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First Marine Solutions Extends Partnership with Montrose Port Authority with Five Year Lease

Kenny Dooley

First Marine Solutions Extends Partnership with Montrose Port Authority with Five Year Lease


Montrose Port Authority has announced that offshore mooring specialist, First Marine Solutions (FMS), has signed a new five-year lease agreement, solidifying the organisations’ existing partnership and reinforcing their joint commitment to driving the energy transition in the North Sea and beyond.

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Aberdeen, FMS has been a key player at Montrose Port since 2016, utilising a dedicated quayside base to provide temporary and permanent mooring solutions for floating offshore units in the energy sector.

Under this new lease, FMS will continue operations from its state-of-the-art quayside facility and as part of this new lease has added a new 22,000sqft warehouse facility as it expands its operation at Montrose Port. The mooring systems, developed and mobilised by FMS, now play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between traditional and renewable energy. Since the inception of its renewable energy consultancy in 2020, FMS has been consistently developing the mooring and survey capabilities honed in the offshore oil and gas industry, in order to provide the offshore floating wind market with a comprehensive consultancy service.

This approach towards a more sustainable and balanced energy mix aligns with...

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