From the P&J in March 2023:
The £9 million cost to hire a ferry to relieve pressure on the CalMac network, has been criticised by Highland MSP Jamie Halcro Johnston. The MV Alfred will be leased on a nine-month contract from Pentland ferries for £1 million a month. It will help alleviate the pressure on the CalMac network with several vessels out of action due to delays to overhauls or technical faults.
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands-islands/5529187/expensive-fix-highland-msp-slams-9m-ferry-hire-for-beleaguered-calmac-network/
From Saltwire in Canada, today:
Canada spending $38.6M on temporary replacement ferry between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia. MV Fanafjord will sail the crossing until a replacement for the MV Holiday Island is built
$38.6 million is £31 million for 4 years, or £7.75 million so the Canadian deal looks better but the Nye Fanafjord AS is 16 years old while the MV Alfred is barely 4.
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‘ 1 Million a month to hire a ferry’ Wow!
Come independence we will be able to charge 100 million a month for Faslane until they shift it.
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