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Regional Resource / Global Gateway Colin Parker, Chief Executive | 27 August 2008

Regional Resource / Global Gateway Colin Parker, Chief Executive | 27 August 2008. Presentation. Facts and figures Harbour‘s development strategy Challenges Working together. Some facts and figures for 2007. 6.8 kilometres (4.2 miles) of quay.

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Regional Resource / Global Gateway Colin Parker, Chief Executive | 27 August 2008

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  1. Regional Resource / Global Gateway Colin Parker, Chief Executive | 27 August 2008

  2. Presentation • Facts and figures • Harbour‘s development strategy • Challenges • Working together

  3. Some facts and figures for 2007 • 6.8 kilometres (4.2 miles) of quay. • 2.3 kilometres (1.4 miles) of which are deep water over 7.5mts. • 1.1 million tonnes of refined oil products imported. • 35,000 tonnes of logs exported to Scandinavia and the Continent. • 320,000 tonnes of products for the UK paper industry. • 46,000 tonnes of road salt imported. • 74,000 tonnes of scrap exported. (67,000 1st half 2008) • 26,000 tonnes of cement imported together with 40,000 tonnes of barites. • It’s not all just about supply boats!!

  4. A busy port in 2007 • Around 8,500 vessel arrivals • Over 24 million gross tonnes of shipping • Over 5.1 million tonnes of cargo • Nearly 140,000 passengers • 2008 has been very busy to date with most users predicting high levels of activity into the future

  5. A global gateway 35 countries in 2007

  6. A regional resource • Economic Impact on North East • Confirmed in independent assessment by Arup Consulting. • 11,000 full time equivalent jobs • Directly in the various freight, shipping and fishing sectors. • Indirectly in other sectors through an economic multiplier effect. • £420 million into the local economy

  7. A centre of activity • Europe’s principal support centre for the offshore oil and gas industry and a global hub for the traffic of oilfield equipment. • Scottish mainland base of lifeline passenger and freight services to Northern Isles and weekly freight link to West Coast Norway. • A gateway for the import and export of agricultural and forest products, including pulp, finished paper and Scottish timber. • Port of call for cruise ships (9 vessels in 2008). • Centre for the servicing and repair of vessels.

  8. Cargo Tonnages 1980 - 2007 000’s Tonnes Year

  9. Vessel Tonnages 1980 to 2007 Gross Tonnes (million GT ) Year

  10. Passenger Numbers Number 000’s Year

  11. Investing in the future

  12. Core strategy • Match facilities and services with current & predicted needs. • Grow existing traffic & encourage new business. • Remain a Trust Port to better serve the stakeholder’s needs. • Reinvesting profits to deliver the greatest benefit to port users and other stakeholders. • £57 million expenditure planned up to 2012

  13. Matching facilities with demand • Recent Work • Surfacing of Waterloo Yard. • Deep water berthing at Albert Quay West. • Deeper entrance channel. • Surfacing of Albert Quay. • Albert Quay transit shed. • Planned Work • Rebuild Commercial Quay. • Torry Quay Redevelopment – rebuild Torry, Maitland’s, River and Texaco Quays. • Installing additional sidings at Waterloo Yard connected to the national rail network. • Further development of Point Law Peninsula. • Widen Navigation Channel.

  14. Waterloo Yard

  15. South Deeside: Current Layout

  16. Torry Quay Redevelopment

  17. Challenges • Proposed inshore wind farm in port approaches • Surface access to port • Land usage issues

  18. Aberdeen Harbour’s Key Concerns The Wind Farm is a new navigational hazard that: • Eliminates the safe anchorage in Aberdeen Bay • Obstructs busy shipping routes • Obscures navigation aids, other vessels and port approaches • Interferes with radar and radar activated nav aids • Reduces sea-room and concentrates traffic into ‘pinch points’

  19. Challenges • Ensuring effective surface access to port • Reducing congestion on the roads. • Car exclusion lanes • Provision of rail freight facilities at port. • Impact of the proposed pedestrianisation of Union Street. • Planning issues • Protecting nearby land for harbour related activity. • Concerns regarding housing being allowed close to busy industrial site.

  20. Working together • Working with Nestrans and others • Northern Maritime Corridor I & II • Stratmos • Basis project • Dry Port project • NESRFDG • Nestrans Freight Interest Group? • Welcome any other opportunities to work with Nestrans

  21. Thank you

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