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The North Base provides a wide range of services to the construction and diving support sectors of the oil industry.

The North Base is also used for heavy lift operations. Available at the Base are heavy craneage, deepwater berthing, open storage and ready access to engineering and fabrication services.

Breakwater

The granite North Breakwater has an 18m wide deck and minimum berthing depth of up to 14m, allowing vessels of up to 250m long and 96,000 tonnes deadweight to be accommodated. A full range of equipment for handling materials, including mobile cranes from 25 to 500 tonnes capacity, is available.

Jetty

The North Base Jetty is an open-pile concrete decked jetty offering two berths, 17 and 18, one at each side. Berth 18 is suitable for a range of marine traffic, including oil tankers, coasters, fishing vessels and offshore support vessels.

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North Base

The North Base provides a wide range of services to the construction and diving support sectors of the oil industry.
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Princess Royal Jetty

The Princess Royal Jetty handles vessels servicing the offshore oil and gas industry.
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Albert Quay

Sheltered by a rock-armoured breakwater, Albert Quay, including East Quay, provides 340m of all-weather deepwater berthing.
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Peterhead Bay Marina

Peterhead Bay Marina is a purpose-built leisure facility catering for local and visiting boatowners.
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South Harbour

South Harbour is a 350m working quay with minimum depth of 6.5m. 
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South Base

The South Base facilitates the prompt and efficient turnaround of vessels servicing the logistical requirements of the offshore oil and gas industry. 
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Tanker Jetty

The Tanker Jetty was designed to accommodate oil tankers of up to 40,000 tonnes deadweight, delivering fuel oil to the nearby Peterhead Power Station.
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North Harbour

North Harbour is entered from South Harbour through the recently widened junction canal, which is spanned by the newly reinstated Queenie Bridge.
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Smith Quay & Merchant's Quay

Boasting a quayside length of 120m, width of 40m, an adjacent working area of 16,000m², and water depth of 10m, Smith Quay is used by many industries, such as subsea, renewable energy, oil and gas decommissioning, and the important pelagic fishing sector.
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Port Henry Basin

Accessed via North Harbour, the Port Henry area offers 740m of quayside with depths varying from two to three metres chart datum. 
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