Shipping union adds to Orkney woes on disabled Serco Northlink ferry
The MV Hamnavoe has limped to Rosyth on one engine for repair to her starboard engine’s crankshaft.Northern Isles Ferry Services operator, the controversial Serco Northlink, expects her to be back in...
View ArticleOBE for Andrew Banks of Pentland Ferries
In the first state recognition of a private sector ferry operator, the 2014 New Year’s Honours has seen Andrew Banks of Pentland Ferries awarded the OBE for services to ferry services.It is a signal...
View ArticlePrivatisation: Scottish Government binned its own ferry company in favour of...
The political opportunism of the Scottish Government’s sudden championing of nationalisation is best shown by examining its own practice.Under persistent questioning in a recent interview with Bernard...
View ArticleSearch for survivors of Cemfjord [known in Argyll waters] called off for the...
[Update sequence from 16.05 4th January below] Shetland News reported an hour ago that Shetland Coastguard say that neither they nor anyone else has any idea what happened to the cargo boat, Cemfjord,...
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