MV Glen Rosa relocates to Inchgreen Marine Park as Ferguson Marine yard transformation gets underway

Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd has successfully relocated MV Glen Rosa to the facilities at Peel Ports’ Inchgreen Marine Park near Greenock. This planned move marks a double milestone for the business, allowing final, rigorous commissioning tests to take place while simultaneously allowing the workforce to prepare for the physical and digital transformation of the historic Port Glasgow shipyard.
The relocation comes on the heels of the vessel completing her second dry dock works ahead of schedule in mid-July. With completion and handover to CMAL scheduled in Q4 2026, the move to Inchgreen provides the perfect deep-water environment for final quality assurance and sea trials later this year.

Back at Port Glasgow, work is officially starting to elevate the yard into a digitally enabled, state-of-the-art shipbuilding facility. Planned upgrades include the introduction of advanced automated steel fabrication technology, electrical and safety infrastructure upgrades, and the roll-out of integrated digital management systems designed to streamline operations from design to delivery.

Graeme Thomson, CEO at Ferguson Marine, said: “Moving MV Glen Rosa to Inchgreen Marine Park allows us to achieve two vital strategic goals over the same time period: one focused on delivering MV Glen Rosa as quickly and efficiently as possible, and the other on preparing the yard for essential modernisation works. 

“We have already undertaken modest operational upgrades over the past six months and we look forward to starting further projects that will transform Ferguson Marine into a digitally enabled shipbuilding facility. This will make us more competitive, putting us in a robust position to win future work, solidifying the future of the yard and shipbuilding in Inverclyde.” 

Inchgreen Marine Park offers excellent deep-water access and robust marine facilities, providing the ideal environment for the Ferguson Marine engineering team to prepare MV Glen Rosa for active service with the CalMac fleet.

MV Glen Rosa is a highly sophisticated dual-fuel vessel, the second of two built here in the UK for the first time, representing the cutting edge of domestic ferry design, engineered to support Scotland's west coast island communities. 

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