CAMPAIGNERS calling for the nationalisation of the harbour authority in charge of key Greenock maritime assets are set to put their case to MSPs next month.

Members of the Campaign to Save Inchgreen Dry Dock are due to attend the Scottish Parliament on September 11 to face politicians on the citizen participation and public petitions committee.

The Inverclyde group has urged ministers to bring Clydeport, part of the Peel Ports portfolio, into public ownership in a bid to free up the firm’s “stranglehold” on the vast dry dock facility, which is still awaiting a permanent tenant following years of false dawns.


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The campaign group’s petition – requesting the compulsory purchase of the dry dock for the “benefit of the Inverclyde community” – has attracted more than 1,500 signatures since its launch last year.

The committee meeting will decide what action should be taken in response to the points raised by the petition.

The organisers said: “We hope this leads to a further investigation and debate into Peel Ports’ control of the Clyde as the river authority and its strangulation of Inchgreen Dry Dock and its facilities.”