Scotland to build 'world's first' battery powered passenger ferries

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Ferguson Shipbuilders bags £20m contract to build two seagoing roll-on roll-off hybrid ferries

While governments wrangle over the best way to reduce emissions from the global shipping industry, Scotland has taken a major step towards curbing emissions by commissioning the world's first fleet of...

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