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Babcock International, Forth Ports Group and Scarborough Muir Group outline their transformative vision for the internationally renowned port, shipbuilding, manufacturing and logistics cluster at Rosyth. It includes plans for a new freight terminal, offshore renewable manufacturing and green power generating capacity. It will also enable development of large scale advanced manufacturing, skills and innovation onsite, alongside a proposed new rail freight connection.
(Permalink) Babcock International Forth Ports Green Freeport Railfreight Rosyth  Rosyth Dockyard: Blue Star 1 arriving at Rosyth with the ro-ro ferry from Zeebrugge on 26 June 2008. Passenger services on the route ceased at the end of 2010 although a freight only service is still in operati ...  Rosyth Dockyard: Security freight loading bays at Rosyth Dockyard in June 2007, unused for some time.  Rosyth Dockyard: Is this Scotland's least-used working branch? Looking west along the Rosyth Dockyard line towards the docks on 27 March 2010. In the background is the Babcock Engineering's shed see image [[22278]] an ... |
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Rail Minister, Wendy Morton MP and Thurrock MP Jackie Doyle-Price visited Tesco's UK-Europe rail hub at the Port of Tilbury following the retailers £5million investment in new rail freight services. Tesco's new investment, building on £2.5m of investment in recent years, includes the introduction of a new temperature-controlled rail freight service.
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Forth Ports has been granted Listed Building Consent by the City of Edinburgh Council to fully repair the Category A Listed Victoria Swing Bridge located at the Port of Leith to conserve the bridge for the future and create a useable space for the local community.
The private six-figure investment will see the bridge, which is the largest counterweighted swing bridge in Scotland, fully repaired. (Permalink) City of Edinburgh Council Forth Ports Listed Building Consent Victoria Swing Bridge [Leith]  Victoria Swing Bridge [Leith]: The Victoria Swing Bridge crossed the Water of Leith almost at its mouth and provided rail connection between the various docks on either side. Now it is a pedestrian bridge linking smart flats and ea ...  Victoria Swing Bridge [Leith]: The Victoria swing bridge in Leith Docks, still surviving with rails in place amongst the new riverside penthouse flats in April 2004, now used as a walkway across the Water of Leith. |
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The Port of Grangemouth has completed and opened a multimillion-pound rail freight hub with the arrival DRSs Aberdeen freight train service. The new rail freight hub at Scotlands largest port, saw an investment of £3million and with this increased capacity, it further secures its position as the key strategic freight and export/import hub for ...
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The Port of Grangemouth on the River Forth has opened a multi-million-pound rail freight hub after welcoming its first freight train service.
(Permalink) Forth Ports Grangemouth  Grangemouth: 37419, looking resplendent in Inter-City livery, heads the Network Rail test train at Grangemouth on 17th June 2020. 37423 was on the rear. |
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London's leading provider of river, road and rail freight solutions, Walsh, has signed a 20-year agreement with the Port of Tilbury to help to meet the capital's demand for construction materials in the most sustainable way. The deal enables Walsh to create two new freight hubs at the port - the first will be a logistics terminal with aggregates processing.
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The Port of Grangemouth today (10 December) announces a multimillion-pound investment in its rail freight offering which will cement its position as the key strategic freight and export/import hub for Scotland. The £3 million investment will significantly scale up and modernise the ports current rail capacity to create an extended dual rail siding of 775 metres currently 200 metres ...
(Permalink) Forth Ports Grangemouth Grangemouth: 37419, looking resplendent in Inter-City livery, heads the Network Rail test train at Grangemouth on 17th June 2020. 37423 was on the rear.  Grangemouth: Colas 70805 nears its destination with the Dalston - Grangemouth Ineos empty tanks on 11 September 2018. Electrification work looked to be complete by this time. |
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Forth Ports, the UK's third largest ports group, has appointed rail freight expert Ian Wilson as its new Intermodal and Logistics Development Manager to focus on the rail offering in Tilbury and Grangemouth. Ian is a respected, senior executive who is highly experienced in the rail freight, logistics and supply chain industry. Ian previously worked for Eddie Stobart for 20 ...
(Permalink) Forth Ports Grangemouth Tilbury Grangemouth: Colas 70805 nears its destination with the Dalston - Grangemouth Ineos empty tanks on 11 September 2018. Electrification work looked to be complete by this time.  Grangemouth No 3 Signal Box: Grangemouth Yard as viewed from the west end, probably from the footbridge adjacent to Dock Road level crossing. In 1971 the yard was only a shadow of it's former self, albeit there is evidence of cem ... |
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