Campaign for Direct Ferry Contract Award to Ferguson Shipyard Amid Struggles

Instead of just writing them off, we should be investing in Ferguson to create local jobs and maintain expertise. It's about long-term benefits for the community.

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Campaign for Direct Ferry Contract Award to Ferguson Shipyard Amid Struggles

Privatizing the ferry contract would hurt local workers. Ferguson Marine is vital for the community, they deserve a chance.

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Campaign for Direct Ferry Contract Award to Ferguson Shipyard Amid Struggles

A coalition of community leaders, politicians, and unions is urging the Scottish government to award a contract for a new CalMac ferry directly to the troubled Ferguson shipyard. This call comes as the shipyard looks to recover from the public scrutiny surrounding the delays and overspending of two ... [More info]

Campaign for Direct Ferry Contract Award to Ferguson Shipyard Amid Struggles

This is just another attempt by the Scottish government to waste taxpayer money by supporting a failed shipyard. Ferguson Marine is going bankrupt and they should just close down. The government should stop wasting resources and give the ferry contract to a foreign company that can deliver on time a...

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#Castlebay 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 on #Barra is the outer terminus of today’s sailing with the #CalMacFerries MV #Clansman to the “Western Isles”, the Outer Hebrides. Barra is a wonderful place, very quiet and far out in the Ocean.
With #CalMacFerries 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 MV #Clansman on the way from #Oban to #Castlebay on #Barra island.
Long public transport journey today - this is the first leg #calmacferries
To #Mallaig 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 this afternoon with a surprisingly comfy #ScotRail class 156 unit and onwards to the Isle of #Skye on board #CalMacFerries’ lovely “Loch Nevis”.
The weather has been quite unstable the entire day, or otherwise put: a day full of sunny spells 😉.
Ullapool to Lewis. Very comfortable crossing.
#calmacferries #Lewis #harris #ullapool
FyneFest Trip – Day 2

Over to Arran This morning I got up unusually early, at 5.30! Just as well my internal clock is still on Belgian time, but nevertheless way too early! The reason for this was that CalMac Ferries de…

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