A TURKISH shipyard will officially be awarded the contract to build two new boats for Scotland’s ferry service, it has been announced.
Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL), the firm which owns much of Scotland’s ferry infrastructure, has announced two new boats to serve Uig, Lochmaddy and Tarbert will be built by the Cemre Marin Endustri A.S in Turkey.
It is the same yard contracted to build new ferries to serve Islay and the Little Minch route boats will be built to the same specifications as those currently under construction.