GILLS BAY TIMELINE – THE NOTABLE YEARS
The 2,800 tonne catamaran ‘Pentalina’ 1724 The start of the Gills Bay soda-ash trade that lasted for almost a…
WHY NOW IS THE HOUR FOR GILLS HARBOUR
The new University of the Highland and Islands campus in Inverness There are compelling reasons why 2017 should be…
HOW GHL AIMS TO PROCEED WITH INNER BASIN WORKS
Green Marine UK Ltd’s ‘Green Isle’ regularly visits Gills for Inner Sound works The first steps in the regeneration…
ALTERNATIVE PLANS FOR GILLS HARBOUR UPGRADE
Proposals can be a game changer for workboats Stone concept from Norway is attractive for Inner Basin proposed ‘new’…
WORKS WILL GIVE SAFER HAVEN FROM NOTORIOUS PENTLAND SEAS
Using Gills harbour means avoiding treacherous tidal races Gills Harbour’s operators intend to fully participate in safe tidal energy…
LONG TERM FUTURE FOR TIDAL STREAM MARINE IF COSTS CAN BE CUT
‘Olympic Ares’: installs tidal turbines off Gills bay “Inner Sound is the world’s most high-profile tidal stream project” —…
ATLANTIS SEABOARD LEASE IS JUST OVER A MILE FROM GILLS HARBOUR
ROV workboat tender ‘Advance’ along side at Gills Harbour The main part of the Atlantis RL MeyGen sea-floor lease…
SUB-SEA TIDAL STREAM SOLUTION LEAVES WAVES IN ITS WAKE
The first significant UK wave-power electricity may be as late as 2030 before it is generated on any scale….
PLAYWRIGHT’S PENTLAND VISION – A CENTURY AGO!
Power from the fast-flowing Pentland Firth sea-currents is the realisation of a century-old vision. Playwright/philosopher George Bernard Shaw touted…
who we are
Gills Harbour Ltd owns the low-lying land and foreshore (around 7 acres) in between the East and West Burns of Gills (which debouch at either side of the harbour), down (northwards) to the low-water (LWOST) mark from the foot of low cliffs. The latter forms the company’s southern land boundary. It is run by unremunerated local directors with office-bearers elected from their ranks at an annual general meeting each spring.
The community company leases part of its property for roll-on/roll-off goods and passenger ferry services.
This lease is “assigned” to successful family-owned firm Pentland Ferries Ltd (PFL), that has spent many millions of pounds on building its comprehensive, modern, land and sea terminals there and on adjacent seabed that PFL rents from the Crown Estate.
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Longhope Lifeboat tows dive boat from Pentland Firth
Longhope Lifeboat returning to station last night. Longhope Lifeboat was called out last night after a local dive boat…