Ferguson Marine

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Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Limited
Company type State owned
Industry Shipbuilding
Founded1903
Headquarters Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland
Key people
Andrew Miller, Chair
David Tydeman (CEO)
Products Shipbuilding, ship repair and manufacturing
Owner Scottish Government
Number of employees
Over 400
Parent Lithgows (1961-1970)
Scott Lithgow (1970-1977)
British Shipbuilders (1977-1989) Clyde Blowers Capital (2014-2019)
Website www.fergusonmarine.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Ferguson Marine Engineering from the west, behind Newark Castle, prior to the November 2017 launch of MV Glen Sannox. 171119 Newark Castle, Ferguson Marine, MV Glen Sannox pre launch reflection.jpg
Ferguson Marine Engineering from the west, behind Newark Castle, prior to the November 2017 launch of MV Glen Sannox.

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. For some years the company's mainstay has been Roll-on/roll-off ferries, primarily for Caledonian MacBrayne (CalMac), including a series of innovative hybrid diesel-electric/battery-powered vessels. Beset with difficulties since 2018 over their latest two CalMac ferries, Fergusons' largest ever vessel, the shipyard was nationalised in December 2019. It is now classified as an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government. [1]

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History

The Ferguson shipyard was founded as a partnership by four Ferguson Brothers (Peter, Daniel, Louis and Robert) who left the Fleming & Ferguson shipyard in Paisley to lease the Newark yard in Port Glasgow in March 1903. [2] [3] Ferguson Brothers acquired the freehold in the yard in 1907 and was incorporated as Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd in 1912. [3] The company was purchased by John Slater Ltd (Amalgamated Industries) in 1918 [3] but returned to control of the Ferguson family in the late 1920s. Lithgows Ltd purchased an interest in the business after Bobby Ferguson's death in 1954 [2] and took control of the Company in 1961. [3] Ferguson Brothers remained a separate entity within the Scott Lithgow group from 1969 to 1977. [2]

Entrance to Ferguson Shipbuilders, with the original office building and fabrication shed built to the line of the railway branch which once served the harbour. 150813 Ferguson Shipbuilders, entrance and office.jpg
Entrance to Ferguson Shipbuilders, with the original office building and fabrication shed built to the line of the railway branch which once served the harbour.

The company was nationalised and subsumed into British Shipbuilders in 1977, [3] then merged with the Ailsa Shipbuilding Company to form Ferguson-Ailsa Ltd in 1980. [2]

Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd

Ferguson and Ailsa were separated in 1986 when the latter yard was sold and Ferguson was merged with Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon to form Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd. [3] By the late 1980s only the Appledore Ferguson yards were still held in state ownership. [4] Ferguson was demerged from Appledore and acquired by Greenock-based engineering firm Clark Kincaid in 1989 then started trading as Ferguson Shipbuilders. [2] [3]

Clark Kincaid itself was acquired by Kvaerner and became Kvaerner Kincaid in 1990, [5] and the Ferguson yard sold to Ferguson Marine plc in 1991. [3] The entire shareholding in Ferguson Marine was acquired by the Holland House Electrical Group in 1995. [6] The sign above the main gate continued the name Ferguson Shipbuilders Limited. [7] Between 2013 and 2016 the yard built three hybrid diesel-electric/battery powered ferries, beginning with Hallaig - the world's first. [8]

Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd.

2017 view of new office building and shipyard entrance, extended nearer the A8 road. 171112 Ferguson Marine office.jpg
2017 view of new office building and shipyard entrance, extended nearer the A8 road.

In August 2014, the shipyard placed the company into administration and the following month Clyde Blowers Capital, an industrial company owned by Jim McColl, purchased the yard for £600,000 and renamed it Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd (FMEL). [7]

In August 2015, government-owned Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) announced that an order for two ferries for Caledonian MacBrayne service, capable of operating on either marine diesel oil or liquefied natural gas, had been won by Fergusons. [9] 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. [10] [11]

FMEL was part of two consortia's bids for the programme for five type 31 frigates for the Royal Navy, worth some £1.25 billion. The consortia are those led by Babcock International and Atlas Elektronik UK. [12] After their bid was selected, a contract was formally awarded to Babcock Group on 15 November 2019, for an average production cost of £250 million per ship and an overall programme cost set to be £2 billion. [13]

On 30 October 2018, FMEL secured a contract to construct a large air cushioned barge for Mangistau ACV Solutions Ltd, part of the CMI Offshore Ltd Group, with estimated completion scheduled in 2019. [14] In December 2018 FMEL announced that two orders worth £5.4 million had been secured from Inverlussa Marine Services for fish farm support ships, to be completed in May 2019, and that three more for fishing vessels, totaling £11 million, were in the pipeline. [15] By July 2019 the ferry dispute had led to delays in closing the trawler contracts. [16]

Ferguson Marine from the west, Newark Quay seen across Coronation Park in 2017. 171112 Ferguson Marine Newark Quay.jpg
Ferguson Marine from the west, Newark Quay seen across Coronation Park in 2017.

Attempts by Clyde Blowers Capital to negotiate with the Scottish Government over increased costs and delays to ferries failed, and on 9 August 2019 the directors of FMEL gave notice that the company would be put into administration. [11] This led to a bitter dispute between the Scottish Government and the former owners of the shipyard. [17] A week later the Scottish Government announced that they would take over management of the yard to allow work to continue on current orders, and that if no private buyer could be found in four weeks, the yard would be nationalised by purchase. [18] At the start of December, after three private bids to purchase the yard were rejected as being insufficiently favourable to creditors, the government formally took ownership of the shipyard, and in the process wrote off about £50 million of previous loans. [19]

Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd.

Shipyard entrance in 2021, mobile crane lifts section onto Hull 802 211202d Ferguson Marine, Hull 802 bow.jpg
Shipyard entrance in 2021, mobile crane lifts section onto Hull 802

The newly nationalised shipyard was renamed Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd. on 2 December 2019. [19] The costs and viability of completing contracts was investigated, and Tim Hair was appointed as turnaround director. On 22 January 2020 he told a Scottish Parliament inquiry that the large ferries MV Glen Sannox and Hull 802 were "significantly less than half built", with 95% of their design still to be agreed with the client body Caledonian Maritime Assets. Additional naval architects and marine engineers had been engaged to complete this design work. [20]

In March 2020 Ferguson Marine announced that they had taken a four year lease on a large warehouse sited at Greenock waterfront, and would use it to consolidate stock and materials which had been stored in several warehouses near Glasgow Airport. [21] The large air cushioned barge for CMI Offshore Ltd (ordered from FMEL in 2018) was launched on 24 June 2020, to be taken to the Caspian Sea to be completed and outfitted for oil exploration work in that area. [22]

The company's board of directors with six non–executive members, including Alistair Mackenzie as chairman, was appointed in June 2020 by the Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary Fiona Hyslop. [23]

Hull 802 in December 2021 211228 Ferguson Marine, Hull 802, tree lights d.jpg
Hull 802 in December 2021

In February 2021, the firm announced it would take on 120 additional workers with the intention of operating seven days per week. [24] The bulbous bow of Hull 802 was fitted in September 2021, and reported as a landmark in significant progress to both ships, deliveries of which by January 2022 were running up to five years late. [25] [26]

Fergusons had bid for two new ferries to be ordered by CMAL, but was not included on the shortlist to submit detailed tenders. [27] On 16 December David Tydeman was appointed chief executive, to take over from Tim Hair in February 2022. [28]

On 16 March 2023, Tydeman wrote to Scottish Ministers requesting a reset of the timetable for delivery of the two ferries to no later than end 2023 for Glen Sannox (Hull 801) and no later than end 2024 for Hull 802. The shipyard is aiming to delivering earlier – Glen Sannox in autumn 2023 and Hull 802 before late summer 2024. [29]

In May 2023, Ferguson announced that it had secured an initial contract with BAE Systems to fabricate three steel units for HMS Belfast, the third City Class Type 26 frigate currently being constructed by BAE Systems. [30]

List of vessels built under Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd (since 2014)

Reference [31]
Yard No.NameTypeLaunchOrdered ByLength x BreadthNotes
727 MV Catriona Double Ended diesel electric hybrid RoPax Ferry11 December 2015 Caledonian Maritime Assets 43.5 x 12.2m
801 MV Glen Sannox LNG/marine diesel hybrid RoPax Ferry21 November 2017 Caledonian Maritime Assets 102.4 x 17m Ferry fiasco
802 MV Glen Rosa LNG/marine diesel hybrid RoPax Ferry9 April 2024 Caledonian Maritime Assets 102.4 x 17m Ferry fiasco
803ACB ArgymakAir Cushion Barge24 June 2020Mangistau ACV Solutions Ltd (part of CMI Offshore Ltd Group)55 x 24m
804MV Helen RiceAquaculture Support Vessel29 January 2020Inverlussa Marine Services21 x 8.35 m [32]
805MV Kallista HelenAquaculture Support Vessel15 March 2021Inverlussa Marine Services26.5 x 12 m [33] [34]
806CancelledRoPax FerryN/A Orkney Islands Council N/ACancelled order, first steel cut October 2019
90007Hunter's Quay LinkspanRoRo Ferry LinkspanN/A Western Ferries

List of vessels built under Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd (1991 - 2014)

Reference [35]
Yard No.NameTypeLaunchOrdered ByLength x BreadthNotes
601 MV Loch Dunvegan Double Ended RoPax Ferry15 March 1991 CalMac Ferries 54.2 x 13.4m
602 MV Loch Fyne Double Ended RoPax Ferry12 June 1991 CalMac Ferries 54.2 x 13.4m
603MV Star PegasusOffshore Supply vessel22 January 1992Star Offshore Services68.83 x 17.5m
604NLV PharosLighthouse Tender11 December 1992 Northern Lighthouse Board 78.2 x 14.1m
605 MV Leirna Double Ended RoPax Ferry27 August 1992 Shetland Islands Council Ferries 32.45 x 10.7m
606 MV Red Falcon Double Ended RoPax Ferry18 August 1993 Red Funnel 83.6 / 93.2 x 17.5mLengthened by 9.6m in 2004 at Remontowa, Gdansk
607 MV Red Osprey Double Ended RoPax Ferry28 April 1994 Red Funnel 83.6 / 93.2 x 17.5mLengthened by 9.6m in 2003 at Remontowa, Gdansk
608 MV Isle of Lewis RoPax Ferry18 April 1995 CalMac Ferries 101.25 x 18m
609MV TystieTug3 August 1995Shetland Towage Ltd38.37 x 13.92m
610MV DunterTug25 October 1995Shetland Towage Ltd38.37 x 13.92m
611 MV Red Eagle Double Ended RoPax Ferry23 November 1995 Red Funnel 83.6 / 93.2 x 17.5mLengthened by 9.6m in 2005 at Remontowa, Gdansk
612MV Stirling ClydeOffshore Supply vessel17 May 1996Stirling Offshore83 x 19.19m
703MV UKD BluefinDredger22 January 1997 Associated British Ports 98 x 18.2m
704RV ScotiaResearch Vessel4 July 1997Marine Scotland68.6 x 15mNamed on 21 May 1998 by Queen Elizabeth II
705MV Stirling TayOffshore Supply vessel16 March 1998Stirling Offshore82.88 x 19.29m
706MV Stirling SpeyOffshore Supply vessel11 September 1998Stirling Offshore82.88 x 19.29m
707MV Stirling IonaOffshore Supply tug28 September 1999Stirling Shipping73.8 x 16.3m
708 MV Hebrides RoPax Ferry2 August 2000 CalMac Ferries 99 x 16mLaunched by Queen Elizabeth II
709 NLV Pole Star Lighthouse tender18 April 2000 Northern Lighthouse Board 51.52 x 12.1m
710 MV Sound of Scarba Double Ended RoPax Ferry12 March 2001 Western Ferries 50 x 15m
711MV Stirling JuraOffshore Supply tug18 October 2001Stirling Shipping73.8 x 16.3m
712 RV Cefas Endeavour Research Vessel14 August 2002 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 72.92 x 16.11m
713CancelledRoPax FerryN/A NorthLink Ferries 112 x 18mFerguson's withdrew order in December 2000, 2 months after the order was announced. Became MV Hamnavoe built in Aker Finnyards, Finland.
714FPV MinnaFishery Patrol3 February 2003 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 47.7 x 10m
715MV Sound of ShunaDouble Ended RoPax Ferry14 August 2003 Western Ferries 50 x 15m
716MV Spirit of the TayPassenger ExcursionShipped 2003Loch Tay Steam Packet Co35 x ?mMeant to be for Loch Tay excursions but due to disputes after shipping abandoned by Loch Tay.
717CF Plym IIDouble Ended RoPax chain ferry3 August 2004 Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Company 73 x 20.35m
718CF Tamar IIDouble Ended RoPax chain ferry31 August 2004 Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Company 73 x 20.35m
719CF Lynher IIDouble Ended RoPax chain ferry7 June 2005 Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Company 73 x 20.35m
720FPV JuraFishery Patrol28 April 2005 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 84 x 13.1m
721 MV Loch Shira Double Ended RoPax Ferry8 December 2006 Caledonian Maritime Assets 54.27 x 13.9m
722MV Arenig FawrSuction Dredger2007 Airbus UK 18.5 x 5m
725 MV Hallaig Double Ended Diesel electric hybrid RoPax Ferry17 December 2012 Caledonian Maritime Assets 43.5 x 12.2mWorld's first diesel electric hybrid ferry
726 MV Lochinvar Double Ended Diesel electric hybrid RoPax Ferry23 May 2013 Caledonian Maritime Assets 43.5 x 12.2m

List of vessels built under Appledore Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd (1986 - 1989)

Reference [36]
Yard No.NameTypeLaunchOrdered ByLength x BreadthNotes
572 MV Isle of Mull RoPax Ferry8 December 1987 CalMac Ferries 84.6 / 90.03 x 15.8mLengthened by 5.4m in 1988 by Tees Dockyard, Middlesbrough.
573 MV Lord of the Isles RoPax Ferry7 March 1989 CalMac Ferries 84.6 x 15.8m

List of vessels built under Ferguson-Ailsa Ltd (1983 - 1986)

Reference [37] [38]
Yard No.NameTypeLaunchOrdered ByLength x BreadthYardNotes
491 MV Isle of Arran RoPax Ferry2 December 1983 CalMac Ferries 84.9 x 16.2mPort Glasgow
492MV MwokoziFirefighting Tug18 May 1984 Kenya Ports Authority 45.65 x 12.02mPort Glasgow
558MV Star VegaOffshore Supply1 November 1982Star Offshore Services Marine Ltd68.5 x 16.2mTroon
559MT TarihikoLPG Tanker29 March 1983Liquigas Ltd81.1 x 13.9mTroon
560MV Simba IIFirefighting Tug21 October 1983 Kenya Ports Authority 36 x 10.29mTroon
561MV Nguvu IIFirefighting Tug31 January 1984 Kenya Ports Authority 36 x 10.29mTroon
562MV ChuiFirefighting Tug5 April 1984 Kenya Ports Authority 36 x 10.29mTroon
563MV DumaFirefighting Tug28 June 1984 Kenya Ports Authority 36 x 10.29mTroon
564MV FaruFirefighting Tug5 October 1984 Kenya Ports Authority 36 x 10.29mPort Glasgow
565MV M.V.A.Hopper Barge11 February 1985Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd55.5 x 12.3mPort Glasgow
566 MV Fivla Ferry12 February 1985 Shetland Islands Council Ferries 30 x 9.6mTroon
567MV Fort ResolutionOffshore Supply17 October 1985John Townsend Marine Ltd65.36 x 13.06mPort GlasgowConverted into an Antarctic research vessel in 1988.
568MV Fort RelianceFirefighting Offshore Supply28 March 1986John Townsend Marine Ltd65.36 x 13.09mPort GlasgowCompleted by Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd, being delivered in 1989. Converted into an ocean research vessel in 1989.
569MV Seaforth EarlOffshore Supply3 October 1985Seaforth Maritime Ltd53.88 x 12.22mTroon
570MV Seaforth BaronetOffshore Supply7 March 1986Seaforth Maritime Ltd53.88 x 12.22mTroon
571 RV Corystes Research vessel11 August 1986Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food53.2 x 13.06mTroon

List of vessels built under Ferguson Brothers (Port Glasgow) Ltd (1912 - 1983)

Reference [39]
Yard No.NameTypeLaunchOrdered ByLength x BreadthNotes
460MV Gilbert J FowlerSludge Carrier23 September 1971 Manchester Corporation 90.96 x 14.18m
461DERV ScotiaDiesel Electric Research Vessel25 March 1971 Secretary of State for Scotland 68.2 x 13.52m
462NPD BrasiliaNo Propulsion Dredger7 December 1971Portobras68.88 x 11.89m
463MV Consortium ISludge Carrier29 February 1972 Manchester Corporation 90.96 x 14.2m
464MV St BenedictFishing Trawler30 August 1972Thomas Hamling, Hull65.44 x 12.65mConverted into a Fishing Research vessel in 1987.
465MV CambraeSuction Hopper Dredger18 January 1973Civil & Marine Ltd, London93.0 x 16.6m
466MV GothFishing Trawler28 June 1973British United Trawlers Finance, Grimsby59.75 x 12.53m
467MV RomanFishing Trawler11 December 1973British United Trawlers Finance, Grimsby59.75 x 12.53m
468MV Sand WeaverSuction Hopper Dredger22 August 1974South Coast Shipping Company, Southampton91.5 x 16.7m
469MV Seaforth JarlOffshore Supply28 March 1975Seaforth Maritime Ltd, Aberdeen67.37 x 14.0mSank off Newfoundland due to shift of cargo of anchor chains in adverse weather on 18 December 1983.
470MV Seaforth HighlanderOffshore Supply9 October 1975Seaforth Maritime Ltd, Aberdeen67.37 x 14.0m
471MV GardylooSludge Carrier4 February 1976 Lothian Regional Council 85.88 x 14.23m
472NPD M.S.C. InceNo Propulsion Dredger28 June 1976 Manchester Ship Canal Company 39.76 x 11.0m
473MV ThamesSludge Carrier24 September 1976 Thames Water Authority 87.41 x 14.61mConverted to an oil tanker in 1999. Scrapped in Aliaga in 2010.
474MV ClarknesBulk Carrier5 September 1977Jebsens (UK) Ltd87.03 x 13.75m
475MV ClydenesBulk Carrier30 September 1977Jebsens (UK) Ltd / Scandinavian Leasing Ltd87.03 x 13.75mSubcontracted to Scotts Shipbuilding Company, Greenock. Next two vessels in the order cancelled, were meant to be 476 & 477. [40]
476SS Lady Chilel JawaraFerry29 March 1978 Gambia Government, Ports Authority45.78 x 9.21mRan aground then sank in River Gambia on 7 December 1984
477NPB M.S.C. No. 51No Propulsion Barge24 January 1978 Manchester Ship Canal Company 39.63 x 9.12m
478NPB M.S.C. No. 52No Propulsion Barge22 March 1978 Manchester Ship Canal Company 39.63 x 9.12m
479NPB M.S.C. No. 53No Propulsion Barge26 May 1978 Manchester Ship Canal Company 39.63 x 9.12m
480MV MlawaBulk Carrier2 February 1979Polish Steamship Co, Stettin87.99 x 14.6m
481MV ZgorzelecBulk Carrier21 September 1979Polish Steamship Co, Stettin87.99 x 14.6m
482MV AuriculaSonar Trials Vessel11 November 1979 Ministry of Defence, Navy ?
483MV SuliskerFishery Patrol27 June 1980Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries & Food, Scotland?
484MV Donald RedfordGrab Hopper Dredger26 November 1980Manchester Ship Canal Co. Ltd54 x ?mLengthened and converted to suction dredging in 1990.
485MT TraquairGas Tanker21 August 1981Anchor Line Ltd113.69 x 18.29mHer aft part was built at Ailsa Shipbuilders, Troon, yard 557. Both were launched on the same day, being completed at Ferguson's. [41]
486 MV Flying Phantom Firefighting Tug2 July 1981Clyde Shipping Company Ltd37.95 x 9.68mOn 19 December 2007, she was girted by bulk carrier MV Red Jasmine and subsequently capsized and sunk on the River Clyde. [42]
487MV VigilantFishery Patrol26 March 1982Department of Agriculture & Fisheries, Scotland71.4 x 11.71m
488MV Star CapellaOffshore Supply23 September 1982Star Offshore Services Marine Ltd61.5 x 15.51m
489MV TirrickTug1 February 1983Shetland Towage Ltd37.44 x 11.82m
490MV ShalderTug30 March 1983Shetland Towage Ltd37.44 x 11.82m

See also

Ferry fiasco - for the Scottish political controversy around the construction of the Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa.

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