ALEX Salmond declared that Inverclyde can become a world-leading shipbuilding and re-industrialised powerhouse during a campaign visit to the district yesterday. The Alba Party leader pledged to strive to harness the potential of Ferguson's shipyard and Inchgreen Dry Dock with a view to creating thousands of skilled jobs. Mr Salmond — in Greenock to support local candidate Chris McEleny — also slammed the bosses of a Scottish Government, Port Glasgow-based procurement quango embroiled in the Ferguson's ferries fiasco. He said that Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) was 'the winter on Inverclyde's pastures' and that the body, which is also in charge of Scotland's ferries fleet and harbours, must be abolished.