Campbeltown IS to get the white elephant ferry route
The announcement made in Campbeltown this morning by Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, was indeed that the notion mooted in Transport Scotland’s Scottish Ferries Review is to get an airing.Ms...
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The Campbeltown Visit in photographs
Deputy First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, as reported earlier, flew in to Campbeltown on Monday 15th April, to cut the ribbon on the New Quay.While she as there she announced the imminent arrival of a...
View ArticleNew Campbeltown ferry pilot – a whale beached before it starts
The good news is the fun of this service looking like it may be CalMac’s first new route in 20 years – and that there is general recognition that Campbeltown is on the way up. The rest is simply...
View ArticleCalMac geared up to start Campbeltown-Ardrossan ferry service on Thursday night
Ferry operator, Caledonian MacBrayne [CalMac] are counting down to the start of Caledonian MacBrayne’s (CalMac) new ferry service linking Ayrshire and Kintyre, which starts this Thursday, 23rd May.The...
View ArticleNew CalMac Ardrossan-Campbeltown ferry on AMBER alert for inaugural sailing
[Update below 19.10] The first sailing of the new CalMac ferry service from Ardrossan to Campbeltown is on AMBER alert and liable to disruption or delay on account of NW winds gusting to 35 mph.It is...
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Big welcome at Campbeltown for new Ardrossan ferry
There she was, driving past Davaar Island, guardian to the lovely Campbeltown Loch – looking brightly spick, as she forging purposefully on for the ‘wee toon’.On her inaugural run last night, she gave...
View ArticleScottish Government forced to intervene on loose-mouthed Russell gaffe in...
A senseless act of folly by Argyll’s own blunderbus MSP, Michael Russell has now hit the national media and the twittersphere, with the Scottish Government forced to issue a statement to try to put out...
View ArticleNew Campbeltown-Ardrossan service off for today
The MV Isle of Arran, the ferry serving the new CalMac summer season Campbeltown-Ardrossan route has had a technical problem taking her out of service to Arrossan and to Campbeltown today, Sunday 14th...
View ArticleInsights for Argyll and the Isles in CalMac’s annual carrying figures
The relationship between Argyll and CalMac is pretty hard wired. 17 of the ferry operator’s 27 routes – 63% – are in Argyll and the Isles. The black and white, red funnelled ferries of all shapes and...
View Article2014 start of Ardrossan-Campbeltown summer ferry stalled
[Updated below, 1st May] Clyde and Hebridean ferry services operator, CalMac, has announced that the start, due today, 1st May, of the second summer season of the three year pilot ferry service from...
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