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Pictured (L-R): On the quayside at the Port of Leith, Sarah Murray, CEO of Forth Green Freeport; Kate Forbes, Deputy First Minister; Dame Susan Rice DBE, Chair of the Forth Green Freeport; and Kirsty McNeill, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State f…
Pictured: On the quayside at the Port of Leith: Cllr Altany Craik, Fife Council; Dame Susan Rice DBE, Chair of the Forth Green Freeport, Kate Forbes, Deputy First Minister; Kirsty McNeill, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland; Cllr Jan…
THE Forth Green Freeport[1] (FGF) has today marked a joint agreement which unlocks £25m from the UK Government to support £7.9bn of private and public investment over the next decade.
Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes[2] was joined by Parliamentary Und…
Forth Green Freeport has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK and Scottish governments, unlocking £25 million of seed capital funding to support industrial regeneration and clean energy development across central Scotland.
The agreement rel…
The past year has seen two clear trends across the road transport industry: consolidation, most notably in the parcels sector, and a focus on improving profitability.
Czech billionaire Daniel Krˇetínský completed his £3.6 billion takeover of Internatio…
Longer trains and extra capacity. It marks a new phase in Teesport’s Scottish freight operations. PD Ports is recasting its intermodal rail links between Teesport and Scotland. The operator at the intermodal port is launching what it calls a new “jumbo…
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Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands
A GREEN freeport in the Scottish Highlands has reached a “historic milestone” – positioning itself as a global hub for renewable energy with £25m (US$33m) in government-backed investment and a…
Methodology
The assessment considered three main criteria:
Multimodal breadth: Forwarders that integrate road, sea, air, and where relevant, rail were given priority. This flexibility allows SMEs to align shipments with budget, lead time, and potentia…
XPO Logistics, a leading provider of innovative and sustainable end-to-end logistics solutions across Europe, has extended its partnership with building materials manufacturer Etex.
The extension results from XPO Logistics’ strong and consistent deliv…
Falkirk-based Ian Craig Haulage has taken delivery of its first new Volvo trucks for a decade, buying a pair of FH Aero Globetrotter 6×2 mid-lift tractor units. Both trucks are designed from the ground up to save fuel, with their aerodynamic shape, str…