Macduff Shipyards Ltd.

In 1966 the partnership of John Watt and Sons bought the building yard and the engineering facilities of Macduff Engineering Co on the retirement of the owner Mr Paterson. This enabled the yard to build vessels up to 80' in timber. The name of the yard was changed to Macduff Boatbuilding & Engineering Co.
The company incorporated in 1985 changing its name to Macduff Shipyards Limited. Due to increasing demand for steel vessels the directors decided to build a modern fabrication hall for steel ships.
The yard is no longer family owned but is owned by the three directors who all work in the yard and who between themselves have 100 years experience in shipbuilding and repair, and over the last two decades the yard has built a large volume of steel and wooden hulled vessels.
In the mid nineties the yard diversified into other types of vessels from work boats, pilot boats and survey craft but also consolidating the position in the fishing vessels with a work shop in Fraserburgh to service vessels up to 60m.

In recent years the yard acquired the shipyard in Buckie with work now well underway to modernise the shipyard and its slipways which are now servicing all kinds of vessels from all sectors.