Port bosses dismiss oil-to-oil transfer objectors at ‘2% of population’

Port bosses planning controversial ship-to-ship oil transfers at a Highland beauty spot have dismissed the views of hundreds of objectors in Nairn as being only “2% of the town’s population”.

Virtually all of the 300 who responded to a survey on the issue, carried out by local SNP MP Drew Hendry, registered opposition to the proposal.

Cromarty Firth port chiefs, however, argue that a more representative measure of public opinion suggests most people in surrounding communities do not oppose its licence application.

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