Scottish islanders consider running own ferry service

Mull and Iona islanders want to replace ferries run by state-owned CalMac after years of inefficiency'

Scottish islanders who are fed up with the country's crisis-hit ferry service are to investigate running their own ferries, claiming they have lost patience with government bungling.

After years of service cancellations and break-downs, islanders on Mull and Iona want to replace the car ferries run by the state-owned company CalMac with their own community-run service, using three faster catamarans.