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Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) 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 Clyde and is currently the only builder of merchant ships on the river.
An asset-owning company, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) A new operating company, CalMac Ferries Ltd (CFL). This was done by Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd transferring its operations—but not its assets—to CFL. The operation of the lifeline ferry service was then put out to open competitive tender.
Catriona was launched on 11 December 2015 at Ferguson Marine Engineering in Port Glasgow by Mrs Anna Østergaard, wife of CMAL chairman Erik Østergaard. Catriona is the first ship to be built at the Ferguson yard following its purchase by Clyde Blowers Capital. [6] The ships in the hybrid fleet are named after Scottish literature.
The Company was established by Joseph Russell and his partners Anderson Rodger and William Lithgow who leased the Bay Yard in Port Glasgow from Cunliffe & Dunlop and started trading as Russell & Co. in 1874 [1] (Cunliffe & Dunlop became David J. Dunlop and Co in 1881 and Dunlop, Bremner and Co in 1911).
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Early in the war, in 1915, the shipbuilding company Lithgows (then known as Roberts & Co), took over the Duncan shipyard, but the yard continued to operate under its old trade name. In the immediate post-war period there was a lack of demand, however the shipyard managed to build over 26 liner freighters and trampers and 13 tankers between 1920 ...
Glasgow's Subway is one of the four underground urban rail networks in the UK (the others being in London, Newcastle and Liverpool). Edinburgh has a tramway to and from the airport. On 1 January 2006, Transport Scotland was established, which would oversee the regulation of railways in Scotland and administer major rail projects. [ 10 ]
Glenlee is a steel-hulled three-masted barque, built as a cargo ship at Port Glasgow under that name in 1896 for Glasgow owners. With later owners she was named Islamount and Clarastella . [ 1 ] From 1922 she was the sail training ship Galatea in the Spanish Navy.