Ferguson Marine Limited is a shipbuilding company whose yard, located in Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, was established in 1903. It is the last remaining shipbuilder on the lower Clyd
Ferguson Marine in 2024, with Glen Rosa at Newark Quay
Entrance to Ferguson Shipbuilders, with original office building and fabrication shed
Ferguson Marine Engineering from the east, behind Newark Castle, prior to the November 2017 launch of the Glen Sannox
Ferguson Marine from the west, Newark Quay seen across Coronation Park in 2017
MV Glen Sannox is a car and passenger ferry constructed at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow for the Scottish Government asset company CMAL, to lease to its ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne. Entering
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…Originally intended for delivery during 2018, construction difficulties (the reasons for which are in dispute) led to a two-year delay for the first ship, Glen Sannox, which was launched in November 2017. FMEL was part of two consortia's bids for the programme for five type 31 frigates for the Royal Navy, worth some…
Departing Brodick in January 2025
Ferguson Shipbuilders in 2011, adjacent to Newark Castle, seen across parkland on the former Lamont's shipyard site
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met Jim McColl at the shipyard on 31 August 2015, and announced that FMEL was the preferred bidder.
In the constricted workspace, FMEL tried to build Glen Sannox at the same time as Hull 802 (in two sections).