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MV Catriona (Scottish Gaelic: Catrìona) is a diesel electric hybrid passenger and vehicle roll-on, roll-off ferry built for Caledonian MacBrayne for the Claonaig–Lochranza crossing. She is the third hybrid ferry commissioned and owned by Caledonian Maritime Assets , one of three such ferries in the world to incorporate a low-carbon hybrid ...
The third hybrid ferry, MV Catriona, was launched on 11 December 2015 and entered service on the Claonaig to Lochranza route in September 2016. [11] CMAL are currently undergoing a design and tender process for new battery-powered Loch Class ferries. The first phase is expected to consist of seven vessels being delivered between 2025 and 2028.
MV Loch Riddon (summer) Troon, South Ayrshire: Brodick, Arran: Firth of Clyde: 1 hour 15 - 20 minutes: MV Alfred [32] MV Glen Sannox: Claonaig, Eastern Kintyre (summer only service) Lochranza, Arran: Kilbrannan Sound: 30 minutes: MV Catriona: Tarbert, Kintyre Peninsula (winter only service) Lochranza, Arran: Loch Fyne / Kilbrannan Sound: 1 hour ...
MV Isle of Arran (Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Arainn) is a drive-through ferry operated on the west coast of Scotland by Caledonian MacBrayne.Also known by her local nicknames IOA and The Auld Trooper, she entered service in 1984 on the Ardrossan to Brodick route, serving Arran for nine years before being moved to Kennacraig.
Upon her return to Ardrossan, Caledonian Isles broke down with a steering fault: MV Loch Fyne and MV Loch Striven operated a shuttle service between Lochranza and Claonaig for several days, with Alfred returning from the Western Isles to cover the Ardrossan - Brodick service. [26] [27]
She began service between Sconser on Skye and Raasay in the summer of 2013. [16] A second hybrid ferry, MV Lochinvar, was launched in May 2013 and initially operated on the Tarbert (Loch Fyne) - Portavadie route, currently operating on the Lochaline - Fishnish route. [16]
Claonaig (Scottish Gaelic: Claonaig, pronounced [ˈkʰl̪ˠɯːnɛkʲ]) is a hamlet on the east coast of the Kintyre peninsula in western Scotland, linked to Lochranza on the Isle of Arran by the CalMac ferry MV Catriona in the summer months. Claonaig is a hamlet 1 mile (2 kilometres) south of Skipness, and is the location of the slipway for ...
The mountains of northern Arran viewed from the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry MV Catriona, sailing between Lochranza and Claonaig in Kintyre. There are three through roads on the island. The 90 km (56 mi) coast road circumnavigates the island. In 2007, a 48 km (30 mi) stretch of this road, previously designated as A841, was de-classified as a C road.