Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/transparency-data/2019/12/ferguson-marine-key-documents-2015/documents/ferguson-marine-submission-to-ministers-requesting-approval-of-cmal-contract-award---7-october-2015/ferguson-marine-submission-to-ministers-requesting-approval-of-cmal-contract-award---7-october-2015/govscot%3Adocument/Ferguson%2BMarine%2B---%2Bsubmission%2Bto%2Bministers%2Brequesting%2Bapproval%2Bof%2BCMAL%2Bcontract%2Baward%2B-%2B7%2BOctober%2B2015.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/documents/govscot/publications/transparency-data/2019/12/ferguson-marine-key-documents-2015/documents/ferguson-marine-submission-to-ministers-requesting-approval-of-cmal-contract-award---7-october-2015/ferguson-marine-submission-to-ministers-requesting-approval-of-cmal-contract-award---7-october-2015/govscot%3Adocument/Ferguson%2BMarine%2B---%2Bsubmission%2Bto%2Bministers%2Brequesting%2Bapproval%2Bof%2BCMAL%2Bcontract%2Baward%2B-%2B7%2BOctober%2B2015.pdf</a>
During his appearance before the Committee, the Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands Paul Wheelhouse also highlighted the extent of prior experience the Ferguson's shipyard had of building ferries to serve the Clyde and Hebrides network:
...of the 33 vessels that are in use in the network today—admittedly, all of them are pre...