Ferguson Marine was saved from closure in 2019 by the government but some argue the Clyde shipyard can still have a bright future.
A Clyde shipyard involved in the CalMac ferry fiasco must modernise if it is to survive, the Scottish Government has been warned. Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow was nationalised in 2019 after its previous owners collapsed.
They want funding secured for a new plating line – a rolling production line used to assemble the steel for the construction of ships. The machine is part of a wider modernisation plan laid out by the yard’s bosses. Scottish politics In a statement, McMillan said: “Any capital investment now is an investment for the present and future and it can make the yard competitive and profitable. The yard needs to look ahead to less complicated ships and the new equipment required will increase the yard’s productivity."
“There is a decision to be made about its future and it has to be made now. If Fergusons is to be given the future it deserves, as a diamond in Scotland’s industrial crown, then it needs investment now to ensure modernisation goes ahead in time to secure the work it needs."
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