Ferguson Shipyard Calmac Ferry Glen confirms new delay for Rosa

The supply date for MV Glenn Roja, one of many two double-fuel Calmac Ghats being constructed by the nationalized Ferguson Shipyard, has been retrieved for 9 months.

The price of the ship has additionally increased-up to £ 35m-that means the value of two vessels will likely be above £ 460m, which exceeds 4 and a half occasions than the unique contract value.

Ferguson Marine mentioned that it’s now anticipated that Glenn Roja could be “largely complete” within the first quarter of 2026, with a remaining supply between May and June.

The ship, which is to serve the Arran route of Calmac, was initially attributable to supply in July 2018.

MV Glenn Roja was launched from Ferguson Slipve in Port Glasgow a yr in the past, which was in a extra completed state than her equal sister MV Glennx seven years in the past.

While very “fitting out” work remains to be to be completed, together with professional cryogenic pipework for its liquefied pure fuel (LNG) engines, it was anticipated that it might be distributed by the top of September this yr.

The newly appointed everlasting chief govt of Ferguson Marine, Graeme Thomson, apologized to the islands as an apology as he confirmed that it was not attainable.

He mentioned: “This is not an announcement that we wanted to do at this level and cannot eliminate our understanding of the importance of providing realistic handover schedule to support Calmac to provide more reliable and strong service to those communities.

“No one desires to see the quick supply of MV Glenn Roja greater than Ferguson Marine and we’re dedicated to working onerous to distribute the vessel inside this window.”

The update did not give any detailed reason, but the BBC Scotland News understands that the delay in the construction of the previous ship has had a knock-on impact.

Glenn Sannox was finally given to his owner, Ferry Procurement Body CMAL, last November after complications of many late stages with expert LNG pipework and commission system commission.

Sources in Shipyard said that important resources had to be diverted from Glenn Roja to get Glenn Sannox in service.

In an updated letter to MSPS, Mr. Thomson said that the cost of completing the vessel would increase from £ 150m to £ 172.5 and would take another £ 12.5M – predicted cost to £ 185M for contingencies.

Glenn Sannox was completed for approximately £ 150m, but these figures do not include £ 83m, or £ 45M government loans paid before nationalization which were later written.

Deputy Minister Kate Forbes said that he has communicated his “disappointment and frustration” in the Ferguson Board's announcement.

He said: “I’ve instructed to determine a brand new weekly assessment group, underneath the chairmanship of Ferguson Marine and the yard and our impartial technical advisor to incorporate CMAL, in order that the ship's supply plan may be investigated and be sure that it’s sensible, expert and price -effective.”

The £ 97M contract for Glenn Sannox and Glenn Rosa, the first LNG-operated Ghats produced by the UK Shipyard, was honored in 2015 to Ferguson Marines, and both ships were originally due to delivery in 2018.

But design challenges and controversies between the former Shipyard owners and the government-owned Ghat Body CMAL made a stand-off on claims for additional costs.

Shipyard's management stated that a poor-developed specification and frequent intervention by CMAL caused unexpected complications.

The CMAL denied this and claimed that the new owners of the yard had underestimated the complexity of the project.

The deadlock was eventually going into the administration of Ferguson and was taken under the ownership of the state in 2019, with the project already £ 100m overbudgate.

Problems continued after nationalization with further delays and costs.

MV Glenn Sannox is now in service on the Arran route of Calmac, but the state -owned boat operators are under pressure as it waits for the arrival of new replacement ships for its aging fleet.

Four different main ghats underneath building in Türkiye are additionally delayed with MV Isle of Isle, attributable to supply on this summer time.