Subsea Micropiles To Invest GBP 5 Million In Expanding Manufacturing, Offshore Ops At Scottish Port
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
Subsea Micropiles is investing GBP 5 million (approximately EUR 6 million) over the next three years to expand its manufacturing and offshore operations at Montrose Port in Scotland, supported by GBP 1.45 million (approx. EUR 1.7 million) from Scottish Enterprise.
These three paragraphs add more details.
The company plans to expand its infrastructure and manufacturing capabilities at the port to support the production and maintenance of subsea technology for offshore survey and construction. The investment is expected to create around 80 jobs over the next three to five years.
Subsea Micropiles announced the investment on 28 September, during a visit to its Montrose facility by Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney and Scottish Enterprise’s Managing Director of Investment and International, Reuben Aitken.
As reported today, SSE also announced that it has selected Montrose Port as the O&M base for its 1.4 GW Berwick Bank B offshore wind farm.
This Google Map shows the town of Montrose and its port at the South.
Note.
- Montrose station is on the West side of the town, on the main Edinburgh and Aberdeen railway.
- Montrose looks to have a major beach.
- Montrose Port is on both sides of the River South Esk.
- There looks to be plenty of space for Subsea Micropiles to build their micropiles.
Subsea Micropiles have a comprehensive web site.
They appear to have offices in Dublin and Aberdeen and say this about micropiles.
We are leading the adaption land-based micro piling technology to create superior marine foundation and anchor solutions.
Micropile has a Wikipedia entry.
