Ministers have dashed hopes that a car ferry could replace a passenger vessel on the publicly funded service between Gourock and Dunoon in the near future.
Campaigners accuse Deputy First Minister and Infrastructure Secretary Nicola Sturgeon of letting down "the population of Cowal, wider Argyll as well as Inverclyde" by closing the door on a replacement vessel this winter.
The Dunoon Gourock Ferry Action Group wants the return of a car ferry to the service between Gourock and Dunoon piers, formerly operated by Caledonian MacBrayne .
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