Ferries and the problems besetting CalMac's services have dominated many of the day's exchanges on the election campaign. First Minister John Swinney travelled to Stornoway, where he announced a new ...

The first of four new CalMac ships built in Turkey has carried its first passengers, bringing some relief to the ferry operator as faces a "firestorm" of vessel shortages. MV Isle of Islay sailed from ...

CalMac has revealed a timeline for all major vessel routes to return to service after a number of ferries required repairs.

The CalMac ferry network is ready to return to full normality, as two major vessels re-enter service. The only vessel still out of action, MV Finlaggan, is undergoing planned maintenance and due to ...

The ferry will resume service on the route between Oban and Craignure where it is filling in for the MV Isle of Mull.

CalMac expects "normal service" to be restored on multiple routes after weeks of disruption on its west coast network as one ...

CalMac’s ferry network has returned to normality more than a month after a critical situation impacted virtually every island. The ferry operator had ten vessels from its 32-strong fleet out of action ...

A newly refurbished ferry has been delivered to provide additional capacity for operator CalMac Ferries on the west coast of Scotland. Purchased out of Norway in 2021 and renamed Loch Frisa, the ...

MV Lord of the Isles suspended all sailings after an engine problem Engine problems have put an eighth CalMac ferry out of action, as the operator apologised for a "critical" shortage of ships. MV ...

Ferguson Marine said it was unable to bid to build a replacement for MV Lord of the Isles because of eligibility criteria.

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