Western Ferries : Taking on giants / Roy Pedersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pedersen, Roy N. (Roy Norman), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Western Ferries.

Ferries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (334 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Birlinn Limited, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the late 1960s, drawing on Scandinavian experience, Western Ferries pioneered roll-on roll off ferry operations in Scotland's West Highlands and Islands. This innovative company's original focus, was Islay, where its hitherto undreamt of frequency of service transformed that island's access to the outside world. The company's profitable and efficient operation was, however, deliberately sabotaged by heavily subsidised predatory pricing by the feather-bedded state owned competitor. This shameful policy, initiated at the highest political level, has been uncovered by recently released officia

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations and Maps; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Busiest and Most Efficient; Chapter 2: The Way It Was; Chapter 3: New Ideas - Eilean Sea Services; Chapter 4: Islay and Jura Options; Chapter 5: Western Ferries Is Born; Chapter 6: Expansion; Chapter 7: Government Responses; Chapter 8: Bid and Counterbid; Chapter 9: The Clyde Operation Starts; Chapter 10: Contrasting Modus Operandi; Chapter 11: Competition Hots Up; Chapter 12: Waverley; Chapter 13: Oil and Troubled Waters; Chapter 14: Hard Choices

Chapter 15: Highland SeabirdChapter 16: Developments on the Clyde; Chapter 17: Reorganisation; Chapter 18: The Orkney Venture; Chapter 19: Growth and Consolidation; Chapter 20: The Deloitte & Touche Report; Chapter 21: Self-Management; Chapter 22: Europe Enters the Fray; Chapter 23: Dunoon Debates; Chapter 24: Tendering Shambles; Chapter 25: Modernisation; Chapter 26: Pressing the Case; Chapter 27: Profits and Tax; Chapter 28: The Gourock-Dunoon Tender; Chapter 29: Two More New Ships; Chapter 30: Community Relations; Chapter 31: The MVA Report; Chapter 32: Western Ferries Today

Chapter 33: What Next?Appendix: Fleet List; Bibliography; Index; Illustrations

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781495654565

1495654567

9780857908636

0857908634

OCLC:

918622834