CMAL puts Harbour Management Plan for Oban Bay out to tender
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited [CMAL] is the corporate envelope created by its owner, the Scottish Government to manage the former physical assets of ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne Limited –...
View ArticleConcerns about operational reliability of CMAL vessels
[Updated below 21.45] There are now widespread concerns about the impact on the CalMac schedules of the vessels they lease from CMAL – the Scottish Government owned asset holding company.For the last...
View ArticleMore PQs on Gourock-Dunoon ferry: blushes for MSP who hadn’t done his homework
MSP’s can be and are fed parliamentary questions by interested parties in their constituencies.Clued-up and responsible MSPs will make sure that they either already know – or work to know, the ins and...
View ArticleTransport Minister politely puts ill-briefed MSP back in his box – and dances...
As For Argyll reported recently, Labour Highlands and Islands MSP, David Stewart. offered his credibility as hostage in submitting a fleet of parliamentary questions to the Scottish Government which...
View ArticleSerco and the Caledonian sleeper contract: the issues
Transport Scotland has just made something of a controversial contract to the outsourcing specialist, Serco.Serco has been awarded a 15 year contract to deliver the Caledonian Sleeper rail service...
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The view from Lochinvar: party of the century from the Commonwealth Flotilla
Yesterday, 26th July 2014, was about a great river – the Clyde; about boating and commercial maritime business; and about people – so many people. CalMac’s newest ferry, MV Lochinvar, led the...
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Hazel Phillips appointed Commercial Manager to go-ahead Inverlussa Marine
Inverlussa Marine Services, based at Criagnure on Mull, has announced the appointment of Hazel Phillips to the newly-created company post of Commercial Manager.With a wealth of experience in the world...
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2015 CALMAC brochures now out
Ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne [CalMac] has launched the 2015 editions of its popular Go Explore and Go Days Out travel brochures.The two publications feature new and exciting opportunities for...
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CalMac, Islay, Colonsay, the Uig Triangle and the refit ‘lobster quadrille’
The recent complaints from Islay over failures in its ferry services during the Easter holiday period highlights a range of issues in the operating circumstances of west coast ferries provider,...
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David MacBrayne Limited, Marchwood Military Port contract – and consequences
[Updated at foot 1 June 2015] Back on the 3rd March 2015, it was announced by the Ministry of Defence [MoD] that Solent Gateway Ltd was the preferred bidder for the contract to run the 91 hectare...
View ArticleCMAL under scrutiny in increasing dissatisfaction with maritime asset management
As ferry users and the general pubic begin to understand exactly how the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Services are delivered and who is responsible for what, there is growing concern and discontent with...
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