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Islanders react to news of two new ferries for Islay, and a second-hand ferry for Mull, after a summer of cancellations and disruption across the CalMac network due to breakdowns with the ageing fleet
The MV Utne has been earmarked for the Oban-Craignure route, and communities in Skye and the Western Isles will also benefit ‘as a result of the cascade of vessels elsewhere on the network’, CMAL said
CMAL announced on Tuesday that tenders had been invited by two shipyards in Turkey, one in Romania and one in Poland.
Among the seven small vessels potentially to be replaced are MV Loch Striven (Oban-Lismore), MV Loch Tarbert (Tobermory-Kilchoan), MV Loch Fyne (Mallaig-Armadale) and MV Loch Ranza (Tayinloan-Gigha).
Among the seven small vessels potentially to be replaced are MV Loch Striven (Oban-Lismore), MV Loch Tarbert (Tobermory-Kilchoan), MV Loch Fyne (Mallaig-Armadale) and MV Loch Ranza (Tayinloan-Gigha).
Mull and Iona Ferry Committee has also called for CMAL to publish its own report into the potential purchase of a catamaran.
An outline business case update prepared by the Council’s Corran Ferry Project Team was presented to the Lochaber Area Committee on Monday, August 9, by the Council’s Corran Ferry Project Team.
The diesel spill in Oban Bay left the sea ‘pink and stinking’, according to concerned residents who reported the incident on Saturday morning.
CMAL says it has made it clear to contractors working on the £1million upgrade harbour project on Colonsay that they must follow Covid-19 guidelines stringently at all times
