Delayed island ferry Glen Sannox begins sailings
The MV Glen Sannox is to make its first scheduled passenger voyage between Troon and Arran early on Monday.
MV Glen Sannox is a car and passenger ferry constructed at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow for the Scottish Government asset company CMAL, to lease to its ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne. Entering service to the Isle of Arran in 2025, she is the first of two dual-fuel CalMac ferries, capable of operating on either marine gas oil, or LNG which offers a marked reduction in sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions. The ship's name, chosen from a shortlist by public ballot on 1 June 2017, recalls an earlier Arran ferry. Following a much-delayed construction, she was handed over to Caledonian MacBrayne on 21 November 2024.
The MV Glen Sannox is to make its first scheduled passenger voyage between Troon and Arran early on Monday.