Steel weighing a total of 28,000t is being delivered for the new bridge over the Forth in a total of four shipments on 250m-long ships.

“I welcome the creation of 100 new jobs at the Queensferry Crossing to coincide with the steel delivery phase, in addition to the already over 1,000 people directly employed on site,” said transport minister Keith Brown.

Each steel deck unit weighs 250 tonnes when it arrives. A fabrication process at Rosyth dockyards involves adding a further 500t of concrete before the units are then taken out to form their part of the final bridge.

“Today the sheer scale of the operations required to build the Queensferry Crossing becomes clear with the tower structures and v-shaped viaduct piers visibly rising steadily from the Forth for all to see,” said Brown.

The steel is being supplied by ZPMC.