After an impressive 18-year tenure at Montrose Port, Peter Donald, the port chaplain representing the Sailors’ Society, has retired this week. The Sailors’ Society is an organisation dedicated to providing assistance to seafarers and their families globally.  Peter’s unwavering dedication has made a remarkable impact on visiting vessel crews who are often at times very far from home and their Read more...

Montrose FC have unveiled their completely new look home and away kits for the forthcoming season, both of which have been uniquely designed especially for the Club as part of a new kit deal with the Uhlsport brand via RJM Sports Ltd, one of the main independent sports retailers in the UK. Chief Executive Peter Stuart said, “We are delighted Read more...

A former RNLI lifeboat has been saved from the scrapheap by a Stirlingshire farmer. Farmer Martyn Steedman, attracted international interest with his family’s conversion of a retired Royal Navy Sea King Helicopter in 2016, offered the ageing lifeboat a new lease of life on his campsite in Thornhill, Stirlingshire where she’ll be transformed into a glamping pod. The 26-tonne Tyne Read more...

Montrose Port Authority officially named its new £800,000 pilot boat, South Esk, with an intimate quayside blessing on Friday 19th May at the RNLI Montrose Lifeboat Station on the Port’s North Quay. In marine tradition, the boat was blessed by Montrose Sailors’ Society’s Port Chaplain, Peter Donald, along with the vessel’s godmother, Jane Stuart, who is married to Peter Stuart, Read more...

Montrose Port Authority is delighted to announce that all of our plant technology and vehicles have now made the transition to HVO fuel. What is HVO fuel? Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) which is also known as renewable diesel is a second-generation biofuel made from vegetable oils and residue animal fats from food processing. It is a fossil-free alternative which can Read more...