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In February and March 2024, Catriona operated an enhanced timetable between Lochranza and Claonaig rather than the timetabled daily return from Tarbert to Lochranza. This was due to capacity issues on the Ardrossan to Brodick service owing to the removal from service of MV Caledonian Isles and her replacement with the smaller MV Isle of Arran .
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.
The first of two new dual-fuel ferries being 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]
A contract to build two ferries, MV Isle of Islay and MV Loch Indaal, for the Islay service was awarded to Cemre Shipyard in March 2022. [5] A £115M contract for two further ferries of a very similar design to be used on CalMac's Skye, Harris and North Uist services was awarded to Cemre Shipyard in January 2023.
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 ...
Upon Loch Seaforth's return to service, Hebridean Isles was withdrawn from service on 17 November 2024. She departed for Glasgow, arriving the next day at King George V Dock, prior to being taken to a shipbreakers for dismantling. Any spare parts which could be used for maintaining other vessels will be stored in a CalMac warehouse in Gourock. [3]
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]
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)