CalMac without delay awarded contract to run west coast ferry products and services

The contract to run Scotland’s west coast ferry products and services in long run has been without delay awarded to the present publicly-owned operator CalMac Ferries Ltd.

The Scottish executive stated the provider would now be interested in a “public service model” as a substitute of being run on a business foundation.

The contract for the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Service (CHFS) have been because of expire closing September however used to be prolonged by way of a 12 months.

Ministers had indicated that a right away award used to be their choice, however they wanted extra time to make sure this might be achieved with out a prison problem.