RAILSCOT | New £600k crane installed at Ferguson's as 120 new jobs surge begins [Greenock Telegraph]

New £600k crane installed at Ferguson's as 120 new jobs surge begins [Greenock Telegraph]

Date: 04/03/2021

A major recruitment drive at Ferguson^s to help complete two heavily delayed Caledonian MacBrayne ferries has been welcomed by the contract^s Port Glasgow-based provider.

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New £600k crane installed at Ferguson's as 120 new jobs surge begins

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A MAJOR recruitment drive at Ferguson's to help complete two heavily delayed Caledonian MacBrayne ferries has been welcomed by the contract's Port

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New £600k crane installed at Ferguson's as 120 new jobs surge begins [Greenock Telegraph]

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