Update on potential further ferry delays expected next week, says minister

Delays to two lifeline ferries could be announced in an update next week, Scotland’s Wellbeing Economy Secretary has said, as the second vessel was launched.

The Glen Rosa – being built at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow – was launched from the publicly-owned yard on Tuesday, but faces more than a year of work before it can be delivered and finally carry passengers on the Clyde and Hebrides network.

While there is a target delivery of September next year, the yard’s former chief executive David Tydeman “intimated” further delays