There has Been a Lack of Investment in Island Ferry Services Over Decades

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The comments by the chairman of David MacBrayne ("Ferry boss warns of price hikes and cuts to services") and your editorial ("Funds must be found to keep island ferry services afloat", both September 27) highlight the primary problem of lack of consistent investment in the CalMac Ferries' fleet (and the associated port infrastructure) over decades.

Any free-market commercial enterprise would have collapsed years ago had it followed the strategies of successive governments.

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There has Been a Lack of Investment in Island Ferry Services Over Decades

What is disappointing in the extreme is that the chairman seems to have been incapable of explaining to his shareholders that the Road Equivalent Tariff...

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