CALMAC’S efforts to build better environmental partnerships across the West Coast have been recognised by the Scottish Council for Development and Industry (SCDI).
The trade body awarded the Crown Estate Scotland Award for Excellence in a Marine Business to the ferry operator for its work in building working relationships with wildlife groups.
CalMac approached Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and Marine Scotland last year to see how the company could help capture a range of environmental and scientific observational data. ‘With set, year-round routes CalMac was ideally placed as a platform for the monitoring of the marine environment,’ said the company’s environmental manager Klare Chamberlain. ‘We offered our vessels to help with wildlife surveys and both organisations were keen to get involved.’