Completing Glen Sannox and Glen Rosa will now cost at least an extra £24m because of safety changes.
the yard was continuing to face "design gaps, associated re-work and surprises".
The ships will not be allowed to carry passengers unless improvements are made to emergency evacuation routes.Plans to widen corridors and fit extra staircases on each ship have now been agreed with the MCA, but discussions are ongoing about about "eleven vertical exit routes" from the car decks. Delivery of the second ship Glen Rosa, formerly known as Hull 802 and also destined for the Arran route, has been pushed back by three months until 31 March 2025.The second ferry Glen Rosa, until recently known only as Hull 802, is still on the slipway
As well as a £24m increase for completing the ships, the latest update also suggests an increase of about £20m in worst case contingency funding in case there are further problems. His company Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd beat off competition from some of Europe's leading shipbuilders after CMAL officials judged its proposed design to be the best in terms of "quality" despite being the most expensive.CMAL has blamed this on "catastrophic contractor failure", while Mr McColl maintains the problems stemmed from CMAL's flawed concept design and repeated interference in the design process.
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