Montrose Port Authority welcomed local MSP for Angus North and Mearns, Mairi Gougeon, on a visit to its site last week where she received an update on how the Port is continuing to build on its reputation as the major support, logistics and service hub for the North Sea energy sector and general cargo markets, as well as a leading 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...

Montrose Port was honoured to welcome HMS Montrose as her last port of call ahead of her decommissioning in April 2023.  The Type 23 Duke Class Frigate, which has sailed over 400,000 miles since her launch in 1992, visited her affiliated town of Montrose from 11th – 14th March. She was greeted by members of Angus Council, RNLI Montrose and Read more...