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CalMac ferry time changes spark anger



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Published Date: 20 June 2008
CALEDONIAN Macbrayne has been criticised for timetable changes to the busiest ferry to the Hebrides.
Rising fuel prices have forced it to change the type of marine fuel used by the MV Isle of Lewis on the Ullapool-Stornoway route.

From January she will change to heavy oil, which will be delivered by road tankers to Ullapool from a depot in Dundee.

The ship will refuel at her afternoon arrival, but this will now take about 50 minutes to complete.

It means that, from the new year, the ferry will depart Ullapool at 6:15 pm daily on her second run, instead of 5:15pm.

Western Isles councillors are furious, saying CalMac had repeatedly insisted that it could not provide a later Saturday sailing in response to demands from the community.



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  • Last Updated: 19 June 2008 10:21 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Caledonian MacBrayne
 
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Guga II,

Rockall 20/06/2008 19:59:47
It's time that wee Eck pulled MacBrayne's into line. The company is owned by the Scottish Government, it is not a private company, and has not been for years.

This is the problem with Quangos, they are expensive to run, and out of control of the taxpayer.

It is time that MacBrayne's started to do what the users want it to do, not what some Quango thinks it should do.

 

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