CalMac

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I use Calmac Ferries and the problem with the Scottish Government owned Calmac ferries Limited lies with Scottish Government owned Caledonian Marine Assets Limited (CMAL) and Scottish Government owned Transport Scotland who awarded the contract for ferries 801 and 802 to Ferguson’s Shipyard which was bought out of Administration in July 2014 by Alex Salmond’s friend at that time Jim McCall who had previously made his fortune owning the company Clyde Blowers.
The Calmac ferry crews and on shore staff work very hard and get all the complaints. Meanwhile Robbie Drummond who is the Chief Executive of Calmac Ferries Limited apologises for the continual breakdown of the Calmac ferries but nothing is ever done.
If Robbie Drummond was the chief executive of a PLC he would have either resigned by now or been sacked but as a Scottish Government civil servant he is ‘fire proof’.
You might not be aware that the MV Hebrides was withdrawn from service twice in a week.
The first time she was moved to Ullapool pier where the Calmac mobile team of engineers attempted to repair the fault. After going back into service a couple of days later the same fault which was supposed to have been fixed happened again.
This time the MV Hebrides was removed from service and sailed to dry dock in Greenock where she was out of service for over a week undergoing permanent repairs.
This fiasco could have been resolved a lot quicker if the MV Hebrides had immediately sailed to dry dock instead of wasting a couple of days trying to fix the problem.
There seems to a problem with the fire fighting capabilities on the Calmac Ferries as the MV
Lord of the Isles ferry in May 2022 was withdrawn from service for a week whilst repairs were also carried out on its fire fighting system.
I have plenty more information about Calmac Ferries Limited who are a Scottish Government owned operating company if you are interested.

Independence would solve this.