The best equivalent ferry service in the world

As the Sunday Post tries top keep Scotland’s ill-informed ‘ferry fiasco’ alive here’s what you’re not hearing.

Factcheck – CalMac has the youngest ferries and is the best in the world
Scotland subsidises its ferries far more than any other country, subsidises island life far more than any other part and the Mull service is 98% reliable for half empty vehicle decks!
Everybody complains about their ferry service, from Norway to North America – short video
In no other part of the UK, Europe or North America does the state broadcaster invent the news about a national ferry service
Arran ferry cancellations due to mechanical faults plummet by factor of SEVEN in only three years, to only 2% and half the number due to weather
Music festival-goers in England asked to pay TWELVE times the fare for a ferry crossing barely a QUARTER of the distance AND have less fun
Canadian state with twice Scotland’s GDP builds fewer than half the number of new ferries for its lifeline island services
‘Botched Bass Strait [Tasmania] ferries’ overspend budget is greater than for Glen Sannox & Glen Rosa hybrid ferries but media coverage is the opposite
New Zealand ferry operator fined $400 000 for failing to train crew to hold down a button for five seconds to disable autopilot and avoid running aground
US ferry system in a State with nearly three times Scotland’s GDP is ‘fragile’ due to lack of Government-funding
Innovative high capital cost projects commonly overrun in costs and time but only the ferries in Scotland can be exploited by the ruthless hypocrites

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