Campbeltown ferry cancelled for third consecutive season
The Campbeltown-Ardrossan ferry service will not operate again this year, CalMac has announced.
It is the second year in a row that the seasonal service, which usually runs from May to September each year, has been cancelled outright at the beginning of the year, due to a “lack of vessel availability”.
And in 2023, after several “postponements” to the start of the service, the decision was made not to operate the route at all that year.
In this week’s announcement, CalMac said the MV Isle of Arran – the only vessel which has been trialled at Campbeltown harbour – is required on other parts of the network for the first few months of summer.
The ferry operator announced the cancellation alongside a series of route re-deployments, caused by “exceptional circumstances”, with several emergent issues with major vessels across the fleet.
“Cancelling a service is not something we do lightly, whether for one sailing or for a prolonged period of time,” said Duncan Mackison, CalMac’s chief executive officer. “MV Isle of Arran is a stalwart of our major vessel fleet and is needed on island routes.
“We do recognise that this is disappointing news for the Campbeltown community, but we do have to prioritise island communities where the ferry service is a genuine life-line and other modes of transport are not available.”
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