Scorrie Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 12 shetlanders on the north boats,not many out of a crew of over 200 between 3 boats,used to be a lot more before they gave the cargo boats away I wonder what it would take to get the ferry service run from Lerwick as opposed to Aberdoom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted July 23, 2016 Report Share Posted July 23, 2016 ^ Independence. (Shetland's, no Scotland's that is). Da Burra Shop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equality Street Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 ^ Independence. (Shetland's, no Scotland's that is). As someone who routinely criticises the Town Hall mob, do you really think an elected body in Shetland would be effective? Sod that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whalsa Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 ^ Independence. (Shetland's, no Scotland's that is). As someone who routinely criticises the Town Hall mob, do you really think an elected body in Shetland would be effective? Sod that. You should not assume that because the SIC, in it's current form, has led to poor governance in recent times that a new form of Government in Shetland would be ineffective. The structure would be totally different. As proven by the recent news article praising the innovative and resilient nature of local businesses, there are plenty of talented and able people in Shetland, just most of them are not in the town hall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachmill Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n80aylVxLuc 1) This is a politician speaking words.2) The proof is, indeed, in the pudding.3) Trust has to be earned. With that out of the way, this is a good start IMO. I like the thinking of the short term price freeze to stop fares being raised... only to allow a subsequent face-saving price reduction in months to come. I'm not sure what the Shetland Times frothers will have to say about this though! Tinkler will be spitting bullets teeth! brian.smith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muckle Oxters Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 So, whit's yur preference fur da nort boat contract? Calmac Serco Mystery bidder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted January 18, 2019 Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 Link, for context -> Calmac and Serco in frame for ferry contract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capeesh Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) Good job it's not the Tory government in Westminster in charge of our ferry contract. Chris Grayling the Secretary of State for Transport awarded a £13.8 million ferry contract for a no deal Brexit to a firm with no history, no money, no ships, no employees, no ports, no sailing schedule, one telephone line and terms & conditions copied from a pizza takeaway Edited February 9, 2019 by Capeesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 ^ Not really all that much worse than Holyrood awarding the North Boat to Serco when they got it. No real history in running a ferry service, no ships, no seamen, no ports, no sailing schedule, that all only came with the contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capeesh Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 (edited) ^Infinitely worse and you've just partially explained why in your post...with Serco all the ships, seamen, support staff, ports and sailing schedule were already in place, they're a 90 year old multi national, multi million pound company with 50k employees fulfilling a staggering amount of government contracts.Seaborne Freight are nobodies with a tiny handful of employees formed little more than a year ago who haven't a pot to pee in or any clue or experience in doing anything, they copied and pasted terms and conditions from a pizza takeaway and a boutique jewellery shop, the ports they were going to use weren't capable of taking the ferries they didn't have on time, their website was non functional and the contract hadn't been properly put out to tender, they were awarded it behind closed doors.On top of that Seaborne's founder had been jailed for 2 months for firearm offences and the Chief executive's previous company had been forced into liquidation. Edited February 9, 2019 by Capeesh Davie P 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muckle Oxters Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 So, yun'll be Serco gotten the northboat contract again. I dunna use the northboats very often so I'm no in a position to comment, but do you folks tink they do a good job? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windwalker Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Sometimes, better da devil you know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted September 22, 2019 Report Share Posted September 22, 2019 Weel, dir no fantit wis yet....... I'd rather see a 'real' shipping company running it, one who actually owned a fleet, so that there was maybe a bit more flexibility concerning the vessels used at different times of year etc, but as long as Holyrood hae nae mair wit as buy whits comin ta be auld boats and insist the contract winner uses them, we'll have what we have, I daresay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyboy Posted September 23, 2019 Report Share Posted September 23, 2019 So, yun'll be Serco gotten the northboat contract again. I dunna use the northboats very often so I'm no in a position to comment, but do you folks tink they do a good job? I use the Northboat a fair amount and think it is pretty good to be honest.The service and food is better and they shut the bar at night now.However I have never used a pod as have never had any problems booking a cabin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie P Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 This is a potentially interesting development CalMac challenges Northern Isles ferry service decision Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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