Fares on ferries serving some of the most remote communities in Scotland will be frozen for six months, the Scottish government has confirmed.
Ticket prices on the Northern Isles, Clyde and Hebrides ferry networks will be held at current levels from April until the end of September.
The move is designed to help people and businesses recover from recent disruptions to services.
Cancellations have resulted in issues with delivering supplies to islands.
Last month, a Holyrood consultation said provision of ferries for Scotland’s island communities was “well below” reasonable levels.
And in June, a group of island community representatives vented their anger over unreliable ferry services to the transport committee.
Margaret Morrison, chairwoman of the Harris Transport Forum, said it had “reached an all-time critical situation”.
Two ferries are being built in Port Glasgow but these have suffered serious delays and controversy over the last few years.