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Alan Simpson: Giving CalMac contract is right - now give them better ships

Alan Simpson: Giving CalMac contract is right - now give them better ships

IT is probably fair to say that ferry operator has had to navigate some choppy waters of late trying to meet timetable obligations with some really duff kit handed to them by the incompetence of others.

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