GLEN SANNOX

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 service informally to the Isle of Arran on 12 January 2025, formally on 13 January 2025, she is the first of two dual-fuel CalMac ferries, capable of operating 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 the Newark Quay at the shipyard for the launch of MV Glen Rosa. After difficulties in completing the LNG power system, there were further delays. Filling the LNG tank (bunkering) was completed by 18 September, and sea trials using LNG began on 20 September. Manufacturer's sea trials were successfully completed on 23 October. On 19 November 2024, Ferguson Marine announced that the vessel had passed its final certification checks and been issued with a passenger certificate. The ship was handed over to CMAL on 21 November.