MV Loch Seaforth, which sails between Ullapool and Stornoway, has a problem with the ramp at its bow.

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Three CalMac ferries are returning to service as the operator continues to work through “challenging conditions”. The latest update leaves four major and two small vessels out of action. MV Loch ...

Ferries and the problems besetting CalMac's services have dominated many of the day's exchanges on the election campaign. First Minister John Swinney travelled to Stornoway, where he announced a new ...

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Hebrides should be back on Little Minch routes but remains docked in Leith ...

Drier than usual conditions in recent months is said to have "significantly contributed" to the drop. The ferry operator had hoped the Orkney-based MV Pentalina would 'add resilience' to its west ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [Getty Images] Ferries and the problems besetting CalMac's services have dominated many of the day's exchanges on the election ...