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15/03/2023 Uig ferry terminal works on course to be completed ahead of reopening next week [Press and Journal] The redevelopment project has been delayed due to severe weather. (Permalink) Uig Pier Uig Pier: The ferry MV Hebrides from Tarbert arriving at Uig, Skye, on the afternoon of 10 May 2017. Andy Furnevel 10/05/2017 Press and Journal
08/03/2023 Immensely frustrating: Highland Council delays Uig terminal reopening causing disruption for hundreds of passengers [Press and Journal] CalMac's chief executive has described a 10-day delay to the reopening of Uig Ferry Terminal as 'immensely frustrating'. (Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne Uig Pier Press and Journal
19/12/2022 Ceistean mun fheum a ni an MV Arrow [BBC Alba] Questions about the need for MV Arrow. (Permalink) MV Arrow Uig Pier BBC Alba
23/06/2022 Uig pier closure petition now at 5,000 and growing [Stornoway Gazette] A petition calling for a sensible solution to the threat of Uig ferry terminal being closed for at least six months had attracted 5000 signatures as we went to press. (Permalink) Uig Pier Uig Pier: The ferry MV Hebrides berthed at Uig in October 2010. Ian Dinmore 25/10/2010 Stornoway Gazette
14/04/2022 Uist firms face 30% hit from Uig closure [Stornoway Gazette] Intense concern has been created in Uist due to CalMac indicating that 30 per cent of freight capacity will be lost during the six months loss of the Uig link with the Lochmaddy service diverted to Ullapool. (Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne Lochmaddy Uig Uig Pier Uist Ullapool Stornoway Gazette
17/03/2022 Skye's Uig ferry port to be closed for six months [BBC News] The work to Skye's Uig pier is to be done to replace old parts and to improve the structure. (Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne Uig Pier Uig Pier: The ferry MV Hebrides from Tarbert arriving at Uig, Skye, on the afternoon of 10 May 2017. Andy Furnevel 10/05/2017 BBC News
23/12/2021 Harris islanders marooned for months while CalMac upgrades Uig ferry harbour [The Times] MSPs have hit out at the 'ridiculous' apparent marooning of islanders on Harris while major harbour works lasting months on Skye [Uig Pier] take place next year. It follows the announcement by the ferry operator CalMac that capacity will be reduced on the Uig triangle route in 2022. [Full article requires subscription. -RS] (Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne Uig Pier Uig Pier: The view over the stern of MV Hebrides as she arrived in Uig from Lochmaddy on 1st August 2018. The linkspan is at the end of a long pier that for most of its length is only wide enough for a s ... Mark Bartlett 01/08/2018 Uig Pier: The ferry MV Hebrides berthed at Uig in October 2010. Ian Dinmore 25/10/2010 The Times BBC Alba
23/12/2021 Ex-SNP cabinet secretary says lifeline ferry owners should be fired over vessels built abroad [The Herald] A former health social justice and communities secretary has said it is time for the Scottish Government-controlled ferry owners to be scrapped in the row over moves to have lifeline vessels built abroad. (Permalink) Caledonian MacBrayne Uig Pier The Herald