MV Glen Sannox (2017)
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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
Departing Brodick in January 2025
Ferguson Shipbuilders in 2011, adjacent to Newark Castle, seen across parkland on the former Lamont's shipyard site
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon met Jim McColl at the shipyard on 31 August 2015, and announced that FMEL was the preferred bidder.
In the constricted workspace, FMEL tried to build Glen Sannox at the same time as Hull 802 (in two sections).
MV Glen Rosa
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MV Glen Rosa is a car and passenger ferry, the second of two major vessels constructed at Ferguson Marine in Port Glasgow for the Scottish Government asset company Caledonian Maritime Assets to lease
MV Glen Sannox (2017)
…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…
MV Glen Rosa fitting out at Newark Quay, August 2024
Glen Sannox on slipway, two sections of Hull 802 (Glen Rosa) to the right, as of June 2017
December 2021, Hull 802 on slipway with bulbous bow in place, hull section being added
Public waiting to attend the launch