August 30, 2018

Ferguson Marine Owner Says Cash Needed To Finish Ferry Contract

Businessman Jim McColl, owner of Ferguson Marine said in an interview with the BBC that the shipyard incurred significantly higher costs in the work they had to do on the two LNG ferries for CMAL There has been discussions but without result, according to McColl.

He said that, “more design development work could have been done prior to the invitation to tender going out, rather than dealing with multiple things that are arising as we got into the build process.”

GLENN SANNOX was launched in November 2017 and had been due to enter service this summer.

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