"A new cargo and passenger ferry service directly linking Scotland and France could launch later this year as the port of Dunkirk embarks on a 40bn (35bn) regeneration programme it claims will mirror the second world war resilience for which it is famed. The plans could include a new service between Rosyth in Fife and Dunkirk, eight years after the last freight ferries linked Scotland to mainland Europe, and 16 years after passenger services stopped."
"Vergriete said Dunkirk, the site of the huge allied evacuation in the second world war, was a fairly good representation of what deindustrialisation has been like in western Europe, with thousands of jobs in heavy industry in the postwar years down to just a few hundred by the 1980s. Not many regions in western Europe have done this: aligning around the same goal and the same vision"
A cargo and passenger ferry linking Rosyth in Fife and Dunkirk could launch later this year, restoring direct maritime connections between Scotland and France. The last freight ferries ran eight years ago and passenger services ceased 16 years ago. Dunkirk has begun a 40bn (35bn) regeneration programme backed by about 4bn (3.5bn) of public and private investment to transform the 60-year-old port into a hub for low-carbon energy projects, battery factories and maritime logistics. The plan emphasizes the energy and ecological transition as the basis for regional redevelopment and aims to mirror the port's Second World War resilience. The redevelopment is presented as a model for European reindustrialisation in communities affected by deindustrialisation.
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