Aberdeen Harbour has welcomed the largest ever vessel to the port after the completion of a £5.2 million programme to improve access and deepen the Navigation Channel.

The improvements – designed to open the harbour to larger vessels and new markets – were completed five weeks ahead of schedule.

The two recent visits of the diving support vessel, Skandi Arctic, were perfect demonstrations that the harbour has entered a new era. Measuring 27 metres in breadth and 156 metres in length, the Skandi Arctic is wider than any other vessel to have entered the port, and with a gross tonnage of 18,640 tonnes, it also broke the previously held record of 18,500 tonnes.

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