MoD Buys Finnart Oil Terminal to Boost Navy Fuel Reserves

MoD acquires Finnart oil terminal to strengthen Royal Navy fuel resilience - Navy Lookout

The MoD has completed the acquisition of the strategically important Finnart Oil Terminal on Scotland’s west coast, expanding the RN’s sovereign fuel storage capacity as part of wider investment in infrastructure, one of the real positives of the Defence Investment Plan published at the end of June. Although the purchase price has not been disclosed, […] The post MoD acquires Finnart oil terminal to strengthen Royal Navy fuel resilience first ap…

MoD buys Finnart oil terminal to boost Navy fuel reserves

The Ministry of Defence has completed the purchase of the Finnart Oil Terminal on Loch Long, a multi-million-pound acquisition that expands the Royal Navy’s sovereign fuel-holding capacity and strengthens operational resilience at a time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty, the UK Defence Journal understands. The deep-water terminal, on the eastern shore of Loch Long a few miles from HMNB Clyde, was built by the US Navy during the Second Worl…