Local MSP turns blame on Ferguson Marine management
The SNP MSP for Inverclyde has questioned why management at Ferguson Marine failed to secure additional work, describing the announcement of job losses at the Port Glasgow yard as a wake-up call for the company's leadership.
Shipbuilding now two thirds of Scotland’s defence jobs
Shipbuilding and submarine work accounted for 7,900 of the 12,200 jobs supported by Ministry of Defence spending with industry in Scotland in 2024/25, according to official statistics published on Friday.
Union says Scot Gov have betrayed Ferguson workforce
GMB Scotland has called job losses at Ferguson Marine a betrayal of a blameless workforce, blaming ministers for failing to deliver new contracts while sending shipbuilding work overseas.
Ferguson job losses were entirely avoidable warns Sweeney
The decision to place the first phase of the Small Vessel Replacement Programme with a Polish yard directly caused the job losses now being announced at Port Glasgow, Paul Sweeney MSP has told the UK Defence Journal.
Defence spending supports 12,200 jobs in Scotland
Ministry of Defence spending with industry in Scotland supported 12,200 direct jobs in 2024/25, an increase of 800 on the previous year.
Britain to test powerful new anti-ship missile in 2028
The UK says the Stratus future cruise and anti-ship missile programme is approaching its Demonstration Phase, with full-scale testing scheduled to begin in 2028.
185 boats and 4,300 crossings stopped in new UK-France deal
French authorities say 185 small boat events and more than 4,300 crossing attempts were prevented during the first three months of a new UK-France agreement, with additional police units, drones and maritime interception tactics now in use.
Babcock bids to build Denmark’s next frigates at home
Babcock has signed an agreement with a Danish industrial consortium to develop a joint British and Danish approach to building the Royal Danish Navy's future frigates in Denmark.
Royal Navy ends four-month command of NATO task group
Commodore Maryla Ingham has handed over command of NATO’s Standing Maritime Group One after four months leading operations from the Baltic and High North to the western Atlantic.
American warship to be destroyed off Scottish coast
The ship to be sunk during a joint US-UK live-fire exercise off the Hebrides next month has been identified as the decommissioned American frigate USS Klakring.
