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NEWS, Sources: Calmac, ClydeShipping + Emails
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29/02/04 |
Saturn passed Inverkip on her way up river from Wemyss Bay at 10.49 this
morning. Isle of Mull seemed to be ok yesterday still due at Garvel 10.00
Thursday Isle of Arran to take up 08.00 sailing to Craignure seems Isle of
Mull picked up a wire on her prop, she will be docked for 48 hours and will
return to Oban next Sunday or Monday, Isle of Arran then to come down to Garvel
of her overhaul. Plans of course may change. |
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28/02/04 |
Lord of the Isles was late in from Tiree with winch problems yesterday, so
Isle of Mull took the outer isles traffic, calling at Craignure on the way
out. Lord of the Isles called in to Craignure inbound from Tiree, then went
back out to Mull. She will continue on the Mull run today until Isle of Mull
returns. Hebridean Isles took the Colonsay run yesterday too. |
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27/02/04 |
Due to tidal restrictions, the 1110 sailing
from Berneray and 1240 sailing from Leverburgh will be cancelled on both
Monday the 8th of March and Tuesday the 9th of March |
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NorthLink: Due
to adverse weather conditions sailings from Hatston are subject to
disruptions. There will be no sailing from Hatston to Aberdeen tonight,
Friday 27th February. The next planned departure from Hatston will be a
southbound sailing to Aberdeen at around lunchtime on Saturday 28th
February. This time of departure of M.V. Hrossey tomorrow will be
dependant on tidal and weather conditions and the progress of her previous
sailing. Estimated time of arrival of the MV Hrossey into Lerwick is
0100 on the morning of Saturday the 28th February. The next planned sailing
of MV Hrossey to Kirkwall and Aberdeen will be at 0400 on the 28th
February. These times are subject to change, depending on progress of
Northbound sailing. |
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26/02/04 |
So, just to recap on the current situation: Isle of Mull is ill still, she
is down for docking in Garvel next Thursday. She is leaking oil from a
damaged seal in one of her main props. Isle of Arran is taking over at Oban
for her. Hopefully she will dock with Jupiter who is getting her prop fixed
too after a blade went missing. Coruisk is on for another couple of weeks.
Hebrides is due in after Isle of Mull. The Loch Portain is due in with the
Isle of Arran, after the Hebridean Isles. The Isle of Mull is due back on
station next Sunday or Monday. |
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NorthLink:
Latest Information at 07:00 -
Due to the severe weather forecast later
Pentland Firth
sailings are under review. M.V. Hamnavoe departed Stromness at 07:00
and is expected to arrive in Scrabster at 08:30. The next sailing will depart
from Scrabster when ready. M.V. Hrossey arrived in Aberdeen at 06:45
on Tuesday 24th February. M.V Hamnavoe departed Aberdeen for Stromness at
14:10 hrs. The next scheduled departure from Aberdeen will be on Thursday
26.02.04 at 17:00 sailing to Kirkwall and Lerwick. Due to adverse weather
forecast, all passengers are advised to contact NorthLink Ferries for an
update on this departure. Due to the severe weather conditions and in the
interests of passenger safety tonight's sailing from Lerwick to Kirkwall and
Aberdeen at 17:30 has been cancelled. The next scheduled sailing departure
from Lerwick will be on Friday 27.02.2004 at 17:30 sailing to Kirkwall and
Aberdeen. Due to severe weather forecast, the 23:45 sailing from Hatston to
Aberdeen on Wednesday 25th February has been cancelled. The next scheduled
departure from Hatston is the 23:45 sailing to Lerwick on 26th February. The
next sailing to Aberdeen from Hatston will be on Friday 27th February at
23:45. |
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Harris Coaches: A bit of slightly related news
that may interest Calmac passengers is the possible tender loss from Harris
Coaches for the W10 Stornoway - Leverburgh bus service on Harris to a Lewis company.
This will go ahead if the Western Isles Council accepts the lowest bidder.
This will end a reliable and reputed service run by the company linking the
Calmac termianls. |
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23/02/04 |
All quiet on the Western Front so to say at the moment. Saturn arrived at
Wemyss Bay, not sure what's she's up to. Presumably down to relieve one of
the boats. Juno must be covering Dunoon. this is this them probably swapping
over instead of yesterday. |
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Juno returned to service on the 1420 Gourock-Dunoon run. The Saturn moved to
Wemyss Bay to take up the main Rothesay roster at 1515 and the Jupiter was
therefore able to come up to the 'top wires' at Gourock for some essential
maintenance.
The Coruisk is likely to be stationed at Rothesay for another 2 or 3 weeks. |
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22/02/04 |
Courisk is to be at Rothesay until 14th March, she will then go up to
Mallaig. Hebrides and Loch Portian to be dry docked at Garvel together.
Saturn is going back to Garvel for some work then when Hebrides and Loch Portain
come out Jupiter is going in to have some work done on her props. Also a rumour
that Isle of Mull might come down for quick dry docking in-between Clansman
& Hebrides. |
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20/02/04 |
Juno arrived at the top wires at Gourock around 13:00pm today freshly
painted.
Late News: Loch Fyne entered Garvel dry-dock at 10:55 on the 18th
along with Clansman at 11:20 the same day.
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19/02/04 |
NorthLink:
M.V. Hjaltland will proceed to Dry Dock leaving Aberdeen at approx
10:15. The next scheduled departure from Aberdeen will be on Friday 20.02.04
at 1700 sailing to Kirkwall and Lerwick. |
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17/02/04 |
Loch Bhrusda was slipped on Monday at 7.55 at Ardmaleish boat yard Bute
Clansman arrived at Gourock this morning 0825, presumably to unload crew
cars. Later sighted at 11:30am ish at Ferguson's.
Turns out Coruisk's gangway problem was a false alarm, there were a couple
of glitches with the new gangway's machinery through the day but otherwise
all went well. |
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16/02/04 |
06:30 - Coruisk left Gourock for Rothesay, 06:55 - Coruisk berthed at
Linkspan at Rothesay and is trying the new gangway, She departed on time at
7.15 with 33 passengers and 11 crew. |
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Later Addition: |
MV Coruisk's first day in service on Rothesay-Wemyss Bay route this morning
(Mon 16th).
Turnround at Rothesay going according to timetable although new gangway
still not in operation. Passengers are boarding via her car deck - not sure
yet if this applies at WB.
Conventional 'streaker' gangway at Rothesay has also been out of action for
several days so passengers are used to taking the long way round! |
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15/02/04 |
Saturn left Rothesay, inbound for Dunoon, this will be to let Coruisk up to
Garvel, to get her wing back on for tomorrow service in the lower firth. The
port attachment has to be in position to allow her to use the new passenger
gangway at Rothesay, where she berths port side to. It has to be removed to
allow her to use the gangways at Gourock and Dunoon. The regular gangways do
not fit if the attachment remains in place. She can however operate to
Dunoon with the starboard attachment still on as she only requires this for
use at Wemyss Bay.
Loch Bhrusda's overhaul replacement wont be Isle of Cumbrae as she is at
Lochaline, it is probably the Loch Linnhie. The Loch Fyne is due in with the
Clansman on Wednesday 18th. the Loch Bhrusda will probably be going to
Ardmaleish. Lord of the Isles arrived this morning to take up the Barra
sailing at midday. The Clansman is still in Oban, but will leave tonight, to
arrive at Ferguson's for 8:00am ish, then, on to Garvel on Wednesday. She is
going to Ferguson's for an extension to her boat deck, this will give a roof
over the deck directly behind the bar. She is getting it craned and tacked
on, then down to dry dock for finishing touches. |
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13/02/04 |
Lord of the Isles left Aberdeen this morning at 9.46am, sailing round to
Oban after completing trials. Loch Tarbert was sighted tied up in Rothesay. |
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12/02/04 |
The Eigg is due to depart Oban at 05.30 today for overhaul at Corpach boat
yard. this will be her first time there. Clansman is due at Ferguson's on
Monday, and dry-dock on Wednesday, so Lord of the Isles will need to be back
from overhauls in Aberdeen by Sunday morning sailing to Barra. Loch Dunvegan
has left JWD and is heading back to the Kyles for service. |
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10/02/04 |
Isle of Cumbrae is currently sitting at the wires in Gourock. Coruisk seems
to be on the Dunnon run. |
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09/02/04 |
Coruisk has now taken up the Gourock - Dunoon roster. Jupiter and Saturn are
on the Wemyss Bay - Rothesay service and Juno has joined Sound of Scarba
(western Ferries) in Garvel Dry-dock for her overhaul.
See photo opposite for latest image
at Gourock. |
Picture: John Crae |
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Just when CORUISK seemed to be back, she is presently at James Watt Docks.
It appears that she is moored very close to the JWD entrance, and is tied up
at a funny angle, which caused the entrance to the Docks to be obstructed.
Cal Mac sailings at 1220 ex Gourock & 1250 ex Dunoon will be passenger only.
AliCat currently at Gourock Pier (12:10) Saturn was seen heading down firth
towards Wemyss Bay - possibly to take up the 1300 to Rothesay. A streaker as
far as we know is heading up river. |
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NorthLink:
The Hebridean Isles, now on temporary charter to NorthLink,
departed Scrabster at 13:20 and is expected to arrive in Stromness at 15:20.
Due to the fact that the MV Hrossey is currently in Dry Dock there
will be no sailing from Lerwick today. The next scheduled sailing from
Lerwick will depart for Kirkwall and Aberdeen on Tue 10th Feb at 17:30. |
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08/02/04 |
Isle of Mull noted back on Mull service today after her brief engine
trouble.
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12:40pm Coruisk has been sighted powering round Toward Point en-route to
Rothesay. Saturn has gone on to the Dunoon service this morning having
changed places with Jupiter.
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07/02/04 |
Coruisk was sighted sailing into Rothesay, not sure if she came from Wemyss
Bay or Gourock. She was later seen heading back up to Gourock at about
16.00. She is trying out her new gangway, seemly the batteries on the gangway
can only be used for 4 lifts before needing recharged.
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Loch Dunvegan is sighted sailing up from Rothesay at 14:00, not sure where
she is off to, currently opposite Wemyss Bay. Last week she was off due to
technical trouble, this could be the result of that. Apparently she is
requiring a spare part from Germany. She's replaced by Loch Tarbert on
standby.
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The CALEDONIAN ISLES was chartered by the CRSC and taken on an
anti-clockwise circumnavigation of the island after disembarking her 0945
ex-Ardrossan passengers on a sail that lasted over four hours, allowing
about an hour ashore at Brodick before her service run back to the mainland.
Under the command of Captain McCrindle all 224 passengers seemed to
thoroughly enjoy the day.
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Later Addition: |
Isle of Mull's problems seemed to be her engine oil cooler went, filling the
oil tank and the engine up with sea water. After cleaning her out and
repairing the fault, a lot of oil under pressure was sprayed around the car
deck when a hose used to fill the tank burst. That's why she didn't make it
to Oban to do the 16.00 sailing as was expected.
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Later Addition: |
The Hebridean Isles returned to Oban about noon and so did not make it to
Colonsay. She then left Oban going north presumably for Scrabster. The
Clansman left Oban at 16:00 for Craignure and there is still no signs of the
Isle of Mull. There is a unconfirmed report of some sort of 'spillage
incident', Boom equipment had been ordered but was not required. She has not
been allowed to sail on 1 engine so stuck in Craignure. SoC cant confirm
this and no further details as of yet.
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Later Addition: |
It seems that Coruisk
is due to berth at Rothesay on Sunday night while Juno comes up to Gourock.
The former goes on No 2A Roster (secondary roster) first thing Monday and
the latter goes into Garvel Drydock with the WF which is being delayed. It
also appears that Hebridean Isles, which did Colonsay this morning,
will be relieved by a repaired Isle of Mull for the 1600 Craignure and will
then proceed to Orkney. Hamnavoe will not wait for her, less she loses her
drydock slot. I assume the first run will just have to be cancelled if
necessary.
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06/02/04 |
The Isle of Mull has still not
arrived back in Oban, the Hebridean Isles left Oban at 10:30 going south
presumably doing the Colonsay sailing. The Hebridean Isles also did the
Mull's 08:00 run.
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05/02/04 |
The Isle of Mull was lying at Craignure with engine trouble today, she was
spotted there since 11.00am. The Clansman has been called in from outer
isles and picked up the afternoon traffic. Hebridean Isles is being diverted
to Craignure en route to Stromness to cover in the meantime.
A source notes that Isle of Mull's repair shouldn’t take too long.
Hebridean Isles arrived at Oban at about 1900hrs. She was loaded
probably from Craignure and appears to be tied up for the night.
Coruisk was in at Rothesay today
trying out her new gangway, but apparently it does not fit. Her invalid left
is still out of use and she was unable to sail on the 18:15 ex Rothesay
tonight. She was at Gourock tonight waiting for an engineer to fix her
broken lift. She is due to take up the Rothesay-Wemyss Bay service on
Monday, all being well. Jupiter
is still on the Dunoon run this afternoon.
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04/02/04 |
Due to yesterdays adverse weather the the following will revised timetables
will operate today, Calmac warn this is of course weather permitting.
Mull / Colonsay Service
Dep Oban 0800 Dep Craignure 0845 Arr Oban 0930
Dep Oban 1200 Arr Colonsay 1415 Dep Colonsay 1420 Arr Craignure 1700 Arr
Oban 1745
Dep Oban 1800 Dep Craignure 1900 Arr Oban 1945
Uig/Oban / Barra / Coll Service
Dep Oban 0600 Arr Uist 1050
Dep Uist 1100 Arr Barra 1230
Dep Barra 1245 Arr Coll 1545
Dep Coll 1545 Arr Oban 1830
Tarbert/Lochmaddy
Dep Lochmaddy 0730
Arr Uig 0910
Dep Uig 0940
Arr Tarbert 1120
Dep Tarbert 1140
Arr Lochmaddy 1320
Dep lochmaddy 1340
Arr Uig 1520
Dep Uig 1540
Arr Lochmaddy 1720.
NorthLink:
M.V. Hamnavoe is currently in
Stromness. Due to the severe weather and in the interest of passenger safety
and comfort, the 09:00 departure from Stromness and the 12:00 departure from
Scrabster on Wed 04.02.2004 have both been cancelled. The next scheduled
sailing after this will be the 16:30 departure from Stromness followed by
the 19:00 departure from Scrabster on Wed 04.02.2004. M.V Hjaltland
arrived in Aberdeen at 06:50. Due to adverse weather conditions the sailing
time of the Hjaltland has been delayed until 06:00 hrs on Wednesday
4th. Estimated time of arrival into Lerwick will be 18:00 hrs. M.V.
Hrossey arrived in Lerwick at 07:20 this morning. Due to severe weather
conditions, and in the interests of passenger safety, the MV Hrossey
will not be sailing this evening. This situation will be reviewed at 08:00
tomorrow morning.
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03/02/04 |
Isle of Arran will berth overnight on Wednesday at Port Askaig then
depart on Thursday for Kennacraig and take up the 12.50 sailing to Port
Askaig. Hebridean Isles will depart Kennacraig soon as unloading for
the Pentland Firth.
NorthLink: Due to the severe weather
forecast and in the interest of passenger safety and comfort, the 16:30
departure from Stromness and the 19:00 departure from Scrabster have both
been cancelled. The 03:45 departure from Stromness tomorrow morning is
currently under review and a decision is expected at 17:00 this afternoon. |
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02/02/04 |
Current Clyde Status: Coruisk is in Garvel DD, she moved there
this morning for her annual survey. Jupiter is currently on the
Gourock-Dunoon run. Saturn and Juno are on the Rothesay-Wemyss
Bay run. Pioneer remains in JWD boarded up while AliCat
continues the 1A roster from Gourock. |
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01/02/04 |
In Ferguson's again today, the Coruisk has a mobile type crane
positioned over her. It appears as if heavy equipment is being moved or
something suggesting there further modifications being carried out. Noted a
few days ago but not listed was a additional external piece of metal added around
her gangway entrance, possible allowing the new Gangways to attach better. |
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