Today headlining on the BBC Scotland website: CalMac cuts passenger numbers over safety failure They open with: Ferry operator CalMac has been forced to cut passengers numbers on its MV Isle of Mull vessel to just 45 after it failed a safety check. Problems were identified with the ship’s evacuation system during its annual overhaul. CalMac has confirmed passenger numbers must be temporarily limited to reflect the spaces available on its lifeboats. BBC Scotland open with the above before going on to milk the story for a further 7 paragraphs before this: CalMac says passenger bookings on the Lochboisdale route … Continue reading CalMac ferries so generously subsidised and over-sized that tiny winter island traffic is unaffected by a temporary safety limit