Once complete, it will include several large fabrication facilities, its own 150m deep water heavy lift berth, and a deep-water jetty with a 1,100 tonne ship hoist, the largest of its kind in Europe.
Coastal Workboats are an established commercial workboat builder operating from Exeter, Devon. With an established customer base in Scotland and internationally, they have identified additional demand that can be serviced from the Park and anticipate building four workboats per year using a new 20 metre high workboat fabrication, service and repair facility alongside offices, meeting space, kitchen, canteen, restroom and parking facilities for at least 50 local employees.
Brian Pogson, Managing Director of Coastal Workboats said:
“We share Malin’s vision for a thriving, collaborative, and sustainable new marine hub on the banks of the Clyde and we are very pleased to assist in the creation of additional economic and social value in the area. We’d like to be on site and working on newbuild and repair workboat projects and look forward to expanding our physical base to serve our new and existing Scottish clients – and beyond.