diff --git a/.github/workflows/ramius.yml b/.github/workflows/ramius.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5403297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ramius.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+---
+
+name: ramius
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+
+  job_setup:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: retrieve ${{ github.event.repository.name }} project
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - id: semver_tag
+        name: retrieve semantic version of latest tag
+        run: |
+          read -r semver_tag <<< $(./utils/equate_tag_semver "library/almalinux:latest")
+          test -n ${semver_tag} || exit 1
+          echo "semver_tag=${semver_tag}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    outputs:
+      semver_tag: ${{ steps.semver_tag.outputs.semver_tag }}
+
+  job_docker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [ job_setup ]
+    steps:
+      - name: retrieve ${{ github.event.repository.name }} project
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: setup buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      - name: Log into registry ghcr.io
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: build and push - mantid development image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context:  Linux/development/docker
+          file:     Linux/development/docker/Alma9.Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/mantid-development-alma:${{ needs.job_setup.outputs.semver_tag }}
+          build-args: |
+            SEMVER_TAG=${{ needs.job_setup.outputs.semver_tag }}
+
+
diff --git a/Linux/development/docker/Alma9.Dockerfile b/Linux/development/docker/Alma9.Dockerfile
index 276a183..d85b45b 100644
--- a/Linux/development/docker/Alma9.Dockerfile
+++ b/Linux/development/docker/Alma9.Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 # Base
 
-FROM almalinux:9
+ARG SEMVER_TAG=9
 
-#Add label for transparency
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source https://github.com/mantidproject/dockerfiles
+FROM almalinux:${SEMVER_TAG}
+
+# Add label for transparency
+LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source=https://github.com/mantidproject/dockerfiles
  
 # Add target user
 RUN useradd --uid 911 --user-group --shell /bin/bash --create-home abc
@@ -30,13 +32,21 @@ COPY ./install_latex.sh /tmp/
 RUN bash /tmp/install_latex.sh && \
    rm -rf /latex
 
-# Set paths for latex here and not in install_latex.sh to allow installation of anyfontsize
 ENV PATH=/usr/local/texlive/2025/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH
-ENV MANPATH=$MANPATH:/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/doc/man
-ENV INFOPATH=$INFOPATH:/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/doc/info
 
-# install anyfontsize package
-RUN tlmgr install anyfontsize
+# Set paths for latex here and not in install_latex.sh to allow installation of anyfontsize
+#
+# "${MANPATH}${MANPATH:+:}" is a form of bash parameter expansion to conditionally
+# append a colon only if the MANPATH variable was previously defined
+#
+RUN <<__EOT__
+
+  export MANPATH=${MANPATH}${MANPATH:+:}/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/doc/man
+  export INFOPATH=${INFOPATH}${INFOPATH:+:}/usr/local/texlive/2025/texmf-dist/doc/info
+
+  tlmgr install anyfontsize
+
+__EOT__
 
 # Create source, build and external data directories.
 RUN mkdir -p /mantid_src && \
diff --git a/utils/equate_tag_semver b/utils/equate_tag_semver
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4d9cf49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/equate_tag_semver
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# retrieve and equate semantic version with given tag
+#
+#
+# example:
+# 
+# ./utils/equate_tag_semver "library/almalinux:latest"
+#
+# where "library/almalinux" is the image and "latest" is the tag
+#
+
+image=${1%%:*}
+tag=${1##*:}
+
+# initial URL for first page of API response
+next_url="https://hub.docker.com/v2/repositories/${image}/tags/?page=1&page_size=100"
+
+paginated_results=()
+
+while [ -n "${next_url}" ]; do
+  # fetch data and extract next_url and paginated tags list
+  response=$(curl -s "${next_url}")
+
+  # use jq to extract the next URL and append tags list
+  next_url=$(echo "${response}" | jq -r '.next')
+
+  # append items from current page to the paginated_results
+  # jq -c means flatten JSON output into a single line
+  items=$(echo "${response}" | jq -c '.results')
+
+  # append the current page's items to paginated results array
+  while IFS= read -r item; do
+    paginated_results+=("${item}")
+  done <<< "${items}"
+done
+
+#
+# Output the combined array of all items as a single JSON object, then flatten and filter
+# to find the semantic version (x.y) tag that shares the same digest as the latest tag
+#
+printf '%s\n' "${paginated_results[@]}" \
+  | jq -r --arg tag "${tag}" '.
+    | flatten | map(del(.images)) | group_by(.digest) | .[]
+    | select(.[].name == $tag) | .[]
+    | select(.name | match("^\\d+.\\d+$")) | .name
+  '
+
+#
+#
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28320134/how-can-i-list-all-tags-for-a-docker-image-on-a-remote-registry
+#