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Scottish Government slammed over £200k diesel generator spend for ferries due to be replaced
Updated: July 4, 2021, 10:30 am
MV Finlaggan. unknown. Supplied by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL).
The Scottish Government has revealed plans to spend £200,000 on diesel generators – for two ferries due to be replaced.
CalMac Ferries have advertised for companies who make “emergency generator sets” to come forward to assist as the ones on MV Loch Dunvegan and MV Loch Fyne are obsolete.
But the spend, which comes ahead of a replacement plan for the ferries, has sparked criticism from Labour MSP Rhoda Grant, who has been campaigning for the government to make faster moves towards purchasing additional ferry capacity.
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Selkie been hit with issues
Since then, the dredger has been plagued with issues.
For several years, concerns have been raised in coastal communities about the lack of maintenance leading to growing access issues in harbours.
Staffing issues forced the dredger out of action for several months.
Tenders invited for operation of Selkie
Transportation Manager Nicola Moss said: “Moray Council has decided to invite tenders to charter the MV Selkie.
“The contract, which is being advertised on Public Contracts Scotland, also includes a specification for meeting the dredging requirements of the council’s harbours and is for three years minimum.”
The EuropeWave project is seeking the views of wave developers on its pre-commercial procurement tender, which will open in June 2021.
The procurement process, which runs until September 2021, will award R&D service contracts to developers as part of a three-stage process.
A competitive call for tender will be open to all wave energy developers, initially in the first phase of ‘concept development.’
After each stage is completed, the best of the competing solutions will be selected to progress to the following phase.
During the second stage, contractors will undertake detailed design and modelling activities.
The final phase involves an open-sea deployment and testing programme at specialist test sites in Scotland and the Basque Country.