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PICTURES: Stunning images show moment massive oil rig arrived on Dundee’s shores

By Steven Brown and Kris Miller
The Rowan Gorilla V Oil Rig being hauled along the Tay.
The Rowan Gorilla V Oil Rig being hauled along the Tay.

These photographs show the moment a huge oil rig made its way up the River Tay to arrive in the Port of Dundee last night.

The Rowan Gorilla V Oil Rig being hauled along the Tay.
A fifth Oil rig or Jack up platform was tugged into Dundee Docks.
The Rowan Gorilla V Oil Rig arrives in Dundee Port.
A view of the rig arriving from across the Tay.
The dock has been filled to its capacity now.
Workers help position the rig as it arrives in the Port of Dundee.
The Rowan Gorilla V Oil Rig arrives in Dundee Port.
The Rowan Gorilla V Oil Platform is positioned by four tug boats to settle in Dundee Docks.
The rig arrives in Dundee Docks.
The rig arrives in the Port of Dundee.
Rowan Gorilla V rig arriving in Dundee.

The Rowan V was carried to the shores of the city by the Havila Mercury, which acted as the lead towing vessel assisted by tugs Crammond, Kitiwake, Strathdee and Strathdon.

It comes as business leaders predicted an economic boom in Tayside and Fife off the back of oil and gas decommissioning work.

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