How Hope and Opportunity were Squandered: Ferries and Shipyard Regeneration on Inverclyde

IF 0.5 Q4 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Scottish Affairs Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI:10.3366/scot.2023.0469

K. Kemp

引用次数: 1

Abstract

In 2015 Ferguson’s, the only remaining shipyard on the Lower Clyde, was awarded the contract to build two passenger ferries for the Hebridean routes. The vessels are uncompleted, the MV Glen Sannox having been ‘launched’ in 2017, and Hull 802 much further behind. Delivery is already five years overdue, and costs have spiralled to an estimated £350m: a staggering amount that might have been spent in better ways. Whilst the underlying story is likely to remain unknown without a full public inquiry, this essay recounts how the story has developed, how the project sank into rancorous failure, and the ways in which the people of Inverclyde have been sold short yet again.

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希望和机遇是如何被浪费的:因弗克莱德的渡轮和造船厂重建

2015年，下克莱德河仅存的Ferguson船厂获得了为赫布里底航线建造两艘客运渡轮的合同。这两艘船尚未完工，MV Glen Sannox已于2017年“下水”，而Hull 802则落后得多。交付已经延迟了5年，成本已经飙升至约3.5亿英镑:这笔惊人的金额本可以用在更好的地方。虽然没有全面的公众调查，潜在的故事可能仍然是未知的，但这篇文章讲述了这个故事是如何发展的，这个项目是如何陷入令人怨恨的失败的，以及因弗克莱德人民又是如何被低估的。

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Scottish Affairs POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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1.20

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25.00%

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