The long-awaited MV Glen Sannox ferry, plagued by delays and cost overruns, will officially launch on January 13th with one deck closed due to ongoing technical issues. Despite being three years behind schedule, CalMac insists the closure will not impact passenger capacity during the typically low winter demand. The ferry, one of two being constructed at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow, is set to serve Arran and operate from Troon.
Last minute snags on the delayed and over budget MV Glen Sannox ferry mean one of its decks will be closed on its official launch on Monday 13th January.
Duncan Mackison, chief executive of CalMac, said: “Great effort has gone into getting MV Glen Sannox ready for service for Monday. Originally due for delivery in 2018, the ferry and the 3,000-tonne sister ship Glen Rosa were first ordered in 2015 and have endured a saga of costly delays and technical problems.
Earlier this month MSPs were told that the MV Glen Sannox ferry has already been pencilled in for repairs before it carries its first passengers. Economy spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said: “Islanders will need to see the Glen Sannox setting sail for themselves before they can believe it. “The SNP’s ferries fiasco is a national scandal that has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds. It is high time that nationalist ministers were held to account for their gross incompetence.”
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