Ferry operator CalMac has announced a major reshuffle of its boats this summer amid warnings of “constraint” on the Isle of Arran route popular with tourists. Caledonian MacBrayne has said services are currently “stretched to the limit”, but warned of further disruption when repairs are carried out on one of the larger ferries, while two new vessels are now six years late and triple the original predicted cost. The return of MV Caledonian Isles – a 31-year-old ferry which operates on the Ardross

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A fond farewell to MV Hebridean Isles 🥰 CalMac is bidding a fond farewell to MV Hebridean Isles on 21 November after almost 40 years of serving islanders across the west coast network. She was launched by the Duchess of Kent on 4 July 1985 from the Cochrane's Shipyard in Selby, North Yorkshire. Famously launched into the water sideways, workers were seen dashing quickly from beneath the hull as she slid into the River Ouse. Thanks to Tom Lennon for this lovely drone footage 📸 Read more info he