“Christmas betrayal” says Alba Party’s general secretary as Turkish yard wins more work to build ferries for Scotland

A shipyard in Turkey has been named as the preferred bidder to build two more Scottish ferries, bringing the number of ferries to be built at the yard for Scotland to four.

Cemre Marin shipyard in Turkey will now be building four ferries for Scotland, with more information on their forecasted delivery dates being made available this month.

The Alba Party general secretary Christopher McEleny who has been fighting for work to be given to Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited said it was a “Christmas betrayal”.

Sneaking out the decision on the Friday before Christmas is nothing short of an act of cowardice on the part of Caledonian Maritime Assets and the The Scottish Government” .

Due to the result of previous issues Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited, was unable to compete for this work but its Chief Executive has said don’t worry, it’s not all doom and gloom citing that UK Ministry of Defence work could potentially provide a “solid base” for the future, whilst insisting that the shipyard was now in much better shape and was ready to re-establish its reputation with new orders.

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