Sweating the assets ... perhaps not such a good idea

grahame

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Sweating the assets ... perhaps not such a good idea

« on: March 05, 2023, 17:06:46 »

From The BBC^» British Broadcasting Corporation - home page)

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Ferry operator CalMac has warned the next two years will be "challenging" for residents of Scotland's islands due to the age of its fleet.

Chief executive Robbie Drummond also apologised to residents of Arran for recent disruption to services.

Mr Drummond said a shortage of spare vessels was also driving disruption.

A third of CalMac's ferries are more than 30 years old, and almost half the largest ships are beyond their expected service life.

Issues with three ferries have resulted in disruption across the company's west coast network.

CalMac is another government controlled transport operator, and they are having trouble too trying to run the service that they are supposed to with too few assets, and those they have getting more unreliable as they get worn out.

Is this habit of insisting on too-few, too-old assets due to poor planning, incompetence, or a cynical calculation which allows significant poor reliability to save money.


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TaplowGreen

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Re: Sweating the assets ... perhaps not such a good idea

« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2023, 17:12:42 »

Another of Nicola's legacies............

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-60860642


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Re: Sweating the assets ... perhaps not such a good idea

« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2023, 21:17:23 »

Quote from: TaplowGreen on March 05, 2023, 17:12:42

Another of Nicola's legacies............

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-60860642

Above link (24/03/22):
"The latest estimate is that the ferries will be five years late, and will cost up to £250m - more than two and a half times the original budget of £97m".

Latest: https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/homenews/23363699.fears-new-ferries-may-never-sail-ferguson-marine-budget-stalls/

"a further £87m was needed to deliver the ferries with overall costs at that point snowballing from the original £96m to £340m"


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