CalMac managing director voices 'shock' over 'awful situation' for sacked P&O Ferries' staff and urges them to apply for seaman vacancies in company
THE boss of a ferry company that services a Wester Ross route has spoken of his "shock" over the redundancies made by P&O.
And the CalMac chief has flagged a number of vacancies currently available within his company.
Managing director Robbie Drummond said: "We at CalMac were shocked and saddened to hear about the redundancies at P&O Ferries.
"This is an awful situation for our many ferry industry colleagues.
"We have vacancies currently available, including a number of deck ratings and seaman pursers required to start in April, and would encourage anyone affected to apply as soon as possible."
The jobs available include sixteen deck ratings earning a salary of around £37,000 on a two week on, two week off shift pattern within the Western Isles fleet.
CalMac Ferries Limited is the UK's largest ferry operator in terms of ships and destinations served and one of the largest transport operators in Scotland.
There are currently 33 ferries serving 54 ports on 29 routes providing 145,000 sailings per year.
Its routes include one between Ullapool and Stornoway.
More details of these vacancies, and how to apply, can be found at:
https://www.calmac.co.uk/article/8671/Ref-806-SG-Deck-Ratings
https://www.calmac.co.uk/article/8504/Ref-809-SG-Seaman-Purser
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