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The first of two new dual-fuel ferries built by Ferguson Marine Engineering, MV Glen Sannox, was handed over to CalMac on 21 November 2024. She entered service on the Troon-Brodick route on 12 January 2025. [5] The second dual-fuel ferry, MV Glen Rosa, was launched on 12 March 2024 and is expected to delivered by 31 May 2025. [6]
MV Claymore is a roll-on/roll-off vehicle and passenger ferry currently under construction for use on Caledonian MacBrayne routes on the west coast of Scotland. [4] She is the third of four ferries being built at Cemre Shipyard in Turkey for Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited, and is expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2025. [5]
In April 2024, Isle of Mull again relieved Lord of the Isles on the route from Lochboisdale to Oban. During this time, she operated an amended timetable incorporating sailings to Castlebay due to a technical fault with Isle of Lewis. [4] In addition to these roles, Isle of Mull has made occasional sailings to Coll & Tiree over the years.
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) retained ownership of CalMac vessels and infrastructure, including harbours, while CalMac Ferries Ltd submitted tenders to be the ferry operator. The company of David MacBrayne Ltd, which had been legally dormant for many years, was re-activated as a company wholly-owned by the Scottish Government on 4 ...
[6] [11] During 2022-23 winter overhauls, Loch Frisa operated a single vessel timetable. [12] Due to delays in the annual overhaul programme, Isle of Mull was redeployed to South Uist and Coruisk remained on the Oban - Craignure route with Loch Frisa from 26 March to 16 April and 13 to 26 May 2023.
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (usually shortened to CMAL or CMAssets; Stòras Mara Cailleannach Earr in Scottish Gaelic) owns the ferries, ports, harbours and infrastructure for the ferry services serving the west coast of Scotland, the Firth of Clyde and the Northern Isles.
On 27 December 2024, CalMac confirmed that Caledonian Isles would be out of service until 27 March 2025. Additionally, CalMac announced that due to the redeployment of MV Isle of Arran , there would be no ferries running to Ardrossan from 13 January to 27 March 2025 inclusive, with MV Glen Sannox and MV Alfred to serve Brodick from Troon .
MV Isle of Lewis is a ro-ro ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne between Oban and Castlebay, Barra.Built in 1995, she remains one of only three ships in the CalMac fleet over 100 metres (328 ft) in length; the others, Loch Seaforth, being longer by almost 15 metres and Glen Sannox being just over 1 metre longer.