Ferguson Shipyard Survival Depends on Policy 'Step Change'

Ferguson shipyard survival depends on policy 'step change'

Ferguson Marine warn they will struggle to win contracts unless "social value" is factored in to bids.

Why Ferguson Marine could have bid for new ferry contract

The latest row over ferry procurement has produced a flood of online claims about Ferguson Marine’s supposed inability to build two new vessels for the Northern Isles. Much of the noise rests on false assumptions about the yard’s physical limitations. On social media, one user claimed “the two ships going out to tender are different in size from Sannox and Rosa” while another insisted “their yard is physically too small. The slipway is too short…