CalMac not having its sorrows to seek with unreliable CMAL fleet
More trouble for the embattled CalMac with vessel unreliability- while the fleet owners, CMAL and the Scottish Government sit quietly back in the shadow, leaving the ferry operator to take the...
View ArticleMore knock-on disruption to Islay and Colonsay ferry services
CalMac has published notices of disruptions to the Kennacraig-Islay service over 23rd to 25th April; and to the Colonsay-Kennacraig service on 24th April [details on th CalMac website and in For...
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CalMac, Islay, Colonsay, the Uig Triangle and the refit ‘lobster quadrille’
The recent complaints from Islay over failures in its ferry services during the Easter holiday period highlights a range of issues in the operating circumstances of west coast ferries provider,...
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Seven CalMac ferry ‘Mariner’ restaurants win ‘Taste of our Best’...
As Clyde and Hebridean ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne – CalMac – prepares to support Scotland’s Year of Food and Drink, the Mariners restaurants on board its seven larger ships have been awarded...
View ArticleSSE’s record breaking efforts for Kintyre and Arran
All households in Kintyre and Arran were reconnected to network supply by close of play on Thursday 28th March, with SSE engineers using wooden poles to bypass the collapsed towers – which totalled ten...
View ArticleKintyre emergency on 25th March
Updated information for 26th March available here.[Updated 22.50 below] The A83 still partially blocked, has reopened under convoy.Lochgilphead Police say that the convoys are moving quite quickly and...
View ArticleSome relief for Kintyre but roads still closed
See 25th March reports here.[23.30 update 24th March below] As of 09.00 on 24th March, the situation in Kintyre is:SSE have unloaded the 7MW of generators they brought in with the heroic CalMac ferry,...
View ArticleKintyre suffering badly from impact of snow and high winds
See 25th March reports here.[Updated below - 24th March] 5,000 folk in Kintyre have been without power now for two days. The A83 has been closed since yesterday morning with weather-related driving...
View ArticleIleach raises issue of inadequate high season ferry capacity
The latest issue of The Ileach is running an article making the case for an additional sailing a day in each direction for Islay in high season.The piece, on Page 9, argues that this situation is...
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