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New CalMac ferries are 'obsolete' and will spew out 'poisonous' gases, claims Jim McColl

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Two CalMac ferries being built at Fergusons shipyard in Port Glasgow are "obsolete" and will spew out "poisonous' gases, according to the former owner of the site.

Business tycoon Jim McColl took aim at the SNP government over its handling of the ferries fiasco during an evidence session of the Public Audit Committee at Holyrood.

McColl and the government have clashed since an Audit Scotland report published earlier this year revealed that two new vessels built at Ferguson Marine will now cost £250 million, more than double their original price and be around four years late.

Both sides have blamed one another with McColl saying contracts were given "for political purposes".Nicola Sturgeon and her minister have, on a number of occasions, hit back at McColl over his claims.

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