Some 225,000 passengers are expected to visit Edinburgh, Fife and Dundee this year after a 50 per cent hike in the number of cruise ships docking at east coast ports.
A public-private consortium led by Forth Ports has submitted its bid for a green freeport in the Firth of Forth which it claims could generate 50,000 new green jobs and unlock £6 billion of investment.
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