“The vessel's track showed a remarkable intensity between 14.00 and 17.00.“
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Foot passenger ferry now doing the Corran crossing with space for 12 plus 4 bikes.
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Foot passenger ferry now doing the Corran crossing with space for 12 plus 4 bikes.
I find it faintly amusing that the photograph is of Cruise Loch Ness' cabin RIB and not the one that has been actually chartered for the route.
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Its the standard Redbay RIB, built in Antrim, with several operated by Kintyre Express (Islay/Argyll-Antrim ferry) plus one doing Jura. !2 pax enclosed cabin 15m?
12 pax with on demand shuttle & top speed 40kts should easily carry the number who'd normally clog up deck space with cars.
Loading/turn rounds will be much fasterCould run on from Oban to Mull (well south of Craignure) with 15 min crossing time?
Troon-Campbelltown around 1 hour - halves Glasgow-Campbelltown times
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If today has taught us anything, it's that the Small Isles ferry timetable is complicated, poorly integrated with onward public transport and can be hard to get your head around.
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https://twitter.com/cocteautriplets/status/1657057611676516357
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The interesting part of this story is - who set Lorna Slater up?
A Sun journalist doesn't just happen to be at the harbour in Arisaig first thing in the morning. They must have been tipped off by someone who knew exactly how she was travelling to Rum and when. That can't be many people - certainly not many people with an interest in embarrassing her and the Greens.
My gut feeling (based on no hard evidence) would be a cheeky SNP special adviser looking to take some of the heat of their party. It wouldn't take much encouragement - the tabloids clearly have Lorna Slater in their sights.
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A Sun journalist doesn't just happen to be at the harbour in Arisaig first thing in the morning. They must have been tipped off...
Given that the STV story and the one on the BBC were both published that very morning, and both are replete with "A Scottish Government spokesperson said", I wonder who knew in advance? Even in journalism there are rules, and normally a journalist will send a warning shot to a press office who can then scramble to write something (invariably in defence).
Asked to reveal the costs, the Scottish Government would not provide an immediate figure.
Nice try, journalist. You no doubt know already that those figures are routinely published in arrears.
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CalMac ferry passengers stranded overnight on Isle of Arran
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-65588142
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All being well after five years of delays and setbacks, the Glen Sannox ferry will finally join CalMac’s fleet and become just another of the west coast operator’s black and red liveried ferries, its infamous past fading from popular memory. Everything appeared to be going in the right direction when I visited the ship last week and it was perhaps more complete inside than I’d been expecting. It confirmed to me the absurdity of the claim, perpetuated by some media as recently as December, that it would never sail.
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Man, even the editor of Hello magazine would blush at publishing such obvious puffery.
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Business leaders, who have been told there will be no compensation from the Scottish Government for those hit by a month-long cancellation of services to long-suffering South Uist, organised a demonstration yesterday to show contempt for the decision-making.
An estimated 500 residents, 200 cars, 40 vans and 20 lorries converged on Lochboisdale - the port which links South Uist to the mainland - in a protest over CalMac's decision to cancel almost every ferry service in June due to continuing problems with its ageing fleet.
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Wow - that's more than a quarter of the island's total population turning out for a demo. Must have been quite a sight given Lochboisdale has a population of around 300.
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Ferries scandal Scotland: Islanders fear South Uist ferry cancellations will continue until Scottish Government fixes ongoing issues
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A CALMAC ferry has broken down a matter of days after completing its delayed annual maintenance work.
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Three CalMac ferries were sidelined yesterday as concerns grow for a vessel that has broken down a matter of days after completing its delayed annual maintenance work.
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Exclusive:Ferguson Marine ferry fiasco: Expired equipment warranty threatens further Glen Sannox delay
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The failure to resolve problems which have kept one of CalMac’s oldest ferries out of action for an unprecedented seven months could see the vessel never return to service, the operator’s chief executive has told The Scotsman.
Hebridean Isles’ absence from the west coast network since its annual overhaul in January has thrown into sharp relief CalMac’s battle to keep its ageing fleet operating – with this winter’s maintenance programme expected to be even more challenging.
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NEW: Issues with the design of crew spaces for Glen Sannox has seen it delayed again after the Maritime and Coastguard agency raised concerns about crew spaces.
Requirement of three new staircases and modifications to doorways means the launch is now delayed to Feb or March 2024
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https://twitter.com/conor_matchett/status/1694264321620992460?
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Orkney to get two electric ferries for three-year trial
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-66773416
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