The former owner of the shipyard building two massively delayed and over-budget ferries has described the sacking of the troubled yard’s chief executive as “appalling”.
Jim McColl instead blamed “incompetence” at Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) — the Scottish government-owned body that owns the vessels, ports and infrastructure for Scotland’s lifeline ferry services — for the problems with the two delayed boats.
He was speaking the day after David Tydeman was sacked by the Ferguson Marine board having told ministers that further delays to the construction of the Glen Sannox and the Glen Rosa were “likely”.
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland on Wednesday, McColl said: “I think it is appalling he was dismissed, I think David had no chance at all.”
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