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Alastair Dalton

Glasgow

Correspondent and Columnist at The Scotsman

Transport Correspondent & columnist, The Scotsman/Scotland on Sunday. [email protected]

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  • Ferguson Marine seeking direct award to build major new CalMac ferry

    4 days ago | scotsman.com | Alastair Dalton

    Shipyard lobbying for contract for Lord of the Isles replacementThe Scottish Government-owned Ferguson Marine shipyard is hoping to be handed another major CalMac ferry order, The Scotsman has learned. Ferguson Marine is seeking the direct award of a contract to replace the 500-passenger Lord of the Isles, which the yard built 36 years ago. The news comes after ministers this week awarded Scottish Government-owned CalMac a new contract without a competition, unlike previously.

  • ScotRail alcohol ban: This is how the ban on ScotRail trains will change and when

    5 days ago | scotsman.com | Alastair Dalton

    Move will return restrictions to pre-pandemic hoursScotRail’s alcohol ban will be scaled back to after 9pm from June 2, its Scottish Government owners announced on Friday. A blanket ban introduced in 2020 during the Covid pandemic will revert back to the original restriction between 9pm and 10am that came into force in 2012.

  • CalMac shelves 'shock' 20% ferries cut on its busiest route - for now

    5 days ago | scotsman.com | Alastair Dalton

    Proposed reduction was prompted by safety concerns over passengers and vehicles boarding and disembarking simultaneouslyCalMac has not ruled out introducing a proposed 20 per cent cut in ferry sailings between Largs and Cumbrae next year after the plan was criticised as an “attack on island life”. The ferry operator on Thursday shelved introducing the proposed reduction this summer.

  • New £3.9 billion CalMac contract hailed as 'catalyst for positive change'

    6 days ago | scotsman.com | Alastair Dalton

    State-owned operator awarded right to continue running ferries from October CalMac will be required to improve services for islanders after being awarded a new ten-year contract by ministers to run Scotland’s west coast ferries. Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop said she expected the decision announced on Thursday to be a “catalyst for positive change across the Clyde and Hebrides network”.

  • New CalMac contract hailed as 'catalyst for positive change'

    6 days ago | scotsman.com | Alastair Dalton

    State-owned operator awarded right to continue running ferries from October CalMac will be required to improve services for islanders after being awarded a new contract by ministers to run Scotland’s west coast ferries. Transport Secretary Fiona Hyslop said she expected the decision announced on Thursday to be a “catalyst for positive change across the Clyde and Hebrides network”.

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Alastair Dalton @AlastairDalton
10 May 25

RT @TheScotsman: Good morning from The Scotsman. Ease into the weeked with a copy of today's print edition and the best news coverage, spor…

Alastair Dalton
Alastair Dalton @AlastairDalton
10 May 25

Exclusive in @TheScotsman on Saturday: Ferguson Marine seeking direct award to build another major CalMac ferry https://t.co/QUSU03bJlg

Alastair Dalton
Alastair Dalton @AlastairDalton
9 May 25

I was lucky enough to have the most amazing bath in this building as part of a @TheScotsman visit. The bath incorporated a shower which sent water in several directions https://t.co/f2dUgaDEBb