From Trade Winds yesterday:
The chief executive officer of Greece’s Attica Group and the port master of Piraeus lost their jobs after the callous treatment of a passenger that caused him to drown on Tuesday.
Attica’s management board accepted the resignation of Spyridon Paschalis, the company said in a statement on Thursday.
Just a few hours later, Greek shipping minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis — who has been in hot water over the incident that media have described as “cold-blooded murder” — announced the sacking of the port master of Piraeus and another senior coastguard official.
In its statement, Attica acknowledged that crew members violated internal procedures and it pledged to make sure that this would never happen again.
The company would be hard-pressed to argue differently after video footage widely circulated in media showing company employees pushing a passenger as he attempted to board the departing 27,200-gt ropax Blue Horizon (built 1987).
The 36-year-old Antonis Karyotis — a day labourer from the island Crete — subsequently fell off the ship’s vehicle ramp directly astern of the ship, hit his head on the quay and drowned.
As he disappeared under the surface of the water, Blue Horizon’s crew was just looking on and the ship departed without stopping to help.
https://www.tradewindsnews.com/cruise-and-ferry/heads-roll-in-greece-after-outcry-over-ferry-passenger-death/2-1-1514384
From the Jersey Evening Post yesterday:
FAMILIES planning to travel by sea and road to UK universities ahead of the start of the new academic year have been hit by ferry cancellations.
Condor Ferries has expressed regret for the inconvenience caused by cancelled services, which it said had resulted from problems with a chartered vessel due to replace ferries that were booked for maintenance.
https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2023/09/07/jersey-students-travelling-to-uni-hit-by-ferry-cancellations/
From the Komo News yesterday:
“Ferrymageddon,” the word now coined on Bainbridge Island, starts Thursday and will last through Sept. 13. Washington State Ferries (WSF) is using the entire week to work on construction of a new pedestrian walkway at the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal. The project is so large and includes so many moving parts, there will be no service for bicycles, electric scooters, motorcycles or any vehicle.
https://komonews.com/news/local/ferry-closure-shutdown-washington-bainbridge-island-ferrymageddon-starts-thursday-local-impact-business-impact-construction-pedestrian-walkway-route-delay-traffic-car-bicycles-electric-scooters-motorcycles-vehicle-delivery-seattle-tacoma-narrows-bridge
From the Seattle Times yesterday:
Washington State Ferries’ busiest route is closed to everyone but pedestrians this week, between early Thursday morning and early Wednesday, meaning anyone hoping to make the drive or bike between Seattle and Bainbridge Island needs to find a different way.
Even walk-on passengers in a hurry may want to consider alternate routes, because just one boat will be making the back-and-forth sailing until Wednesday.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/transportation/detour-options-while-bainbridge-ferry-terminal-is-closed/
From the Daily Mail 4 days ago:
A traveller has shared her regret after having a nightmare experience catching a ferry in Greece that cost more than $AUD 150.
Nikki said she booked ticket for €100 on a Greek ferry despite hearing horror stories from other travellers.
She said she knew she was ‘in trouble’ when she first laid eyes on the ferry as it dramatically swayed in the waves and spent the duration of the journey hearing and smelling fellow passengers vomit.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/travel/article-12477305/American-traveller-traumatised-journey-ferry-Greece-warning-Crete-Santorini-nightmare.html
From Global News, 5 days ago:
British Columbia Ferries (Canada) is warning a number of sailings between the Sunshine Coast and Powell River are at risk of being cancelled.
https://globalnews.ca/news/9936439/bc-ferries-sunshine-coast-powell-river-ferries-at-risk-of-being-cancelled/
From Life in Norway, 6 days ago:
A Dutch ferry company linking Germany and the Netherlands with Norway has suspended service. The sudden suspension of operations has left many passengers that were waiting for a return trip stranded either Germany/Netherlands or Norway.
https://www.lifeinnorway.net/ferries-cancelled-as-holland-norway-lines-hits-financial-trouble/
Overheard in a Tobermory pub, several times last week – ‘I’m telling you pal, CalMac is the worst ferry service in the world!’
Finally, from CalMac Performance Data for yesterday:
501 0ut of 518 sailings were on time. The 17 cancelled were from the 58 between Gourock and Dunoon.
Talking-up Scotland 
What’s your obsession with what goes on with ferries in other countries. It it all its to say that Calmac are actually doing just fine and that nobody should criticise it? I don’t get it. It’s a bit of an unhealthy onsession you have, John. I haven’t seen any reports in the last few days about it? Also, today is the first anniversary of the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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Thought you were serious till I read:
‘Also, today is the first anniversary of the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II.’
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I was being serious. I was also curious to know your opinion on the monarchy.
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Why?
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I don’t know. Since the SNP’s offices policy is to keep the monarchy after independence.
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Thank goodness that we seem to have a pretty good track good record of safety and reliability with the Scottish ferries in comparison to other countries.
Long may it continue, as I am sure her late majesty would have concurred.
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John is highlighting the Unionist press and its politicisation of the Scottish ferry services. At the behest of the Unionist parties and their mischief making. The only thing unhealthy is their obsession with blaming the Scottish Government. For things outside their control. By comparison to other countries with similar systems. John exposes their hypocrisy. Not just ferries. He is doing sterling work on Network Rail, Grant Shapps and the recent Herald story on the Stonehaven crash.
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Thanks John, important to point out that infrastructure and transport in Scotland favourably compares to those services in many other countries.
Your article about Network rail is crucial in pointing out how, when things do go wrong in Scotland, ie the terrible fatal train crash, the mechanisms being controlled to avoid such tragedies are in the control of the EngGov. The government in the next door country, control the rail network in our country, Scotland. Never a good idea to have the country next door keeping control of transport infrastructure etc. Only way to solve that conundrum is for Scotland to secure independence and with the fiscal powers therefore being in Scotland’s hands, (not in the hamnds of the country next door) to be used for such things as upgrading and maintaining the railway network etc.
Quite simple really.
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