Dual-fuel ferries – In September 2015, it was announced that CMAL would order two ferries from Ferguson Marine Engineering (FMEL). The vessels will be able to operate on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and marine diesel, future-proofing them for tighter sulphur emissions regulations. They will be the largest commercial vessels to be built on the Clyde since 2001. The first, named , was due to enter service at Ardrossan in 2018, with the second yet to be named by online vote following a few months later. Both vessels have been delayed, with the shipyard going into administration in August 2019. The 'ferry fiasco' is an ongoing political scandal in Scotland, exposing management failures across all parties involved.
