in March 2025.  The ‘Shore Power in Operation’ demonstrator project is one of the first of its kind in the UK and was awarded match funding as part of the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Zero Emissions Vessels and Infrast...

Port of Aberdeen to become smartest port in the UK with £1m investment

North, a pioneering provider of smart integrated solutions, has been awarded contracts to the value of £1 million by the Port of Aberdeen to improve the safety, connectivity and sustainability of Scotland’s largest berthing port. The contract includes the upgrade and expansion of the port’s CCTV and security systems and the deployment of private 5G, public Wi-Fi and IoT networks to support a range of solutions to improve operations and customer experience. Marine infrastructu...

RMI joins offshore industry mental health charter in support of workers

Bespoke solutions provider RMI has given its support to a charter aimed at improving and supporting the mental health of North Sea workers, becoming the latest signatory in industry-wide efforts led by the North Sea Chapter of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC). With over 20 years of health and safety provision to the offshore industry, RMI is well positioned to utilise and build upon its existing mental health provision to further promote and encourage open conversati...

UK government backs £5.4 million project for delivering world’s first liquid hydrogen autonomous vessel and infrastructure

A consortium led by zero-emission vessel provider - ACUA Ocean in partnership with zero-emission infrastructure provider and National Maritime UK Marine Hydrogen Working Group partner - Unitrove has won a multi-million pound UK government grant in a major push to decarbonise the maritime sector. The ‘Hydrogen Innovation – Future Infrastructure & Vessel Evaluation and Demonstration (HI-FIVED)’ consortium will receive over £3.8 million of funding to build and showcase...

World’s first hydrogen-powered shipping project wins multi-million pound government funding

A consortium led by zero-emission vessel provider ACUA Ocean in partnership with zero-emission infrastructure provider Unitrove has won a multi-million pound UK government grant in a major push to decarbonise the maritime sector. The “Hydrogen Innovation – Future Infrastructure & Vessel Evaluation and Demonstration (HI-FIVED)” consortium will receive over £3.8m of funding to build and showcase its innovative autonomous vessel and bunkering infrastructure technologies...

Maritime sector renews commitment to diversity and inclusion with key taskforce appointments

Maritime UK, the umbrella body for the maritime industries, is announcing the appointment of colleagues from across the sector to its Diversity in Maritime Taskforce following the success of Maritime UK Week 2022 (10-16 October). The task force, which oversees the Diversity in Maritime programme, was launched in May 2020, in response to the government’s flagship Maritime 2050 strategy. The programme is focused on ensuring that the future maritime workforce across the shipping, ports, se...

Maritime UK launches the Global Women in Maritime Series to celebrate the inaugural International Day for Women in Maritime

Maritime UK is joining the global maritime sector, in order to celebrate the inaugural International Day for Women in Maritime. The theme is ‘Training-Visibility-Recognition: Supporting a barrier-free working environment’. The day celebrates women in the industry. It is intended to promote the recruitment, retention and sustained employment of women in the maritime sector, raise the profile of women in maritime, strengthen International Maritime Organization’s commitment to th...

Port of Aberdeen has received £30,000 from the port tthrough the cost of living crisis

Charities and community groups operating locally to Aberdeen Harbour, soon to be known as Port of Aberdeen, have received £30,000 from the port to help their work supporting individuals and families through the cost of living crisis. Supporting communities Through the port’s community action program, supPORT-all, two awards of £10,000 have been granted to CFINE and Big Noise Torry (Sistema Scotland). Two further awards of £5,000 have been granted to the Inchgarth Commun...

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