Landmark as First Steel Is Cut on £8m Giant Barge at Methil Yard

Landmark as first steel is cut on £8m giant barge at Methil yard

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray hailed the “world class workforce” at a Fife yard as he returned to see the first steel cut on an £8 million 1400 tonne barge.

Ian Murray to cut steel on barge that will help deliver three new Navy ships

The Scottish Secretary is to visit the Navantia UK yard in Methil, Fife, on Tuesday, where the £8 million 1,400 tonne barge is being built.

More shipbuilding for Scotland as £8m barge project starts

Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has cut the first steel for a new £8 million transport barge at Navantia UK’s Methil yard, marking the start of fabrication for a vessel that will play a key role in the construction of the Royal Navy’s new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships. The 85-metre by 25-metre barge, weighing 1,400 tonnes, will move ship blocks between Navantia UK’s Appledore yard in Devon and its Belfast facility, where final assembly of the th…