VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

RO-PAX CAT FOR SCOTTISH FAR NORTH

7 years ago

Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry has a new reference on the European market, by way of a UK-designed, steel-hulled catamaran ro-pax ferry delivered for service between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands, writes David Tinsley.

Built in Vietnam to a British design, the catamaran ferry Alfred has arrived in Orkney. (Courtesy of Pentland Ferries).

Vietnam’s shipbuilding industry has a new reference on the European market, by way of a UK-designed, steel-hulled catamaran ro-pax ferry delivered for service between the Scottish mainland and the Orkney Islands, writes David Tinsley.