Yesterday CalMac was down to 91.2% on time. Islanders are furious and have called for the First Minister to go. Ankeir Starmwar has promised them all a new lithium battery powered replacement after an offer from the Danish Labour Party of 25 new ferries that Danes now refuse to travel on after one burst into flames and took four days to put out. OK, I made up some of the last bit but this, from media reports in the last 24 hours, is true. Condor Ferries has delayed the first planned sailing of its new boat to Guernsey and Jersey. … Continue reading Ferries in crisis in the Channel Isles, in Cornwall, on Shetland, in Canada and across the Mersey – are they just difficult to operate?