The long-awaited launch of a second ferry built at the nationalised shipyard in Port Glasgow is to take place today.

If all goes according to plan, MV Glen Rosa is due to slide down the slipway and enter the Clyde for the first time at 1:30pm.

The ferry is years overdue with the project to construct two vessels at Ferguson Marine millions of pounds over budget.

At nearly 3,000 tonnes, MV Glen Rosa will be the heaviest vessel ever to leave the slipway at the Inverclyde........

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