CessCon Decom is to create up to 50 jobs with a new decommissioning base at the Port of Aberdeen.

The company, which has recycled huge oil platforms at its Energy Park Fife site in Methil, said the new hub will be operational in the third quarter of this year.

Based at Crathes Quay at the new £400million South Harbour expansion, the facility will deliver dismantling, recycling, and reuse services, with a key focus on subsea infrastructure.

CessCon said the jobs boost is expected over the next 12 months.

Port chief executive Bob Sanguinetti said the new CessCon base is among “a number of exciting opportunities” it is pursuing to attract more decom work to Aberdeen.

“Decommissioning is an important part of the UK’s energy transition and there are growing opportunities to reuse, repurpose and recycle material during the decommissioning process.

“We are keenly focused on this with CessCon and it complements our vision of becoming Scotland’s premier net zero port at the heart of the nation’s energy transition.”

Trade bodies Offshore Energies UK and Decom North Sea hailed the pair’s ambition to make Aberdeen a “centre of decommissioning excellence”.

The Aberdeen move marks another expansion for CessCon after opening a new site in Brunei last month to capture the South East Asia market.

Chief executive Lee Hanlon said: “The new facility will be capable of handling turnkey decommissioning projects and the associated vessels. The substantial laydown and processing areas and water depths allow us to accommodate vessels up to 300m in length.

“With direct access to the North Sea, the facility is well placed to service the growing decommissioning market in parallel with our Energy Park Fife Decommissioning Facility in Methil, Fife.”

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