MV Glen Sannox (2017)
Departing Brodick in January 2025 | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | MV Glen Sannox (1957) and Glen Sannox on the Isle of Arran |
| Owner | Caledonian Maritime Assets |
| Operator | Caledonian MacBrayne |
| Port of registry | Glasgow |
| Route | Troon – Brodick |
| Ordered | 16 October 2015 |
| Builder | Ferguson Marine, Port Glasgow, Inverclyde, Scotland |
| Cost | £97 million original contract for two ferries; £380 million as of June 2024, and £45 million loan written off. |
| Yard number | 801 |
| Laid down | 17 February 2017 |
| Launched | 21 November 2017 |
| Christened | by Nicola Sturgeon First Minister of Scotland |
| Completed | 20 November 2024 |
| Maiden voyage | 12 January 2025 |
| In service | 13 January 2025 |
| Identification | IMO number: 9794513 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 1,273 DWT |
| Length | 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Draught | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 2 × Wärtsilä 34DF diesels |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14.5 kn (26.85 km/h) / 16.5 kn (30.56 km/h) |
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MV Glen Sannox is a car and passenger ferry constructed at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow for the Scottish Government asset company CMAL, to lease to its ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne. Entering service informally to the Isle of Arran on 12 January 2025, formally on 13 January 2025, she is the first of two dual-fuel CalMac ferries, capable of operating on either marine gas oil, or LNG which offers a marked reduction in sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions, the other being the MV Glen Rosa. The ship's name recalls an earlier Arran ferry.
The ship's sea trials began in February 2024, and she was moved to Inchgreen Quay in Greenock, freeing the Newark Quay at the shipyard for the launch of MV Glen Rosa. After difficulties in completing the LNG power system, there were further delays. Filling the LNG tank (bunkering) was completed by 18 September, and sea trials using LNG began on 20 September. Manufacturer's sea trials were successfully completed on 23 October.
On 19 November 2024, Ferguson Marine announced that the vessel had passed its final certification checks and been issued with a passenger certificate. The ship was handed over to CMAL on 21 November. Following crew familiarisation trials by CalMac, the ship entered revenue-earning service on the Troon to Brodick route on 12 January 2025, and her first voyage in timetabled operation was on 13 January.