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ABC News
25-05-2025
- Climate
- ABC News
Weather set to turn wild as strong winds and rain push across SA
As parts of South Australia undergo their first burst of wet and windy weather in months, Kangaroo Island ferry services have been cancelled because of the rough conditions. The Bureau of Meterology (BOM) has warnings in place for much of SA, while the State Emergency Service (SES) has advised of the increased risk of downed powerlines and fallen trees after months of drought. "We've got some distressed trees out there that are lacking moisture and they're more susceptible to those strong winds," the service's Ian Bonython told ABC Radio Adelaide. A severe weather warning for "damaging, locally destructive winds" has been issued for much of the state including Eyre and Yorke Peninsulas, the Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide metropolitan area, Flinders, Mid North, Kangaroo Island, Murraylands, Riverland and south-east. There are also gale and strong wind warnings — and a coastal hazard warning for abnormally high tides — for stretches of the state's coastline. Kangaroo Island ferry operator SeaLink said its early morning services from Cape Jervis and Penneshaw had been cancelled. "Unfortunately, due to weather conditions matching the current forecasts and with increasing winds and high swells predicted throughout the day, all sailings for today, 26 May will not be operating," the company posted on Facebook. "Conditions and forecasts for tomorrow, Tuesday 27 May, will be monitored throughout the day." BOM senior forecaster Simon Timcke said between six and 20 millimetres of rain were expected over Adelaide, and between 20 and 40 millimetres in the hills. "[We're expecting] certainly the wettest day we've seen for a while." Mr Timcke said while the system had "taken a little bit longer" to arrive "than we originally thought", the conditions were being caused by a low pressure system south of the state. "There's a couple of pretty vigorous fronts extending from that low," he said. "It looked like we'd probably start to see the showers very late Sunday evening or through the early hours of Monday morning but it has been a little bit slower to reach the Adelaide area." The SES said it had responded to several jobs since midnight, all of them fallen trees. "I'm sure people have seen on TV news footage and YouTube and those types of things, where trampolines have just been flying through the air, so ensure that all those loose items are secure in your yard," Mr Bonython said. "Please stay away from those fallen powerlines and be prepared for power outages."
South China Morning Post
18-05-2025
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong-Macau ferry services to be disrupted again on Monday after accident
Ferry services between Hong Kong and Macau will be disrupted for a second straight day after a catamaran hit a pier over the weekend, with the vessel awaiting repairs. TurboJet, which operates the ferries, said on Sunday that a small number of services would be 'adjusted' on Monday as authorities needed to check the damaged vessel and approve it to set sail for repairs at another location. 'The company will hasten the repair progress and endeavour to arrange vessels to substitute affected services in the meantime,' TurboJet wrote on its social media page. It did not say which services would be affected. A Post check of TurboJet's booking website for sailings to Macau's Outer Harbour on Monday found no cancellations. But the option to buy tickets for a 10.15am ferry from Sheung Wan to Taipa in Macau was unavailable. TurboJet began cancelling services after one of its catamarans hit a pier at the Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal shortly after 3.30pm on Saturday. The Macau-bound ferry had returned to the city dock due to 'mechanical failure'.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
CalMac directly awarded new ferry service contract
The contract to run Scotland's west coast ferry services in future has been directly awarded to the existing publicly-owned operator CalMac Ferries Ltd. The Scottish government said the service would now be focused on a "public service model" instead of being run on a commercial basis. The contract for the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Service (CHFS) had been due to expire last September but was extended by a year. Ministers had indicated that a direct award was their preference, but they needed more time to ensure this could be done without a legal challenge. CalMac is the UK's biggest ferry operator and has held the most recent contract to run Scotland's west coast routes since 2016, serving 50 destinations. But the firm has struggled in recent years to maintain services with an ageing and increasingly unreliable fleet. Since 2007 the ships and some of the harbours it relies on have been owned by a separate government-owned company, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd or CMAL in a move designed to comply with EU competition rules. Delays in replacing the older vessels, in part due to the problems with two new dual-fuel ferries ordered a decade ago, have stretched the service almost to breaking point, with many vessels beyond their expected service life. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. You can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X to get the latest alerts.
BBC News
08-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
CalMac directly awarded contract to run west coast ferry services
The contract to run Scotland's west coast ferry services in future has been directly awarded to the existing publicly-owned operator CalMac Ferries Ltd. The Scottish government said the service would now be focused on a "public service model" instead of being run on a commercial basis. The contract for the Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Service (CHFS) had been due to expire last September but was extended by a had indicated that a direct award was their preference, but they needed more time to ensure this could be done without a legal challenge. This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest can receive Breaking News on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on X to get the latest alerts.
