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In my work as an MP, one of the things that gives me the most pleasure is my role as the president of the Friends of the Far North Line. This is because, when I think about it, the railway north from Inverness has always played a large role in my life.
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The UK Government has been told it should reconsider its decision to snub a Glasgow bid to be one of the country's freeports to boost the economy and create jobs. The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, announced that Cromarty and Forth would be given the freeport status to give it tax incentives to attract investment. The two beat other bids including a Glasgow Region bid involving the airport, Mossend Rail Freight terminal and the River Clyde.
(Permalink) Cromarty Forth Forth Green Freeport Glasgow Airport Green Freeport Greenock Greenock Containerport Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport Mossend Marshalling Yard Railfreight  Mossend Marshalling Yard: 90039, just after its 'Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport' naming ceremony at Mossend, showing off its black 'Backbone' livery on 9th November 2021.
 Fouldubs Junction: DRS 68008 leaves Fouldubs Junction on 30 November with the 4A13 Grangemouth - Aberdeen intermodal.  Invergordon: A Class 24 without a headcode panel - an unusual sight in the Highlands - shunts Invergordon Goods Yard in summer 1973. The harbour branch trails off to the right. |
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Fife is in line for an economic boom if Rosyth succeeds in its bid to become a freeport. UK Government silence on the matter helps no one.
(Permalink) Green Freeport 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: The signal box at Rosyth Dockyard in March 2010. Everything inside appears to be present and correct, but understandably there's a lack of personal touches. |
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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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With bids now in, five contenders are hoping to secure one of two locations to be chosen to be Scotlands new Green Freeports. Proposals from Orkney, Aberdeen, Cromarty, Forth and Clyde regions have set out why they should become a beneficiary of this new status and how that status will become a catalyst for growth, innovation and investment in their regions.
(Permalink) Aberdeen Cromarty Firth Firth of Clyde Firth of Forth Green Freeport Orkney Railfreight  Greenock Container Port: November 2021 aerial view of the Greenock Containerbase. This occupies the area where Greenock Princes Pier G&SWR station was previously. The specialist cruise vessel 'Hebridean Princess' is moored a ...  Greenock Containerbase Sidings: Looking over the site of Princes Pier Shed, it was latterly is use as container sidings for Greenock Ocean Terminal. To the left is Greenock Central Sawmills, where the shed buildings stood. The sidin ... |
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An ambitious new joint Green Freeport bid could attract major investment to Glasgow and the wider region, open up global trading opportunities and create thousands of new jobs if successful, reveals Anthony Harrington
Three of Scotland's leading organisations, Glasgow Airport, Peel Ports Clydeport, and Mossend International Railfreight Park (MIRP) in North Lanarkshire, have got together to submit a transformative bid for Green Freeport status. (Permalink) Glasgow Airport Green Freeport Greenock Containerbase Mossend International Railfreight Park Mossend Marshalling Yard Peel Ports Clydeport Greenock Container Port: November 2021 aerial view of the Greenock Containerbase. This occupies the area where Greenock Princes Pier G&SWR station was previously. The specialist cruise vessel 'Hebridean Princess' is moored a ...  Greenock (Lynedoch): 20202 and 20189 passing the site of Greenock Lynedoch in November 1983 with containers from Coatbridge to Clydeport container terminal. [Ref query 9 December 2018] |
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The operator of Greenock Ocean Terminal is placing a £17m order for two cranes. Peel Ports said the tender would help to 'future-proof' the freight port as it prepares to accommodate increased demand from cargo owners. [The containerbase is built on the site of Greenock Princes Pier station and the Albert Harbour with its associated goods sidings. A freight only railway served the containerbase until the late 1980s. Much of the route remains and could be reinstated as part of a Green Freeport. A passenger station could also be opened to serve the cruise ship pier. -RS]
(Permalink) Clydeport Green Freeport Greenock Containerbase Greenock Ocean Terminal Greenock Princes Pier Peel Ports  Greenock Container Port: Greenock container port in 1988. At the time the port was closed. The cranes were idle and the straddle carriers, which had carried the containers to the Freightliner sidings, were parked up and rusti ...  Greenock Princes Pier [1st]: 20189 and 20202 sitting on the overbridge on Brougham Street, Greenock in November 1983 see image [[66743]]. Greenock (Lynedoch): 20202 and 20189 passing the site of Greenock Lynedoch in November 1983 with containers from Coatbridge to Clydeport container terminal. [Ref query 9 December 2018] |
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