More ferries will be built in Scotland despite the problems at a government-owned shipyard on the Clyde, the transport minister has predicted.
Jenny Gilruth told the Record that a "substantial" number of vessels in the Caledonian MacBrayne fleet were ageing and would need replacement in the coming years.
But she admitted confidence in CalMac among rural and island communities was "not particularly high" after a winter of regular service cancellations.
