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Ferry service speeding up



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A CATAMARAN is to cut Caithness-Orkney journeys by 15 minutes to 45 minutes when it enters service in around two months.
The new Pentland Ferries vessel, Pentalina, can carry some 350 passengers and around 65 cars and lorries.

It will operate between Gill's Bay, west of John O'Groats, and St Margaret's Hope on South Ronaldsay.

The 230ft vessel is currently undergoing sea trials in the Philippines after being launched at FBMA Marine in Cebu last month. It is due to arrive in Scotland at the end of the month.

Pentalina will replace the 30-year-old Clansman, which Pentland Ferries said could be used for the proposed restoration of a link between Campbeltown and Bally- castle in Northern Ireland.





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  • Last Updated: 05 May 2008 10:03 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Shetland & Orkney
 
1

Angus Ogg,

05/05/2008 22:15:14

Slight correction needed Scotsman Ed.,

Pentland Ferries don't own the mv Clansman, they own the mv Claymore.

Still it is good to see a private, and UNSUBSIDISED company investing £10,000,000 in their new ferry.

Especially when the taxpayer has to cough up £30,000,000 to subsidise the OTHER ferry service that is competing with the private ferry operator.

One gets subsidised, the other doesn't ?

Strange old world.

 

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