Delivery date for first Turkey CalMac ferry confirmed as Caledonian Isles makes long-awaited return

CalMac Arran ferry returns to service after 20 months and £12m spend

Repairs to the ferry, which can hold up to 1,000 passengers and 110 cars, cost £12m and underwent several delays.

Delivery date for first Turkey CalMac ferry confirmed as Caledonian Isles makes long-awaited return

The Caledonian Isles returns to service with a low-key sailing from Ardrossan at 5pm

CalMac ferry set to return to service tonight - after 20 months off for major repairs

A CalMac ferry which has been out of action for more than a year and a half is set to return to service tonight.

Caledonian Isles to sail to Arran after nearly two years out of action

A CALMAC ferry which has been out of action for almost two years is set to make a return to the Ardrossan to Arran route today.

Arran ferry’s ‘faults’ started when the contract to build it was awarded by Scottish Conservatives to an inexperienced English yard on its last legs in a Conservative constituency

have been without a reliable regular ferry service for the past year. By Professor John Robertson, OBA As BBC Reporting Scotland celebrate the return of the MV Caledonian Isles to the Arran service, they do not, of course, tell you why it has been a troubled vessel. Readers will already know that the MV Caledonian Isles had been in dock for repairs following botched work by Cammell Laird in Liverpool. Readers will also be aware of the regular an…

Ferry returns to service after 20 months following £12m of repairs

MV Caledonian Isles has been out of operation since last January following a number of issues.