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Updated: 21/01/2021, 7:10 pm © SYSTEM Dundee could be one location for a freeport. Scottish ministers have announced plans to establish Scotland’s first green freeports in a “screeching U-turn” that could attract major new investment and jobs. Freeports, which have special status that allows companies to defer paying tax or owe none at all if they make products on-site, are already planned in England in a bid to encourage more trade and mitigate the economic harms of Brexit. The Scottish Government has confirmed it now plans to adapt the UK model to establish “fair, sustainable, gree...

The Valaris Gorilla VI leaves the Port of Dundee with the help of Targe and Forth Ports tugboats. Picture: Theo Currie By Kristy Dorsey Forth Ports has acquired Angus tug firm Targe in a multi-million pound deal to create a marine services business “of scale” along the east coast of Scotland. Set up in 1991, Targe employs 90 people and was previously owned by the family of managing director Tom Woolley. Edinburgh-based Forth Ports has acquired the entire share capital of Targe for an undisclosed multi-million sum. Based in Montrose, Targe owns nine vessels, including five tugs pro...

WHAT??? Trump boasts inanely, "We will produce a vaccine by the end of the year — and maybe even sooner" Is Trump suggesting he'll pressure the FDA into approving a Covid vaccine in 2019? We assume Steven meant “in 2020.” And that’s the nicest thing we can say about that tweet. Brutal. Maybe the “experts” they cited to try to project doom and gloom should never be taken seriously again? https://t.co/hRcrv0oZyo Skepticism is warranted in situations like the COVID19 pandemic. No one could have known for sure whether there’d be a vaccine available by the end of the year. But so ma...

Port of Dundee: Drone footage shows major changes to area in ‘epic’ £40m development Updated: December 15 2020, 10.38am It’s the size of 20 football pitches, costs £40m and has more construction equipment than every other Dundee development combined. Hundreds of workers are on site creating Scotland’s most capable heavy lift quayside at the Port of Dundee, ready to capitalise on a decommissioning and offshore renewables future. At the east end of the port, a quay has been demolished and more than a dozen buildings have been torn down across a vast area. Drone footage of the site is ...