ISLE OF ARRAN

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Water ingress in cafeteria

Due to a technical issue with water ingress in the Mariners cafeteria aboard the 'Isle of Arran', serving on the route Kennacraig-Port Askaig-Port Ellen, on June 24, there was no hot food service or seating available in this area until further notice.

Ferry suffered issue with gyro compass

The 'Isle of Arran', serving on the route Kennacraig-Islay, suffered an issue with the gyro compass on May 27. The scheduled sailing from Port Ellen at 09:45 a.m. departed 35 minutes behind schedule. The sailing from Kennacraig was diverted to Port Askaig. Furthermore the ferry operated an amended timetable on May 28, and the sailings were restricted to daylight operations. As a result, an amended timetable was operated, departing from Port Askaig at 06:30 a.m. (early 07:00) - ( change of departure port to Port Askaig), from Kennacraig at 09:00 a.m. (early 09:45), arriving at Port Askaig at 11:05 a.m. and departing at 11:20 a.m.(early 12:15), arriving at Colonsay-at12:30 p.m. and departing at 12:45 p.m. (early 13:40). arriving at Oban-at 3:15 p.m. and sailing at 3:35 p.m. (early 16:30), arriving at Colonsay at 6:05 p.m. and departing at 6:20 p.m. (early 19:15), arriving at Port Askaig at :30 p.m. and departing at 7:50 p.m. (early 20:45), finally arriving in Kennacraig-at 9:55 p.m. The reservation system was updated to reflect these changes, so some sailings may be unavailable. Impacted customers were to be contacted by the operator CalMac directly.

Ferry suffered engine issue

The 'Isle of Arran', serving on the route Kennacraig-Islay, suffered a technical issue with its port side main engine on May 24, As a consequence, the scheduled 07:00 a.m. sailing from Port Ellen was delayed. After repairs have been completed, the vessel finally departed friom Port Ellen at 07:55 a.m., 55 minutes late. This also had a knock-on effect to the 09:45 a.m. departure from Kennacraig. Passengers, however, were asked to check-in as normal.