Kishorn Port in Scotland is preparing to procure a £30m contract to build a new deep-water quay as the next stage of its redevelopment.
The 150-metre East Quay will be built on land reclaimed during the £42.2m first phase of the port’s expansion.
The new quay will provide a water depth of 12 metres below chart datum. It is intended to increase the Wester Ross port’s capacity for offshore wind, decommissioning and other marine projects.
The construction contract will include sheet and combi piling, tie rods, precast and in-situ concrete capping beams, as well as the installation of bollards, ladders, lighting and services.
Two piled mooring dolphins will also be constructed and connected by steel walkway bridges.
A temporary piling bund will be formed using rock stockpiled during the first phase of the redevelopment. The material will later be reused as infill behind the new quay wall.
Kishorn Port Limited intends to shortlist up to five firms for the contract. The successful bidder will be appointed as principal contractor.
A formal contract notice is expected in September, with tender documents due to be issued in November.
KPL is targeting contract award in April 2027, with construction expected to start in June 2027.
Known as Phase 1B, the project follows the £42.2m enlargement of the port’s dry dock and reclamation of 8.5 hectares of foreshore.
RJ McLeod was appointed principal contractor for the first-phase work under a £20.9m construction contract awarded in June 2025.
The Phase 1A scheme involves blasting a 100-metre-long and 60-metre-wide cutting through the rock to extend the existing dry dock.
Around one million tonnes of excavated material has been moved and reused to create the new land where the East Quay will be constructed.
The first phase also includes new roads, drainage, mooring points, rock protection and a reinforced-concrete working slab.
KPL said Phase 1A remains on course for completion in September or October. Once completed, the enlarged dry dock will be capable of accommodating vessels up to 260 metres long and 160 metres wide.
Highlands and Islands Enterprise committed £24.3m towards the first-phase project, with the remaining investment coming from KPL.
The public funding forms part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to invest up to £500m over five years in ports and the offshore wind supply chain.
If the new East Quay contract is awarded at its estimated value, the two main phases of the current expansion would represent total investment of around £72m.
The redevelopment builds on work that began in 2017 to return Kishorn’s dry dock to full use after it had remained largely dormant for more than two decades.
The dock was originally developed during the 1970s for the construction of the Ninian Central oil platform.
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