Ports & Quayside Infrastructure

Ports have a central role in the energy transition, but future demand will come from multiple sectors. Facilities need the flexibility to support oil and gas, offshore wind, decommissioning and wider energy projects as products, campaigns and vessel requirements change. MDL helps ports future-proof their infrastructure by combining engineering with portable handling and lifting equipment. We can adapt existing facilities or help establish new handling bases that can be reconfigured across projects and sectors, enabling ports to introduce new services without committing their infrastructure to one market.

MDL supports the movement of flexible products between manufacturing, storage, transport and installation assets. Our engineering and transpooling expertise helps define the optimal handling methodology, maintain product integrity and make effective use of the available storage and quayside space. Portable equipment can be configured around spoolbase operations, beach-pull interfaces, load-out and vessel mobilisation. This gives ports the flexibility to respond to changing project requirements, serve different sectors and build long-term value from their existing infrastructure.

Port infrastructure and handling equipment must function as one system. MDL brings together civil, mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and controls engineering to develop practical solutions around the site, equipment and intended operation. That capability also supports inspection, maintenance, refurbishment and equipment changeouts, helping facilities prepare for new scopes and maintain existing operations.

For more than 25 years, MDL has designed, manufactured and operated equipment for lifting and handling offshore products. The same experience is applied onshore to develop optimal handling solutions for ports, spoolbases and production facilities. Each package is configured around the product, site constraints, operational methodology and future requirements, with project engineering, equipment and experienced personnel available from one team.