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Channel Gateway

The Channel Gateway proposal by Morwind is to construct a new, £600 million, port facility in Dorset, adjacent to Portland Port, primarily to service the fixed and floating offshore wind sectors. 

The facility will provide a construction and assembly platform and deep-water quay in an optimal location because of Portland’s deep-water access at high and low tides, with the primary capability to manufacture substructures for the largest fixed and floating wind turbines and assemble turbines and blades for deployment in the Western English Channel and Celtic Sea.

The port platform and extensive quayside will also provide flexibility to manufacture other foundations, anchors/moorings, and marine infrastructure and support services in a strategic location for the UK and continental Europe.