Having just been relieved at Wemyss Bay on Friday 14 November, Argyle sought refuge at Inchgreen before heading to Dales for her annual docking
The latest edition of Scottish Ferry News covers all known movements by members of the CalMac fleet in November and December 2025. It also includes a ship-by-ship ‘distribution of vessels’ on 31 December, listing exactly where each ferry was at the end of the year. Like previous editions, it is available only to paid-up CRSC members.
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The new edition of CRSC’s Scottish Ferry News documents movements of the CalMac fleet during the last two months of 2025, a year once again hampered by the lack of new tonnage being delivered into company service.
The fleet refit and programme of annual surveys continued apace, with major vessels visiting yards in Birkenhead (Glen Sannox), Greenock (Bute, Argyle and Coruisk), Aberdeen (Lord of the Isles) and Leith (Loch Seaforth and Isle of Mull). Smaller vessels heading for overhauls during the period under scrutiny included Ali Cat (Ardmaleish), Catriona (Troon), Loch Alainn (Greenock), Loch Buie and Loch Striven (both Ardmaleish), while a number of fleet members also had to visit yards for various repair works to be undertaken.
The Gourock small vessel fleet – Chieftain, Ali Cat and Argyll Flyer – securely berthed in the James Watt Dock, Greenock on 14 November, when bad weather cancelled the Dunoon and Kilcreggan services
The chartering of relief tonnage continued, with Arrow starting the period under review on the Stornoway freight run, and a host of smaller vessels taking the place of regulars on a number of the shorter crossings such as Iona and Kilchoan.
The final arrival in Denmark of the much-lamented Hebridean Isles is recorded, as too are the announcements of delays in the deliveries of Glen Rosa and Isle of Islay, both much needed on their routes to Arran and Islay respectively.
Plus plenty more valuable information, including a ‘distribution of vessels’ list as of 31 December 2025, showing the whereabouts of every significant ship in our sphere of interest at the end of the year — including those sailing under the flags of P&O Irish Sea, Stena Line and Serco NorthLink.
The above details are just a sample. There is a lot of fascinating information in Scottish Ferry News, laid out clearly and precisely — all of it awaiting your inspection and dissection.
Making waves as she heads down-firth past Innellan on Tuesday 2 December, Isle of Cumbrae is seen en route to Tarbert to relieve on the Portavadie service
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Published on 11 January 2026