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CalMac is being punished for Scottish Government's own failings (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Ferries scandal gets worse with fines for CalMac and millions for consultants

Hebridean Isles should have returned from annual maintenance in February. Picture: Mn28/Wikimedia Commons

CalMac ferry disruption to continue under at least end of June

CalMac fines for performance have hit £4.5m for the last year and a half.

CalMac on track to break own record in level of poor performance fines

Hull 802 at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Glasgow last month (Picture: John Devlin)

Ferguson Marine ferries fiasco is emblematic of SNP's incompetence

Systems being checked in Glen Sannox's control room beside its engine room last week. Picture: John Devlin

Inside Glen Sannox as hugely-delayed CalMac ferry nears completion

The Glen Sannox at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow last week (Picture: John Devlin)

Will Glen Sannox ferry saga prove to be just an aberration? – Alastair Dalton

Hull 802, in foreground with Glen Sannox behind, last month, is due to be launched in November. Picture: John Devlin

Ferguson Marine ferry will cost more to complete than building brand new vessel

Scottish Green party co-leader Lorna Slater is travelling by a chartered ship rather than the CalMac ferry.

Lorna Slater charters private cruiser over CalMac ferry to visit Isle of Rum

Alfred moored in Ayr harbour pending repairs last week. Picture: John Devlin

CalMac to deploy relief ferry Alfred on busy main Arran route

Pentalina aground at St Margaret's Hope on April 29 (Picture: RNLI/Longhope RNLI)

Curious case of Pentland Ferries, CalMac, Alfred and Pentalina – Alastair Dalton

Picture: John Devlin

Ministers ‘intend to return Ferguson Marine shipyard to private sector’

Isle of Mull leaving Oban. Picture: CalMac

CalMac’s Mull ferry services in ‘utter chaos’ from cuts ‘strangling’ island

Alfred in Ayr harbour on Wednesday. Picture: John Devlin

New delay to CalMac deploying relief vessel Alfred from Pentland Ferries

Alfred in Ayr harbour on Wednesday. Picture: John Devlin

CalMac expected to deploy newly chartered ferry Alfred on main Arran route

Pentalina aground at St Margaret's Hope on Saturday.

Transport minister reiterates 'no pressure' on Pentalina certification process

Pentalina aground at St Margaret's Hope on Saturday. Picture: RNLI/Longhope RNLI

Investigation demanded into safety of grounded ferry amid 'pressure' claims

UK Transport Secretary Mark Harper in a ship simulator at City of Glasgow College. Picture: Department for Transport

Cabinet minister surprised to find himself steering Glen Sannox in simulator

Pentalina aground at St Margaret's Hope on Saturday. Picture: RNLI/Longhope RNLI

Pentalina ferry grounding ‘caused by sudden mechanical failure’

MV Pentalina had been out of passenger service apart from some brief private contracts since 2019.

Dozens of passengers evacuated as ferry MV Pentalina runs aground on Orkney

Baby girl born aboard CalMac ferry on Wednesday morning (pic: Jeff J Mitchell)

'Our youngest passenger ever': Baby girl delivered aboard CalMac ferry

MV Alfred is expected to begin a nine-month charter with CalMac from Thursday 27 April.

MV Pentalina set to return to service on Pentland firth route

The upper part of hull 802 is now visible at the Ferguson Marine yard. Picture: John Devlin

Long-delayed CalMac ferry 802 emerges into view at Ferguson Marine

CMAL has been condemned for sending executives on a £1000-a-night Mediterranean conference cruise

CMAL condemned for sending execs on £1000-a-night conference cruise

Another CalMac ferry has been taken into repair due to a gas leak

Another CalMac ferry pulled from service after gas leak causes safety issues

Keeping a look out to see when the next ferry is coming

It's all been a bit wild in the Western Isles this week

CalMac service between Stornoway and Ullapool resumes service after days of cancellations

Sailings between Stornoway and Ullapool resume following days of cancellations

Alex and Jo Lawrence have been stranded on Lewis after having a difficult few days seeing Jo's father die in hospital.

Couple worried about bringing late father's body back home amid ferry chaos

MV Loch Seaforth berthed in Ullapool harbour in 2015

'I am absolutely sick of it' - Islanders despair over latest CalMac chaos

Stock image: CalMac's biggest ship was hit by a technical fault resulting in yet more ferry disruption for islanders.

More ferry disruption for islanders as MV Loch Seaforth hit by technical fault

The Corran ferry preparing to dock at Nether Lochaber. Picture: Neil Hanna

Busy Highland ferry route to be out of operation for 'several weeks'

A ferry at Uig Harbour. Crew members on one of Scotland's lifeline ferries have put out a fire in an engine room, and operator CalMac has suspended services from Uig. Picture: CalMac/PA Wire

Island to have no ferry service to mainland for weeks amid vessel shortages

The MV Hebrides ferry in port at Lochmaddy

Fire breaks out aboard CalMac ferry Hebrides in latest setback to fleet

Nicola Sturgeon visits the Ferguson Marine shipyard in 2015 with the then owner Jim McColl (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

There are lessons to learn from Sturgeon’s ferries contract blunder

The MV Alfred, which has been hired by the Scottish Government

Extra ferry hired by Scottish Government while delayed vessels remain unbuilt

Glen Sannox at the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow in October. Picture: John Devlin

Delayed ferry Glen Sannox will need weeks of trials after completion – CalMac

John Swinney told MSPs not to shout at him during testy exchanges in the Scottish Parliament over two delayed and over-budget ferries being built for Calmac (Picture: Fraser Bremner/Scottish Daily Mail/pool/PA)

There's still a lot to shout about over ferry scandal, Mr Swinney – Brian Wilson

The unfinished Glen Sannox ferry in the Ferguson Marine shipyard in Port Glasgow (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA)

Bonuses for shipyard execs in charge of ongoing ferry fiasco worth every penny?

Kate Forbes, Humza Yousaf and Ash Regan

Humza Yousaf apologises for NHS waiting times during last SNP TV debate

A CalMac ferry arriving at Rothesay on Bute from Wemyss Bay - one of its busiest routes. Picture: John Devlin

Splitting up CalMac’s routes ‘not the answer’ to improving ferry service

CalMac chief executive Robbie Drummond giving evidence to MSPs on Tuesday. Picture: ScottishParliamentTV

CalMac could vary fares to cope with demand on busiest sailings

Nicola Sturgeon arrives at her home following resigning as First Minister. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

What will be Nicola Sturgeon's 'Ozymandias' policy?

Work continues on the delayed and over-budget ferries being built at the Ferguson Marine shipyard (Picture: John Devlin)

Talk of 'fixed-price contract' for CalMac ferries is nonsense – Kenny MacAskill

Pentalina is undergoing survey work at King George V Dock in Glasgow ahead of sea trials. Picture: The Scotsman

Catamaran ferry eyed by CalMac to undergo sea trials this week

CalMac chief executive Robbie Drummond said it was in "positive dialogue" over leasing Pentalina. Picture: Rachel Keenan

CalMac hopes to lease catamaran to improve resilience of ageing fleet

.The Corran ferry preparing to dock at Nether Lochaber. Picture: Neil Hanna

MSPs to hear ferry woes far wider than just CalMac

Alf Baird criticised the "flawed and failed procurement process" in Scotland.

CalMac ferries dismissed as 'inefficient bricks' by maritime expert

CMAL, the public body in charge of ferry infrastructure and procurement, is set to spend almost £100k on PR.

Ferry procurement body to spend almost £100k on PR

Two vessels remain out of commission for CalMac

Ferries redeployed across under pressure network as two CalMac ferries sidelined

Payouts to passengers on Scotland's publicly-owned ferry operator averaged more than £50,000 per month

Ferry disruption payouts hit more than £50,000 per month last year, figures show

Passengers using the main Mull ferry route between Oban and Craignure this winter have been disrupted by several timetable changes. Picture: Getty Images

Bus operator criticises CalMac for failure to communicate Mull timetable change

The new booking system promises a range of improvements for ferry passengers

Further delay to new CalMac booking system ‘unacceptable’ – Jenny Gilruth

ScotRail was nationalised last April after 25 years in private ownership (Picture: John Devlin)

SNP's critics risk misleading passengers about ScotRail – Alastair Dalton

Former finance secretary Derek Mackay

Derek Mackay: Ferries fiasco 'scandalous situation'

Two ships being built by Ferguson Marine for Scotland's island communities have been vastly delayed and will cost millions more than first anticipated, but it is time to dig deep into the facts surrounding the contracts, writes Kenny MacAskill.

Let's look at the hard facts of the Ferguson Marine debacle - Kenny MacAskill

Ferguson Marine is looking forward after the bruising impact of the contract to build hulls 801 and 802.

Ferguson Marine boss confident of bright future for yard

MSPs should be up in arms over delays to the CalMac ferry timetable (Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

The surreal reason CalMac doesn't have a timetable to sail with – Brian Wilson

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