This document proposes a viable plan to capture the west coast ferry renewal in Scotland. It outlines the benefits of a standard fleet design where possible and how to address the barriers to standard fleet design where it is not. This plan is based on lessons learned from other countries and entities who have faced and overcome similar challenges to those facing Scotland now.
Our vision is for the Scottish Marine Technology Park to become a multi-user hub across all aspects of marine industries, to complement existing operations on the Upper and Lower Clyde, to the advantage of all. This white paper sets out our ambitious plan and ways to collaborate, partner or fund.
This paper focuses on understanding the capacity requirements for the UK fabrication sector to address these opportunities compared to the currently available capacity within the country. This has focused on the development of a model to calculate the available capacity.