The Port of Tilbury’s Chief of Police Matt Bass received a commendation from Lucy D’orsi CVO QPM, the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police at Drapers’ Hall in the City of London for the role he undertook while working at British Transport Police during the covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Port of Tilbury’s Police Constable Adam Webb receives Royal Humane Society Award
Police Constable Adam Webb, from the Port of Tilbury Police, has this month received the Royal Humane Society’s Resuscitation Award for the heroic assistance he provided, while he was off duty, at a serious road traffic collision in Essex in November. On 25th November 2022, while he was off duty, PC Webb came across a very serious road traffic collision …
Cruise ship calls up 50% for Capital Cruising’s 2023 Scottish season
Cruise ship calls in 2023 for Forth Ports’ Capital Cruising business on Scotland’s east coast are set to jump by 50%, with around 150 (2022: 100) cruise ships, carrying an estimated 225,000 passengers, expected to visit Edinburgh, Fife and Dundee this year.
Bumper ‘Tattie’ Season for Scotland’s largest container terminal
The Port of Grangemouth exports 65,000 tonnes of Scottish seed potatoes around the world. The Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest freight hub, has delivered a bumper ‘tattie’ season with 65,000 tonnes of seed potato exported around the world from Grangemouth. The busy container terminal grew annual volumes with 150,000 containers moving through the port in 2022. October and November are …
The Port of Dundee’s new road salt hub to keep Scotland moving during winter season
The Port of Dundee’s new road salt import and distribution hub is handling 70,000 tonnes of road salt this year for distribution to Scotland’s regional depots via Scotland’s east coast ports. Forth Ports has imported millions of tonnes of road salt through the Ports of Leith and Rosyth over the past number of years and this new expansion at the …
Port of Leith is first port on mainland Scotland to go live with zero emissions shore power for ships
The Port of Leith has become the first large mainland commercial port in Scotland to provide a shore power connection, reflecting Forth Ports’ commitment to reducing its own carbon footprint as well as that of its customers.
Two decades of policing recognised for Port of Tilbury’s Police Sergeant, Nigel Morgan
Sergeant Nigel Morgan from the Port of Tilbury Police received his well-earned Long Service and Good Conduct Medal this week as he reaches a career milestone of 20 years of policing. Nigel is a well-known face in the port and the local Tilbury area and has worked at The Port of Tilbury for the whole of his 20-year career …
12 New Kalmar straddle carriers go into service in Grangemouth and Tilbury.
Forth Ports’ busy container ports in Grangemouth and Tilbury welcomed 12 new Kalmar straddle carriers go into service this week as part of a multimillion-pound investment in equipment for the Group’s key container terminals. The new low emission Kalmar straddle carriers were shipped from Kalmar’s facility in Poland aboard the specialist vessel the MV Aura which delivered five to the …
Ambitious vision for Rosyth unveiled within Forth Green Freeport bid
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.
Capital Cruising Welcomes 100th Cruise ship this season as the Emerald Princess sails into South Queensferry
The majestic Emerald Princess sailed up the River Forth into South Queensferry this week marking the 100th cruise call for Capital Cruising which welcomes cruise liners into its ports in Leith, Rosyth, Dundee and deep-water anchorages at Newhaven and South Queensferry.
New Grangemouth container route launches with CMA CGM and Containerships as demand increases for a Scottish express service into Europe
The arrival of the Skylight container vessel into Scotland’s key strategic freight hub at The Port of Grangemouth marks the maiden call of a new Scottish Express (SCX) service secured with the CMA CGM Group, a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, and its subsidiary, Containerships, the leader in intra-European multimodal transport.
Port of Leith signs reservation agreement for multi-billion pound Morven offshore wind project
Scotland’s largest offshore wind renewables hub, at the Port of Leith, has signed a reservation and collaboration agreement with bp and EnBW, as the marshalling port for the 2.9GW Morven offshore wind project.














