Just 31 days when ferries ran to timetable

A Scottish Liberal Democrat freedom of information request found that between 1 January 2022 and 31 March 2023:

• There were just 31 days where all timetabled CalMac sailings “performed to schedule.”  
• Ferries were cancelled (performed below schedule) on 217 days out of 455.
• More and more ferries are being cancelled for technical reasons, causing the loss of 2,256 sailings across the 15-month period. 

Mr Rennie said:  

“Communities have been left adrift by a government that makes getting from A to B mission impossible.  

“Ministers should be compensating islanders for the mayhem they have caused, but they are point-blank refusing. Instead, the SNP and Greens sit idle while the government-owned Fergusons shipyard shell out huge bonuses to bosses.  

“Islanders losing business, missing events and hospital appointments are being let down yet again by a nationalist government that is totally out of touch and unwilling to stand up for these communities.”