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Highland Council has asked for extra funding to cover rising costs affecting the ferry services it helps to run.
The local authority supports six services including between Cromarty on the Black Isle and Nigg in Easter Ross, and sailings connecting communities on the Lochaber coast.
In a new report the council said fuel, maintenance, staff and contingency costs were all increasing.
It has asked Transport Scotland for its annual grant assistance of £1m to be increased to £1.5m for 2025-26.
In the report to next week's Lochaber committee, officers said that at the time of writing a "positive" response had been received from the public body.
