CalMac launches half price bus trips for local schools
A 50 per cent discount for school minibuses on board CalMac vessels was introduced across the Clyde and Hebrides network
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Council votes to take control of Oban Bay for now, and explore a Trust Port later
Argyll and Bute Council has voted to become the harbour authority for Oban Bay and its approaches, over a bid by CalMac’s national owner CMAL, and says it will ‘keep the door wide open’ for a Trust Port
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MSP told Arran ferry was fully booked 149 days in advance
Ferry disruption ‘intolerable’, says Western Isles’ SNP MSP: ‘The low point was reached when people started telling me that they were unable to visit even very ill relatives.’
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Concerns over delay to new summer Mallaig ferry timetable
CalMac told the Lochaber Times there are other considerations being given to the Mallaig-based timetables, which has resulted in these being delayed from the rest of the network.
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It’ll take 85 years to replace CalMac’s fleet at current rate, says islands MSP
Scottish Government denied a ‘damning’ report’s finding that the late and over budget vessels 801 and 802 are a ‘catastrophic failure’
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CMAL looks set to take full control Oban Bay
A controversial bid by CalMac’s nationalised owner to control Oban Bay looks set to succeed, as a report advises the council’s Harbour Board today to reject an independent Trust Port – for now
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Ferry McFerryface? Your chance to name Mull’s new-ish vessel
Naming competition launched for newest member of CalMac’s ferry fleet
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Over half of CalMac fleet beyond life expectancy of 25 years
Minister says work has begun on ‘future major vessel projects for Craignure to Oban and Mallaig to Lochboisdale’
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End of an era for CalMac’s captain Kenny
Kenny Morrison has been a regular on the Sound of Harris for 25 years, navigating the route from Berneray and Leverburgh on a daily basis.
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Stressed CalMac staff facing brunt of passenger anger and abuse over ferry chaos
CalMac’s ‘hard working’ and ‘stressed’ staff are facing ‘anger’ and ‘abuse’ from passengers, let down by the Scottish Government, MSPs heard in a recent Holyrood debate