FERRY HULL DAMAGE COST ROW

SCOTLAND'S publiclyowned ferry operator is seeking to recover the cost of repairs to a key vessel which has been out of action for 18 months.

- BY CRAIG PATON

The Caledonian Isles was taken out of service in January last year for substantial work estimated to cost £5million, with its return to the route between Ardrossan, Ayrshire, and Brodick, on the Isle of Arran, expected last June.