MV Hebrides returning to normal service
MV Hebrides was expected to leave the James Watt dock in Greenock this afternoon (Sunday) and will resume sailings out of Uig from 9.30am tomorrow.
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Isles council calls catamaran to the rescue, as CalMac crash leaves Uists without a ferry
After the MV Hebrides struck Lochmaddy pier on Wednesday, leaving the Uists without a single CalMac ferry to the mainland, the Western Isles council is urgently calling on the Scottish Government to charter the catamaran MV Pentalina
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CalMac supports toys and transport
The new awards have been made through the CalMac Community Fund, benefitting the lives of people living across the ferry network by helping non-profit groups to achieve their goals.
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CalMac plans ‘punitive’ new cancellation fees to deter ‘no shows’
CalMac are proposing a sliding scale of up to 100 per cent of vehicle fares would be forfeited, if passengers fail to travel on their intended sailing
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Two ferries, same shipyard – but CMAL’s is ‘twice the price’
Islanders are investigating why ferries are ‘much better’ in Norway than in Scotland – and cost half as much
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Ferry service risks becoming a ‘driver of depopulation’
The ferry crisis is now so serious that it risks becoming a ‘driver of depopulation’ in Scotland’s island communities, said a local MSP, who claims high school pupils from Iona lost a third of their education due to cancellations
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Ferry inquiry denied at debacle debate
MSPs have voted down a demand for an independent public inquiry into the growing crisis facing Scotland’s lifeline ferries
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CalMac praised for fast action to recruit ex-P&O employees to fill crew vacancies
CalMac has been commended for its fast action to highlight vacancies on their network to those who have lost their jobs due to the sudden redundancies made by P&O Ferries