Jim McColl: success on the Clyde

Posted on 23 Nov 2016 by Jonny Williamson

Legendary Scottish businessman Jim McColl is reviving shipbuilding on the Clyde, but warns future success is uncertain if the government fails to match the support other countries’ manufacturers receive. Editor-at- Large Nick Peters reports.

MV Catriona was delivered to its new owners Clyde Maritime Assets by Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd six weeks ahead of schedule in late September this year. The MV Catriona will ply the crossing between Claonaig on the Kintyre peninsula to Lochranza on the Isle of Arran. Behind that bald statement of…

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