Fundraising effort to keep the Waverley going
In 2008 the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (PSPS) bailed out Waverley Excursions to enable its two paddle steamers, Waverley and Balmoral, to maintain their schedules into 2009. The Scottish...
View ArticlePeel Ports Consortium must not be allowed to buy Forth Ports
As we have been predicting, Clydeport’s owner, John Whittaker and Peel Ports, the holding company for the his significant portfolio of ports, are bidding to buy Forth Ports, They lead the Northstream...
View ArticleSNP Government to cede control of Scotland’s coasts to a call centre in...
The House of Commons Transport Select Committee this week convened a second hearing into the UK Government’s plans to ‘modernise’ the Coastguard service by closing ten coastguard stations – including...
View ArticleStaff shortages in new model coastguard service raise safety issues
The Coastguard SOS campaign group continues to raise concern about risks to sea safety and environmental protection resulting from substantial understaffing in the national coastguard service. This is...
View ArticleRYA wrangle over Waverley loss to Commonwealth Games flotilla loses sight of...
PS Waverley was announced as part of the Commonwealth Flotilla to leave Greenock and sail upriver to Glasgow, on 26th July, the fourth day of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. This conjured a spectacular...
View ArticleOpen minded new Transport Minister offers hope to Coastguard SOS campaign
After beating their heads and laying their evidence out before a series of uninterested short-stay Shipping Ministers, some of whom represented landlocked constituencies and had no personal...
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