Cammell Laird to build first new Mersey ferry in 60 years
Birkenhead shipyard, Cammell Laird, will build the first new Mersey ferry in 60 years in a move which marks a major milestone for the shipbuilder.
The facility - which is part of the APCL group - has put pen to paper with the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority on a deal which will see the new vessel designed and built exclusively on-site, for an estimated cost of £26m.
It dispels fears expressed last year when trade union, Unite, claimed the new ferry would be built in the Netherlands, with only minimal work carried out a... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
