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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 ...
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 ...
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 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]
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.
Loch Tarbert was replaced on the Claonaig–Lochranza crossing in September 2016 by the MV Catriona – the third of Caledonian MacBrayne's hybrid ferries – and she became a spare/relief vessel that winter. [6] In summer 2017, Loch Tarbert became the dedicated vessel on the Tobermory to Kilchoan route owing to rising vehicle traffic on that ...
Additionally, MV Loch Linnhe provided additional sailings on the Claonaig to Lochranza crossing to help ease congestion. [ 11 ] After relieving at Arran in January 2019, Hebridean Isles returned in March 2019 to cover for Caledonian Isles , which had rammed the pier at Brodick and sustained damage to her bow visor as a result of her bow ...