The ferry MV Alfred will not return to the Caithness-Orkney route until at least next summer after its charter on the west coast was extended.
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Moves to position an 'emergency' vessel that is costing taxpayers £1m a month to charter onto a new route have been put back after it spent a second day broken down.
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The Ardrossan to Arran ferry has been hit by another problem - with CalMac sailings cancelled until mid afternoon at least.
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CALMAC hasconfirmed the new timetable for MV Alfred on the Ardrossan to Arran route. It follows a successful familiarisation period for the ferry over the last few weeks. Scottish ministers chartered the MV Alfred for nine months at a cost of 9m in a bid to ease the growing ferry crisis in Scotland.
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The ferry was brought into service between Arran and Ardrossan to support the main ferry, MV Caledonian Isles.
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The charter was due to begin on April 18 but was delayed due to a fault with its hydraulic systems.
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CALMAC have confirmed the catamaran MV Alfred will begin service on the Ardrossan to Arran route - from tomorrow.
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MV Alfred could be set to join the ferry company's under-pressure west coast network.
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MV Alfred, hired by the Scottish Government to ease the effects of the ferry crisis, made a trial docking at Ardrossan Harbour earlier this week.
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CALMAC have been unable to give assurances of the continued use of a £1m-a-month 'emergency' ferry to try and ease the effect of the nation's ferry fiasco - despite previously stating that they had 'exclusive' use of it.
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Arguments over placing catamarans on Scottish ferry routes will finally be put to the test.
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An emergency ferry has finally been given clearance to begin a £1m-a-month taxpayer-funded charter to help ease lifeline service 'chaos' - but CalMac do not yet know which routes if any it can operate on.
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The operators of the ferry involved in yesterday's grounding on Swona have confirmed that 'some passengers have sustained injuries' in the incident.
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One person is in hospital after MV Alfred got into difficulty and came ashore on Swona off the north coast of Scotland.
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The owner of Scotlands ferry fleet demanded a foreign firm pay up to £100,000 to gain UK maritime approval for a £9m vessel it was negotiating to buy to ease chaos on the network ending in the deal collapsing, according to the sellers.
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