COMMUNITY
MV LOCH FRISA SAILS ON SHIP-SHAPE COMMUTER ROUTE long-looked forward to by CalMac’s latest ferry, with islanders and would be ‘lifea price tag of £10.5 million, changing’. launched this week with the For decades, islanders promise of all-year round have been asking and commuter travel between pushing for a second boat Oban and Mull. for the winter Former Mull time-table councillor MaryWhat a special service and at Jean Devon had night we all had last they have the honour of got it. launching and in Dervaig on She said it renaming the Saturday. This is would also be MV Loch Frisa clearly a strong life-changing at Craignure community for giving work using a 12-yearopportunities to old bottle of islanders who Tobermory no longer had to go off island whisky in the ceremony for employment. in front of invited guests, About two-thirds of including dignitaries and the crew already live on crew. Mull - remaining staff Mrs Devon said Loch are still searching for Frisa’s arrival had been
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accommodation, some are temporarily in hotels. Mrs Devon also gave a nod to Ross of Mull crofter Ronnie Campbell who had chaired the Mull and Iona Ferry Committee for years and had first raised the question of a second boat decades ago to work all year round on the route. ‘Ronnie is sadly no longer with us, but he would have been glad to see his work and the work of the Mull and Iona Ferry Committee that he chaired for many years was not in vain. ‘It is good to see the boat finally here,’ she said. Guests had to wait just a little longer than planned while crew practised opening
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