Forth Green Freeport

Scotland's Forth Green Freeport is a free trade and investment zone with the following strategic objectives:

• Promote regeneration, stimulate economic growth and high-quality job creation
• Promote decarbonisation and a Just Transition to a net zero economy
• Establish hubs for global trade and investment
• Foster an innovative environment

The Freeport spans a 45-kilometre-wide site in the Forth Estuary in the east of Scotland.

Its strategic ports including 2 located in Fife: port of Rosyth and port of Burntisland offer a range of development sites, opportunities and benefits for businesses to invest, grow and thrive.

Spanning over 500 hectares which includes 150 hectares at Rosyth and 47 hectares at Burntisland Forth Green Freeport is anchored by market leading companies including Babcock International and is one of the UK’s largest and most exciting investment propositions.

Fife’s prime locations at the Port of Rosyth and Port of Burntisland benefit from Forth Green Freeport incentives, making it an ideal hub for logistics, manufacturing, and renewable energy. With robust infrastructure and integrated sea, rail, and road transport, investors can easily access both national and international markets.

Committed to sustainability, innovation, fair work practices and skills development Forth Green Freeport is a resilient, future-proof economic zone and aims to attract investors seeking to be part of this transformative economic landscape.

As Scotland’s best-connected port, Rosyth is poised to play a crucial role in Forth Green Freeport and Scotland's economic development by enhancing international connectivity, export capacity, and driving sustainable, inclusive growth.

Forth Green Freeport envisions Rosyth as a global market hub, enhancing freight and logistics capabilities. The area will leverage land assets and skilled workforce to support advanced manufacturing, including offshore renewable infrastructure. Rosyth aims to provide a sustainable business environment with future rail freight networks and green power generation.

The site hosts one of the most advanced manufacturing facilities in the UK, with scope for further development. Rosyth is also home to Queensferry One, a site which can comfortably deliver up to 1.2 million sq. ft of space supporting new industrial and logistics development.

Rosyth investment site benefits from:  

• Strengthened trade links with Europe through enhance rail connections, freight terminals and warehousing facilities
• Development of the Arrol Gibb Innovation Campus, a global centre of excellence focusing on transforming large-scale manufacturing
• Rosyth emergence as a location of choice for advanced manufacturing, marine engineering, digital shipbuilding, renewable and modular energy component manufacturing
• A new roll on/roll off (ro-pax) ferry and container terminal to support trade growth
• New trade opportunities with supporting businesses in the area
• Unlocking rail capability to lead sustainable rail freight at Rosyth
• Clean growth support through the development of renewable energy production at Rosyth

Located on the northern shore of the Firth of Forth, the Port of Burntisland forms, along with the Port of Leith, Forth Green Freeport’s  Mid Forth Tax Site. 

The 47-hectare Burntisland site, owned by Forth Ports, aims to be part of Scotland’s largest offshore wind renewables hub. This initiative supports economic recovery, energy transition, and net zero carbon targets. It is part of a multi-port strategy to develop the Forth as a renewables cluster, with new manufacturing facilities, port upgrades, and green incubators to drive SME and start-up growth, fostering the necessary supply chain and skills for the renewables sector.

Investment supported by Forth Green Freeport incentives, at the port of Burntisland as part of the Mid-Forth tax site, will support the following benefits:

• A stronger strategic proposition for Burntisland’s innovative floating wind activity
• A £100m high-capacity floating offshore wind integration facility at Burntisland
• More efficient movement of offshore wind components, to create a multi-site manufacturing and assembly operation before export
• New trade opportunities with supporting businesses in the area
• Increased investor confidence and reduced risk through the creation of development-ready land at Mid Forth