CalMac

Ferry services between a seaside resort and a popular daytrippers' destination have been cancelled after an outbreak of Covid among CalMac Staff. Sailings between Largs and Millport were suspended on Sunday morning following the…

A LIFELINE ferry is making a return after being out of action since Sunday due to Covid cases amongst two crew members. The move has come after state-owned ferry operator CalMac said that crew members of 28-year-old MV Caledonian…

CalMac has cancelled sailings on the Campbeltown-Ardrossan service route for the rest of the day due to positive Covid tests.  Two crew members onboard MV Caledonian Isles tested positive for Covid with the ship since taken off…

THE direction in which the Scottish ferry fiasco appears to be heading has a significant bearing on business. It affects whether visitors will choose to staycation in the Scottish islands or elsewhere now and in future. Opting not…

BUSINESSES that only just limped through lockdown are facing being finished off by the country’s ferries fiasco, islanders are saying. This week came further issues for the MV Lochnevis and MV Finlaggan, bringing more cancellations.…

MANY island businesses that depend on already infrequent or periodic elements of income fear permanent closure as they count the costs of the Scottish ferries crisis. The extent of the impact of this on top of the pandemic is such…