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Forth Ports says it will achieve a Net Zero carbon operation by 2042. The company, which is Scotland’s biggest port operator and third largest in the UK, has also unveiled an interim target to achieve carbon neutral emissions (Scope 1 and 2) by 2032.
To achieve this across the group’s eight ports, Forth Ports is overhauling and electrifying equipment and machinery, switching to low carbon fuels, increasing on-site renewable energy generation ...
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Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have backed the Forth Green Freeport bid saying it has the potential to generate up to 50,000 new green jobs and act as a catalyst for new clean technologies and renewable energy manufacturing
The bid proposal which was submitted in June 2022 to the Scottish ...
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Forth Ports has promoted Simon Harper to group learning and development (L&D) manager and Natalie Dalgleish to L&D manager leading the team in Scotland.
Simon Harper will take on responsibility for the L&D teams across the Group which operates eight ports in Scotland and The Port of Tilbury on the Thames ...
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Falkirk East member of the Scottish Parliament, Michelle Thomson, visited Forth Ports’ Skills and Business Centre at Grangemouth to meet apprentices and to mark Scottish Apprenticeship Week (7-11 March).
Forth Ports delivers its Scottish apprenticeship programmes through its Skills and Business Centre in the port of Grangemouth, blending academic learning with ...
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Thames Freeport is experiencing heavy demand from businesses wanting to relocate to its investment zone on the 12 month anniversary of the Government’s announcement that it would be one of the first eight freeports nationwide. It says that there has been interest from a diverse range of sectors
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Forth Ports has announced three new leadership roles as part of a to reflect the increasing importance of the offshore renewables sector and the general supply chain.
David Webster has been appointed as director of energy, responsible for integrating Forth Ports’ energy team in Scotland and building on its strong market ...
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Energy consulting firm, Wood Mackenzie has published a research paper recommending that the Firth of Forth become a Net Zero hub for Scotland.
It says that the development of net zero hubs around the UK has proved a key plank of the country’s strategy towards achieving net zero by 2050. Scotland, ...
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Forth Ports has appointed Michelle Primrose as group human resources (HR) manager and Matt McCreath as group financial controller.
Michelle Primrose has held roles with businesses including BAE Systems, Balfour Beatty, AECOM and Sainsbury’s. She will be based in the Port of Grangemouth with responsibility for HR across the Group’s eight ...
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Onlookers on the Forth Estuary were treated to a spectacular sight at the weekend when, in an operation spanning two days, the largest construction vessel in the world Allseas’ Pioneering Spirit – 382 metres long and 124 metres wide - transferred a topside drilling platform onto the 200 metre long ...
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Forth Ports says that its eight UK ports including Tilbury, Grangemouth, Leith, Rosyth and Dundee have managed 74,000 tonnes of wheat - the equivalent of 148 million loaves of bread; 40,000 tonnes of food for supermarket shelves, including over 8,500t of fruit and vegetables and the equivalent of 2.5m packs ...
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