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Aberdeen Harbour continues to cement its position as the centre of activity for ...

17/09/2009

Aberdeen Harbour continues to cement its position as the centre of activity for the energy industry’s marine operations in north-west Europe, and remains one the UK’s busiest ports. Figures show more than 50% of the port’s major activity is connected to the oil and gas industry, which, combined with other commercial traffic, generates more than £420mn for the region’s economy annually and supports in excess of 11,000 jobs. In 1999, 4,212 offshore support vessels used Aberdeen harbour, which by 2008 had increased by more than 20% to 5,424. Most notably, however, is the increase in vessel tonnage, from 9.14mn tonnes to 15.5mn tonnes, in the same period. A diverse range of specialist and supply vessels operate through the port and this year saw the first hydraulically operated gangway, designed to transfer personnel from a vessel to a platform, trialled in the central North Sea.

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Region: UK

Keywords: Exploration and production - gas - Oil

Subjects: Energy engineering, Economics, business and commerce, Marine transportation, Commercial, Oil and gas extraction, Transportation, Transmission and Distribution, Oil, Primary energy production, Offshore exploration, Supply vessels, Support vessels, Recruitment, Jobs