The £420 million Aberdeen South Harbour expansion was completed in 2023 after 6 years of construction. First built in 1136, Aberdeen Harbour is the oldest port in the UK. With the North Harbour only able to accommodate cargo and cruise ships up to 165m in length, it was decided to expand the port. Due to the North Harbour’s central city location, expansion of this was limited and therefore the expansion project required the construction of a new South Harbour. The work involved the construction of a 1,500m of quay at water depths up to 15m, two 640m breakwaters separated by a 165m wide channel. South Harbour provides extensive heavy lift zones and 125,000m2 of additional flexible laydown space and ample project areas for vessels up to 300m in length.
SPEL manufactured 16 bypass oil separators to capture the pollution running off the new quaysides of the Aberdeen South Harbour, ensuring that oil pollution is stopped before entering the North Sea. Due to the obvious tide at the site, all of the separators were supplied in either Heavy or Extra Heavy tank shell specification to ensure that the tank shells are fit for the water pressure that may be exerted on them by the high-water table at a high tide. The consultant on this project chose to have a larger number of small oil separators situated throughout the site and due to levels etc. this is sometimes the best option, however in some circumstances, one or a number of larger separators can dramatically reduce installation costs and speeds and also maintenance costs, as well as simplifying any alarm monitoring requirements to a lesser amount that are easier to monitor.
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