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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.
The present MV Clansman is the fifth vessel to carry the name in the CalMac fleet over the years. The most recent predecessor was the 1964 built hoist loading ferry. Launched on 27 March 1998 at Appledore Shipbuilders in North Devon, [4] she entered service four months later. As the third-largest vessel in the fleet, she brought new levels of ...
On 1 October 2007 CalMac Ferries Ltd began operating these services on a six-year contract. The Gourock to Dunoon service was the subject of a separate tender, but no formal bids were made. In an interim arrangement, CalMac Ferries Ltd continued to provide a subsidised service on this route, [12] [15] using the name Cowal
The newest vessel in the fleet, MV Glen Sannox, was handed over to CalMac on 21 November 2024, [8] and entered service on the Troon-Brodick route on 12 January 2025. [ 9 ] Clyde and Hebrides Islands ferries (Caledonian MacBrayne)
CalMac ferry Loch Frisa fitting out at Leith MV Loch Frisa. MV Loch Frisa is a former Norled ferry bought by Caledonian MacBrayne in 2021. She was built in 2015 as Utne and operated for Norled for 6 years. She is a double-ender ferry with passenger capacity for 195, and capacity for 40 cars, or 4 HGVs.
[citation needed] In April 2024, however, following redevelopment works at Uig Pier, it was confirmed that Isle of Mull can no longer operate regularly from there due to tidal constraints. [ 8 ] On 28 December 2024, it was announced that the marine evacuation system had failed on Isle of Mull , with CalMac warning that the subsequent repair ...
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]
Caledonian MacBrayne: Port of registry: Glasgow: Route: Troon – Brodick: Ordered: 16 October 2015: Builder: Ferguson Marine, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland: Cost: £97 million original contract for two ferries; £380 million as of June 2024, and £45 million loan written off. [2] Yard number: 801: Laid down: 17 February 2017: Launched: 21 ...