Highlands and Islands MSP, Edward Mountain today gave a damning assessment of the Scottish Government’s failure to renew Scotland’s aging ferry fleet.
The MSP condemned the Scottish Government’s inability to deliver vessels 801 and 802 as a “farce” which could cost the taxpayer up to “half a billio
Highlands and Islands MSP Donald Cameron has said that the ferry crisis is now so serious that it risks becoming a “driver of depopulation” in Scotland’s island communities.
Speaking earlier today during a Scottish Conservative debate at the Scottish Parliament, Mr Cameron cited examples from
Highlands and Islands MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston has written to a Scottish Government-owned ferry owner over its deal to have new ferries for its fleet built by a Turkish shipyard.
Mr Halcro Johnston is seeking assurances from CMAL that its agreement with Cemre Marin Endust