Paul Sweeney warns delays threaten Scottish shipbuilding

Paul Sweeney warns delays threaten Scottish shipbuilding

Paul Sweeney MSP has criticised the Scottish Government’s approach to public shipbuilding procurement, warning that continued delays and caution are creating a looming gap in work for Scottish yards, including the publicly owned Ferguson Marine facility in Port Glasgow. Speaking in response to UK Defence Journal reporting on delays to the Marine Vessel Replacement Project, Sweeney said the Scottish Government had failed to place a new vessel ord…