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Scots taxpayers have been 'robbed' over £3.5mil ferry fiasco bill

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Despite the Glen Sannox being yet to carry a single passenger to Arran, a £3.5million bill has been accumulated for staff including three captains.

Counting the cost of ferry crew fiasco In the early 1900s, a fifth of all ships in the world were made on Glasgow ’s River Clyde .

Ferguson Marine was awarded the contract in 2016 and had been expected to deliver the ships in two years for £96million. The issue has been that crew need to be taken on when a vessel is six months from completion – as this one should have been for the last several years.

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