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8 March 04
Hamnavoe Heads For Orkney - latest Pier Pictures
The covered walkway and arrival and departure
terminal building is now complete.
6 August 03
Prince Charles Opens The
Pier
 On
one of the warmest days for many years Prince Charles opened the new
Scrabster Pier. An early morning shower had persuaded a few folk to
bring umbrellas but they used them to keep the sun off rather than the
rain. Prince Charles referred to his Grandmother's many trips to Caithness
and his own memories of arrivals on the royal Yacht Britannia.
1 August 2003
New Pier Already Proving A Success
 Oil
Industry Supply and support vessels are already making the new pier a
success story. With the official opening coming next week the pier has
already been in use for the last three weeks. An increase in
activity at Scrabster has seen nine vessels using the port recently.
The Subsea Viking working in the
Schiehallion Oil Field northwest of Shetland is fast becoming a
regular visitor. The pictures show graphically the reason the new
pier was required to accommodate these larger vessels.
25 July 03
Pier To Be Opened By Prince
Charles
The new Scrabster Pier will be officially opened by Prince Charles on
Wednesday 6 August. The public are welcome to attend the ceremony.
A small number of disabled vehicles will be allowed access to the pier for
the opening. Contact the Harbour Trust for details right away Tel
01847 896744. If heading for the opening remember parking at
Scrabster harbour is limited and you may require to leave your car outwith
the harbour area if there is bit turnout.
16 July 03
Latest Pier Pictures
17 June 03
The Pier From The Air In June
8 April 2003
Pier In Springtime As work Goes On
24 March 03
Scottish Executive Throws
£300,000 Lifeline To Scrabster To Get New Ferry Started
NorthLink has welcomed the Scottish Executive initiative and cash
injection, announced today by the deputy minister for enterprise,
transport and lifelong learning, Lewis Macdonald MSP, which will
facilitate use of MV Hamnavoe on the Pentland Firth route.....................
24
March 03
Deputy Transport Minister At Scrabster
Lewis MacDonald Deputy Transport Minister will be in Scrabster on
Monday 24 March 2003 to see for himself the progress of lack of it.
The minister will be meeting Northlink management and is likely to
announce the latest funding package for Scrabster Harbour Trust.
18 March
03
SCRABSTER WORK WILL ALLOW HAMNAVOE TO ENTER SERVICE
 Work is due to begin soon
on the existing pier at Scrabster which will allow NorthLink to bring MV
Hamnavoe into service on the Pentland Firth route. NorthLink have been
unable to use Hamnavoe on the route because of problems experienced by the
Scrabster Harbour Trust in constructing a new pier that will accommodate
the vessel.
15 February 2003
Beautiful Day - Work Goes On
13 February 2003
Legal Action Possible as Hamnavoe lies in Leith
Northlink is forking out £10,000 a week with the ferry being tied up
art Leith as there is crew of ten on board. The £28 million
ferry is all ready but Scrabster pier is 6 months behind schedule for
opening.
23 December 2002
All Quiet For Christmas Holidays
11 December 2002
Dull Day Still Going Hard
28 November 2002
Bright Day
6 November 2002
Getting There
5 October 2002
Pier Stretching Out
24 September 2002
Biggest Set Of Pictures Yet
Activity is now round the clock seven days a
week.
200,000 tonnes of aggregate are being trucked into position as they race
to keep up with the teams driving piles on either side of the new pier
with 120 meters still to go out into Thurso Bay
13 September 2002
Still Behind Schedule
7 August 2002
Action On All Sides
25 July 2002
Activity Moves Up A Few Gears At Pier
6 June 2002
New Pier Falls Behind Schedule
12 May 2002
Still A Long Way To Go
5 April 2002
Sunny Weather May Help Catch Up
19 March 2002
Still Slightly Behind Schedule
9 March 2002
Wet & Stormy Weather Causing Delays
 Weather
problems but confidence is high that time will be made up over the coming
summer months.
16 February 2002
Weather Delays But Work Goes On
6 February 2002
Edging Out
10 January 2002
Scrabster Pier - A Good Start
 The
pier has begun and the supports are lined up along the new road. The
first section is in place and many more to follow in the coming months.
25 November 2001
Scrabster Before New Pier Work Begins
 The
new road to the pier is in place and here is a view before the new pier
work begins.
18 November
2001
Pile Driving For New Pier about To Commence
 A 175 foot
crane has been erected and is in place ready to move to commence pile
driving
23 October
2001
New Pier Work About To Begin
Within the next few days work on
the new pier will begin. The work is due to be completed by August
2002. This will be the biggest extension of the harbour since it was
built and add significantly to the area of enclosed water with much deeper
water within the new harbour area.
The
Development Underway
The pier will be capable of providing berthing to vessels of at least 9
m draft and 150-160 m in length. Although
it is not initially envisaged that the new lay-by section of the pier
will be readily available to the fishing fleet, the building of the
berths frees up the existing lay-by berth and ro-ro quay for future
usage by deeper drafted fishing vessels.
This construction
is being developed so that it forms a breakwater which in turn, will
provide a sheltered deep water facility and although not yet agreed /
approved, there is a strong possibility that future development could
take place. This in turn
will also provide more berthing space for deeper drafted vessels
probably on both sides of the existing ro-ro and lay-by quays.
Artists Impressions |
October 2001
New Scrabster Lifeboat Base
The new lifeboat base for Scrabster built as part of the new
developments in the harbour is nearing completion.
September 2001
Progress At The New Pier Development
The new road stretching out to Holborn
Lighthouse is completed requiring only to be surfaced. The next
stage commencing shortly will be pile driving for the new piers
itself. Everything seems to be on schedule and as you can see from
the pictures on the left will make a significant increase in the size of
the harbour.
The Progress at 24 June
2001
At a cost of over £16 million the deep water facility is likely to
be capable of much more than just the new ro-ro ferry to Orkney.
New Access Road Under Construction
The possibilities for
Cruise ships and Oil Services related work must become a much more
viable proposition once the work is completed next year.
If anyone is thinking about
buying property in the harbour or Scrabster area perhaps they should get
going before the prices move up. With all of this development in
infrastructure more is almost bound to follow and property could be at a
premium for offices and housing in the small Harbour area.
Holborn
Head Lighthouse History
of Scrabster Harbour
New
Lifeboat Premises |