Ferguson Marine hops to win an order for seven small CalMac ships but must compete with overseas yards.
The nationalised Ferguson shipyard has submitted its bid to build a fleet of small electric ferries for Calmac - but faces competition from 12 other firms.
The first hurdle for the Port Glasgow shipyard will be to get through a pre-qualification assessment, and only a small number of bidders will be invited to tender.Work is continuing at the yard on the much larger CalMac ships Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa - the first liquefied natural gas powered ferries to be built in the UK - with the Glen Sannox due for delivery at the end of September.
"This order would involve repeatable work over a series of seven ships - and that would allow you to get into a rhythm, driving forward with efficiencies." "Some large shipyards in Turkey, for instance, might have 20 projects on the go at once, so they so they can split those running costs between 20 different orders," he said."If you are serious about keeping commercial shipbuilding alive in Scotland you may have to accept there's a premium to pay for doing so."said the yard would compete "aggressively"
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