MV Glen Rosa two days before Launch

This maybe the largest / Last passenger ship launch on the Clyde for sometime. This state owned shipyard may in the furture build smaller vessels . MV Glen Rosa the second of the Isle of Arran ferries, to be built at Ferguson Marine , Port Glasglow. 7th April 2024.
Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa have been complex vessels to build being dual fuelled , to be powered by both marine diesel and LNG . Marine diesel OK , but the LNG side of things has coursed problems.
Even the running of the vessels on LNG will involve 3 tankers of LNG travelling up from Kent each week . It will defeat the environmental issues and of running on LNG with pollution of road vehicles travelling up and down from Kent , Isle of Grain LNG terminal each week . I think they should have not been built as dual fuel vessels , it has made the vessels more complex to build which has caused the vessels or at least the first one to be very much delayed in entering service on the aisle of Arran ferry route.

[@johnkerr1953]

Thanks a million for sending me this video, l really appreciate it.

[@standrewpics]

You're very welcome!

[@Whenpigsfly8]

Looking good! Let's hope fergusons can redeem themselves

[@odunadhaigh]

There are more players in the issues affecting these two vessels than Fergusons, in particular CMAL and the Scottish Goverment.

[@neiltaylor8198]

Not the worker's fault, SMP are the embarrassing problem, port glasgow people are proud off there yard and it's workforce, well done 👏 lads and Lassies 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@vincescotian8083]

Scot Govt simply cannot provide high funding like the German Government managed within 18 Months for the Werften shipyard which will now build Submarines and received an Injection of $261m & $85m as well as Guaranteed military orders, it can only support various projects within the terms of its annual budget and now we hear the news that the Scot Govt Funding will be cut again.

[@standrewpics]

Yes I wonder , they have a need to replace the aging smaller ferries as well . They are holding off announcing the ship yard for building the replacement ferries. Due to budget restraints I believe . But they will have to invest in small vessel replacements very soon . Scotland also used to have funding from the EU not so many years ago .