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- The lifeline ferry deal that went adriftA £97m order for two ferries threatens to sink the revival of the Clyde's last commercial shipyard.
- Ferguson shipyard could be nationalised amid ferry rowThe Scottish government draws up plans to take Ferguson shipyard on the Clyde into public ownership
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- Iran stokes Gulf tensions by seizing two British-linked oil tankers UK ships advised to avoid strait of Hormuz as Jeremy Hunt calls Iranian actions ‘unacceptable’
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- Ministers consider nationalising shipyard owned by billionaire adviser to Nicola SturgeonMINISTERS are considering nationalising a Clyde shipyard owned by a billionaire adviser to Nicola Sturgeon, amid a protracted row over the building of two ferries.
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- Electric ferry to power new wave of London commuters [Subscription]Britain’s first electric ferry will begin operating in London under plans to cut air pollution in the capital, it was announced yesterday.
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