Councillor Donald Crichton has called for the Comhairle to take over the Stornoway Port Authority.
Mr Crichton said the move would make the harbour more “democratic and accountable.”
He raised the “breakdown in governance at the Stornoway Port Authority” at council’s transport committee.
Mr Crichton is concerned the “problems” at such an “important strategic organisation may have “implications” for the infrastructure improvements taking place.
He queried: “If the paralysis continues when would the local authority be able to make a move or express our concerns?”
Council chief executive Malcolm Burr declined to comment on that in public.
Mr Burr highlighted the right for the Comhairle to nominate councillors onto the harbour board has been abolished under the new trust port system.
Council chief executive Malcolm Burr said the old method gave a link to having elected members of the community a say in the running of the port.
Call for Comhairle to take over harbour board
26 November 2014