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Further disruption to CalMacs plans to cover the Stornoway-Ullapool freight route may have come as an unplanned bonus for local hauliers, though that depends on the 38 year-old Hebridean Isles not breaking down!
(Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne MV Hebridean Isles Stornoway Ullapool  Oban North Pier: Calmac's 'Hebridean Isles' and 'Glen Sannox', at the pier alongside Oban station in October 1987.
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MV Hebridean Isles is due to carry passengers again this weekend for the first time in eight months.
(Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne MV Hebridean Isles Oban North Pier: Calmac's 'Hebridean Isles' and 'Glen Sannox', at the pier alongside Oban station in October 1987.
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CalMac ferry services have been plunged into new turmoil as one of its oldest vessels is to be forced out of action till at least the end of October due to new technical problems.
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A CalMac ferry has been forced to dock in Ayr as part an urgent reshuffle. The unusual sight came as CalMac was forced to change the usual berthing arrangements for its Arran ferries because of bad weather.
(Permalink) Ayr Caledonian MacBrayne MV Hebridean Isles Weather  Ayr Harbour: MV Hebridean Isles was a surprise visitor in the river yesterday.
[The vessel was in Ayr as, due to poor weather, the MV Caledonian Isles was using the Irish berth at Ardrossan. -RS] |
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Ferry passengers are facing further disruption after CalMac announced a that vital repairs which have kept one of its ships sidelined for months have not resolved its issues.
(Permalink) MV Hebridean Isles |
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The ferry company says it is a consequence of continuing problems with the MV Hebridean Isles.
(Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne Lochboisdale MV Hebridean Isles |
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CALMAC ferry services remain in a state of turmoil - as it emerged that one of its oldest vessels has been sidelined for nearly three months.
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Two of CalMac's 14 major vessels serving some of Scotland's busiest lifeline island routes are sidelined to passengers as new 'chaos' hits the nation's ageing fleet and services.
(Permalink) MV Caledonian Isles MV Hebridean Isles |
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Lifeline ferry services are to be disrupted to two islands over the weekend due to further engine problems with one of the CalMac ferry fleet's oldest vessels.
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Lifeline services on a key island route have been shut down due to problems with on of the CalMac ferry fleet's oldest vessels.
(Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne Colonsay Islay Kennacraig MV Hebridean Isles Oban |
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Scotland's lifeline ferry service faced a day of disruption with three of his ageing fleet out of action and a series of cancellations due to high winds.
(Permalink) MV Hebridean Isles MV Isle of Mull MV Loch Alainn MV Lord of the Isles  Mallaig Pier: Seen from a ferry departing for Armadale, Calmac MV Lord of the Isles arrives in Mallaig after crossing from Lochboisdale on South Uist in July 2018.  Craignure Pier: This 2010 view shows MV Isle of Mull with the insert 5.4 metres long just in front of the funnel to fix her deadweight problem. Off Craignure. See image [[54153]]. |
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Ferry users have been warned to travel only when necessary as one of CalMac's oldest vessels remained out of action for a tenth day with no timetable for return.
(Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne MV Hebridean Isles |
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A lifeline service to a Scottish island was suspended yesterday after another of Scotland's ageing ferries broke down, while another has remained out of service for a sixth day hitting a CalMac-backed Hebridean festival.
(Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne Ceòl Cholasa MV Hebridean Isles |
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Revellers headed for a Hebridean music festival have been hit as anger surfaced over the breakdown of a lifeline ferry vessel which has put it out of action for a fifth day.
(Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne Ceòl Cholasa MV Hebridean Isles |
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CALMAC has redeployed a ferry from one of its busiest routes to help out as the breakdown of one of its oldest vessels has seen it sidelined for a fourth day.
(Permalink) MV Hebridean Isles MV Isle of Mull  Kennacraig: View taken shortly before reaching the A83 road from Campbeltown to Tarbet, after leaving the Arran ferry from Lochranza at Claonaig Pier in June 2013. This is MV Hebridean Isles during its one ... Craignure Pier: This 2010 view shows MV Isle of Mull with the insert 5.4 metres long just in front of the funnel to fix her deadweight problem. Off Craignure. See image [[54153]]. |
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Two more ferries have broken down causing more chaos on Scotlands beleaguered ferry network.
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