The Scottish Government

Scottish Executive News Releases

27 April 2000

• Delivering Lifeline Ferry Services

23 January 2001

• Future of Highland and Islands Ferry Services

14 November 2001

• Way ahead for CalMac tendering

27 June 2002

• Consultation on Tendering the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services

29 January 2003

• Separate Tender for the Gourock-Dunoon Route

20 March 2003

• Consultation on Tendering the Gourock-Dunoon Ferry Service

17 October 2003

• CalMac Ferry Tender and the Implications of Altmark

25 June 2004

• Executive Confirms Need to Tender Services

8 April 2004

• Northern Isles ferries

27 May 2004

• Draft Terms for Northern Ferry Service

8 December 2004

• Two new ferries commissioned
• Gourock-Dunoon ferry route

19 July 2005

• Northern Isles ferry service

21 September 2005

• Proposals for the Gourock-Dunoon Ferry Route

9 March 2006

• Calmac Preferred Bidder in North

6 July 2006

• Orkney and Shetland Ferry Contract

31 July 2006

• Next Stage In Gourock-Dunoon Ferry Tender

14 December 2006

• Next Stage In Ferry Tender

13 August 2007

· Road Equivalent Tariff for ferries

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2007/08/13095245

20 September 2007

· Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Contract

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2007/09/20113846