CalMac expects to restore service to normal on multiple routes in the next 48 hours following the return of a major vessel from repairs.
MV Hebrides is due to return to service on the Little Minch on Wednesday, May 13, following work to address a leak on her bow visor seal. The work came at the end of her planned annual overhaul.
This means by the end of this week all major vessel routes are expected to have planned levels of service and usual vessels will now be in place on Coll, Colonsay, Mull, South Uist and Tiree.
CalMac CEO Duncan Mackison said: “The return of MV Hebrides gets us back to a welcome stable service across the routes served by major vessels and allows us to restore planned service levels to five islands.
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“This includes an increase in capacity and resilience to Coll, Tiree and Colonsay, greater capacity on Mull and the restoration of a direct service to South Uist.
“The past few weeks have been immensely challenging, and my sincere thanks go to my hardworking colleagues at CalMac, and to people across the island coastal communities we serve who have been very understanding and supportive of the scale of that challenge.
“We still have two major vessels due to return from planned overhauls this month, MV Isle of Lewis and MV Finlaggan, and that will mark the end of our annual maintenance programme and further bolster the fleet.”
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