Thursday, January 29, 2009

15 shipyards bid for new Isles of Scilly passenger/cargoship

The UK’s Cornwall County Council is currently is currently drawing up a short-list of shipyards bidding to build the new £20m passenger/cargoship that will maintain a year-round link between the UK mainland port of Penzance and St. Mary’s on the Isles of Scilly.

A total of 15 shipyards, from Europe and the Far East, have expressed an interest in building the new vessel. A decision on the successful shipyard is expected in November this year, with the ship due in service in April 2012.

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