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Moray Councillors have gotten their first close-up view of a new custom-built harbour dredger being developed for the council.
The £2.4m dredger is currently under construction at the Macduff Shipyard fabrication facility at Buckie.
The 25.7m vessel will be the only dredger in Scotland operated by a local authority and is expected to be completed next spring.
The new dredger will be capable of dredging to a depth of 8m (27ft) with its bow-mounted excavator.
Councillor John Cowe visited the construction shed at Buckie with local coastal councillors Gordon Cowie, Gordon McDonald, Sonya Warren and Ron Shepherd.
He said: "Buckie harbour is a massive asset to Moray in terms of economic development and keeping it accessible to commercial traffic is of vital importance."
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