Glen Sannox
MV Glen Sannox is a dual-fuel car and passenger ferry for Caledonian MacBrayne, currently under construction at Ferguson Marine Engineering in Port Glasgow on the Clyde. The ship is expected to be in service towards the end of 2018.
History
MV Glen Sannox is to be the first of two Scottish ferries capable of operating on either marine diesel oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG), with benefits of a marked reduction in carbon dioxide, sulphur and nitrous oxide emissions.[1] Her name was chosen from a short list by public ballot and recalls an earlier Arran ferry.[2]
The steel was cut on 7th April 2016.
Glen Sannox was launched on 21 November 2017 by the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.[3]
Service
MV Glen Sannox was expected to enter service in mid-2018, however construction delays leading up to her launch mean that Glen Sannox is due to begin operation from Ardrossan to the Isle of Arran in winter 2018/19.[4] Vorlage:MV will then become the second ferry on the Ardrossan-Brodick and the Ardrossan-Campbeltown ferry crossings in summer 2019.Vorlage:Cn
References
- ↑ Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited- announces Scottish shipbuilder as preferred tenderer for two large ferries contract. CMAL, 31. August 2015, abgerufen am 24. Juni 2017.
- ↑ CMAL announces name of first LNG ferry. CMAL, 1. Juni 2017, abgerufen am 24. Juni 2017.
- ↑ IN Pictures -- Launch Of Ferry Glen Sannox At Port Glasgow. Inverclyde Now, 21. November 2017, abgerufen am 21. November 2017.
- ↑ Ferry MV Glen Sannox ready for launch at Port Glasgow yard. Greenock Telegraph, 19. November 2017, abgerufen am 23. November 2017.