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Guy Platten

Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL)

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Hybrid Ferries – the opportunity for Scotland

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• Asset Management

•Fully operational for 3 years now

•Small highly skilled team – ‘lean but mean’

•Infrastructure focus NOT operations

•Long term planning and sourcing funds

•Continuity and development of the asset base

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What is CMAL about?

Our business

• 31 Ferries (+1 under construction)• Harbour Authority with responsibilities at 24 locations;

– 13 linkspan facilities;– 11 slipways;

• Property arrangements at a further 9 ports;• A number of small properties leased to local businesses.• A range of port operating equipment across the network• Pensions• Brand

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Achievements – to name but a few.....!!!

• Pensions• Largs Pier• Comprehensive Maintenance Program for Ports• Harbour Legislation• Tackling backlog of large scale cyclical maintenance• Harbour Safety• Intranet• Framework agreements for legal, civil engineering and other areas• Grant Management Group• Inspection programme for ships• Project Management of new build• Detailed specifications for innovative Hybrid Ferry and large ferry• Small Ferries Project• Port Ellen/Kennacraig• Harbour Dues reform• Long term plans• Restructuring• EU• Ferries Review• Financial Planning• Business Development – e.g. Offshore Windfarms• Advice to municipal and independent ports

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Vessels

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Challenges

• Ageing Fleet with average age now 20 years• Need for significant investment and replacement

programme (currently only one under construction)

• Recognition of fuel costs and need for alternative fuel sources (40 million litres consumed each year)

• Need to reduce CO2 emissions (100k tonnes emitted each year)

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Isle of Cumbrae

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Loch Shira

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Isle of Lewis

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Finlaggan

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New Design A – 116m overall length, 600 passengers, 143 Cars, 20 HGVs potentially for

Stornoway – Ullapool route

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New Design A – Model Testing

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New Design B – 43.5m overall length, 150 passengers, 23 Cars, 2 HGVs

11 possible routes

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Harbours and Piers

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Challenges facing Harbours and Piers

• Ageing Infrastructure – safe and functional;• Ferries must continue to operate during rebuild or repair

works;• Regulatory and permissions framework:-

– Legislation / HRO process;

• Environmental Impact;• Community Involvement;• Remote Island Locations;• Designing for the future;• Winter working.

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Capex Profile

Assumed level of SG funding (£14.5m p.a.)

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• Next generation small ferries

•Stornoway Ullapool replacement

•Standardisation of Ports/Harbours

•Standardisation of Ferries

•Developing asset base beyond ferries

•Working with other agencies within and outwith Scotland – potentially wider role for CMAL

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Opportunities for the future

• EU funded Small Ferries Project – Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland

• Looked at a number of routes across the regions and concluded that working together on a number of common designs and with joint procurement can produce significant benefits.

•Development of Hybrid Ferry design – Type B

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Next generation small ferries

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THANK YOU