Aberdeen South Harbour official opening (VIDEO)

Two weeks ago, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal officially opened the £420 million Aberdeen South Harbour.

More than 250 stakeholders attended the opening event on Dunnottar Quay.

The Princess Royal unveiled a plaque and ‘Octopode Accropode’ structure which was specially designed and painted by local street artist, Craig Fisher.

The new facility, next to the Energy Transition Zone, can accommodate vessels up to 300m in length, with port users and customer benefiting from an additional 1.5km of deepwater berths, to a maximum depth of 15m, 125,000sqm of flexible project areas and significant heavy lift capacity.

With Aberdeen South Harbour complete, Port of Aberdeen is the largest berthage port in Scotland.