Calmac loses 拢33m
Posted: Friday, 06 October 2006 |
Comments
Sunday ferries here we come! Hurrah... long overdue.
Trisha from Stornoway
Trisha - if they lose 拢4m sailing six days then they are going to lose another 1/2million or so sailing an extra day! Does that make sense to you or are you willing to pay double to travel on Sunday ?
calumannabel from Calculator Cottage Cross
Frankly I am amazed at those losses, especially on the Ullapool - Stornoway route. CalMac is going to have to learn to hedge fuel costs. I wonder at what financial point the Executive decides they won't bail them out. A few years of paying losses like that and it'd be sensible to start looking at building a tunnel!
Bluewave from Lewis
Quote: <A few years of paying losses like that and it'd be sensible to start looking at building a tunnel!> Don't give Comhairle nan Eilean any more daft ideas, Bluewave: they're already thinking seriously about physically bridging the gap between Harris and the Uists with causeways/bridges, an unnecessary scheme which will cost a load more than the 拢70 million estimated, and which is pretty much a carte blanche for the car culture to wreak more havoc on the environment. It will take away all the massive CO2 savings (ha ha ha!) of the Amec/BMP commercial windfarm schemes.
Jimmy from Eilean Leodhais
A causeway could have turbines built into it, thus lessening its wickedness.
Flying Cat from The Sunroom of Eternity
All very well Flying Cat but every drunk in the Western Ises would crash into the damn things.
calumamec from Hard Shouldrer A857
Drunks in the Western Isles??? A vile Calumny!
Flying Cat from Temperance Hall Hoedown
I have been in Lewis since late 2004 and am observing life on this fascinating island from an outsider's perspective. I look out at the lighthouse every day - as it looks out over the island and the sea. 
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