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Charter vessel from Seatruck Ferries and Isle of Man Steam Packet Co. for Stornoway freight service. MV Clipper Ranger: 1998 2013 2015 Charter vessel from Seatruck Ferries for Stornoway freight service. MV Muirneag: 1979 Sept 2002 Sept 2013 Charter vessel from Harrison's (Clyde) Ltd for Stornoway freight service. MV Hascosay: 1971 May 2002 Aug 2002
MV Loch Seaforth is a ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne between Stornoway and Ullapool.She was launched on 21 March 2014 and entered service in mid-February 2015, replacing both the former vessel, 1995-built MV Isle of Lewis and a chartered freight vessel (latterly MS Clipper Ranger).
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.
MV Lochnevis (2000) was designed for the Small Isles service, being fitted with a large stern vehicle ramp that allows her to berth a considerable distance from a slipway, protecting her exposed Azimuth thrusters in shallow waters. [38] MV Bute (2005) and MV Argyle (2007), both built in Gdańsk, work solely on the busy Wemyss Bay–Rothesay route.
The Caledonian MacBrayne ferry built for the service to the Scottish west coast island of Lewis, departing the town of Stornoway for the Wester Ross port of Ullapool on 24 February 2015, eight days after the vessel had officially entered service on the route. Date: 24 February 2015: Source: Own work: Author: Mn28
Receipts for long-distance coach travel in 1996/1997 were £1.4 billion (2008 prices) rising to nearly £1.8 billion in 2004/2005 (also 2008 prices). Since 2005 statistics are no longer collected for UK non-local bus services.
Suilven was purchased for the Stornoway to Ullapool route, a replacement for the 1964 MV Clansman. She operated the route for 21 years, giving two crossings per day in summer reducing, until 1979, to one in winter. [2] In October 1989, MV Isle of Mull's larger passenger capacity was required for those travelling to the Mòd in Stornoway.
In 1970, British Rail wanted to close the line when Ross and Cromarty council voted to create a new £460,000 (equivalent to £9,000,000 in 2023) [27] ferry terminal at Ullapool (43 nmi or 80 km from Stornoway) replacing that at Kyle of Lochalsh (71 nmi or 131 km from Stornoway). [28]