WATCH: RMT union takes case for safer railways and strong seafaring industry to Bute House
Protestors marched there from Edinburgh Waverley earlier.
The RMT union has staged a protest in support of its Safer Scottish Railways and Save Our Seafarers 2020 campaigns.
Around 20 members of the transport union walked from Edinburgh Waverley station to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's official residence Bute House on Wednesday, in a bid to embarrass'' politicians into action.
Members waved flags and held banners while chanting SNP ships of shame'' as they made their way along Princes Street in the Scottish capital in a bid to rally support for their cause.
Seafaring members from Dover and rail workers from across Scotland made their way to Edinburgh for the St Andrew's Day march.
The organisation wants to see safety improvements on Scottish trains to benefit the travelling public and vulnerable people.
The union has also launched a Save Our Seafarers 2020 campaign in a bid to encourage companies to hire trainees and young people so the industry does not fall into further decline.
The action followed a day of protests across the country earlier this month by the union, calling on the Scottish Government to set out an immediate timetable for Abellio to be stripped of its ScotRail franchise.
RMT claims performance by the under-fire operator has slumped and not enough money is being invested in staffing, services and safety.
Speaking at the latest protest, RMT regional organiser Gordon Martin said: We've got a couple of campaigns - one is a maritime campaign which is Save Our Seafarers 2020.
The reason for 2020 is because we reckon that by then if we don't start taking on trainees and young people to the industry, then it's a dying industry. We're an island nation and we can't afford to allow that to happen.
We have been pushing the maritime campaign for a number of years and things are getting worse, so now we've had enough.
We've spoken to various transport ministers over a number of years and not really got anywhere, so now we are going public and high profile in the public domain to embarrass the politicians into finally doing something.''