CalMac has called for calm after multiple incidents of abuse towards port and vessel staff.
As disruption affects various ferry routes this week, tensions are high, and CalMac has appealed for customers to be patient.
Fiona Galbraith, CalMac’s area operations manager for Hebrides and Skye, said: "We know how much the community relies on ferry services and understand the frustration and anger at the Lochboisdale service being cancelled for a week. Our teams, all of whom call the local area home, share this disappointment and we all hope normal service can be restored as quickly as possible.
“While most people understand that technical problems and service disruption is not the fault of port staff and crew, we have had multiple instances of these frontline teams being subjected to unacceptable abuse and name-calling.
"No-one should have to deal with that when they are trying to do their job and I would urge everyone to treat our hard-working people with respect.
“Thank you for your patience and understanding.”
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