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In 2012 Global Energy Group set up a skills academy to create new jobs for local residents and young people and this has resulted in a fall in unemployment in the area and a welcome boost to the local economy. In March 2017, Global Energy submitted an application to the
Scottish Government requesting the yard be made a private port.
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Scottish Government the area has begun to see a new influx of workers to the area again with the yard having plenty of work in the renewable energy sector and also in oil drilling rig refurbishment.
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epidemic of 1832. One of the elders, on coming out of the church, saw a cloud of vapour hovering above the ground. He believed it to be a cloud of cholera, tossed a blanket or cloth over it and placed this large stone on top to keep it from escaping. According to one tradition, inside the church, the
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The order which was eventually granted, created Nigg Port and gave Global and Nigg Energy Park increased management powers over the quays, wharfs, enclosed dry dock and adjoining land area at Nigg, the ability to maintain and improve the facility through development rights powers, set reasonable
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charges for facility users, control goods and hazardous substances and manage the security of the port area. It also gives them the right to board vessels moored alongside the port facility or remove vessels, goods and vehicles within Nigg Port's boundaries.
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