
Final sea trials for CATRIONA
The latest addition to ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne's fleet, CATRIONA, is in the last stage of her sea trials around Arran and Cumbrae, Scotland.
The diesel electric hybrid ferry is carrying out real time trials on the Largs/Cumbrae route. The trials will not affect normal timetabled service and no passengers will be carried.
She is the third passenger and vehicle ferry to incorporate a hybrid system of diesel electric and lithium battery power. The ship is almost 30m long and can accommodate 150 passengers and 23 cars or two HGVs and is owned by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL).
It is the first ship to be built by the newly formed Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited in Port Glasgow and will follow the first two hybrid ferries HALLAIG and LOCHINVAR into service with CalMac.
The vessel will be officially handed over by owners CMAL in September. The vessel will be initially deployed on the Claonaig Lochranza crossing to meet increasing demand on this route from summer 2017.
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