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Rosyth ferry bid team 'hopeful'
The team bidding for a new ferry service from Rosyth has said a strong case has now been put to the parent consortium tendering the route.
South East Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran), which is behind the bid, said if successful it could operate services from 2008.
Two other ports, Newcastle and the Humber, are understood to be competing to run the service to Norway.
The deadline for applications is Friday, with a decision in November.
Local authorities in mid Norway have formed the consortium, called Moregruppen, to meet the demand for a sea route taking Freight from Scandinavia to central Europe.
KEY BID POINTS
90% of Scotland's population within three hours' drive of Rosyth
Annual container traffic of 2.3m tonnes
100,000 passengers a year using existing Zeebrugge service
£180m of Scottish exports to Norway go via Newcastle
The proposed service would link with the existing Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry.
While primarily aimed at the freight industry, one spin-off could be an increase in tourists coming to Scotland from Norway.
SEStran's director, Alex MacAulay, said: "The case that I have been making is that Rosyth is the best place to land. Deep waters at all times, good rail connections, good road connections."
Successful bidder
"It is the most accessible harbour in the north east of Britain."
SEStran has submitted a list of benefits the new route would bring, including creating jobs at the port and increasing national exports.
Scotland currently exports an estimated £180m worth of goods to Norway but much of that has to go through the port of Newcastle.
The bidders are hoping to encourage some of those companies to reroute their exports via the Forth.
It is likely to be the end of November before Moregruppen announces the successful bidder.
South East Scotland Transport Partnership (SEStran), which is behind the bid, said if successful it could operate services from 2008.
Two other ports, Newcastle and the Humber, are understood to be competing to run the service to Norway.
The deadline for applications is Friday, with a decision in November.
Local authorities in mid Norway have formed the consortium, called Moregruppen, to meet the demand for a sea route taking Freight from Scandinavia to central Europe.
KEY BID POINTS
90% of Scotland's population within three hours' drive of Rosyth
Annual container traffic of 2.3m tonnes
100,000 passengers a year using existing Zeebrugge service
£180m of Scottish exports to Norway go via Newcastle
The proposed service would link with the existing Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry.
While primarily aimed at the freight industry, one spin-off could be an increase in tourists coming to Scotland from Norway.
SEStran's director, Alex MacAulay, said: "The case that I have been making is that Rosyth is the best place to land. Deep waters at all times, good rail connections, good road connections."
Successful bidder
"It is the most accessible harbour in the north east of Britain."
SEStran has submitted a list of benefits the new route would bring, including creating jobs at the port and increasing national exports.
Scotland currently exports an estimated £180m worth of goods to Norway but much of that has to go through the port of Newcastle.
The bidders are hoping to encourage some of those companies to reroute their exports via the Forth.
It is likely to be the end of November before Moregruppen announces the successful bidder.
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