Busy Lerwick gets new deepwater berth

Tulloch Developments is constructing the 75m quay extension, initially designated Berth 8, at Greenhead where the site had been pre-dredged to 9m depth. It will extend eastwards to complement Berth 7, which has a length of over 100m, the largest section of which was completed ahead of schedule earlier this year by Tulloch to support a major offshore project. The two latest contracts have a combined value of £5.6m.

A common user quay, it will primarily service the offshore industry and works along with a new white fish market which is being constructed on 1.45 hectares of reclaimed land at Mair’s Yard, scheduled for completion in July 2013.

Construction of Berth 8 was to be undertaken between April and October next year. Sandra Laurenson of the port authority said, “The catalyst for another new, deep-water berth has been the success already of Berth 7 and the increasing number of larger vessels calling at the port.”