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Ferry suffered issue with mezzanine deck
The 'Glen Sannox', serving on the Interisland service Berneray - Leverburgh, suffered an issue with the starboard side mezzanine deck on the morning of Oct 13. As a consequence, the 'Glen Sannox' departed from the port of Tarbert at 06:05 a.m. with a delay of 30 minutes and an ETA in Lochmaddy as of 07:55 a.m. Until Nov 15, foot passengers were required to embark via the vehicle deck first at Stornoway and were thus asked to check in at least 45 minutes prior to departure.
CalMac carried out investigation into gas leak
CalMac said that lessons have been learned, after a faulty valve led to a release of methane gas from the 'Glen Sannox' during a routine sailing on June 3, 2025. An investigation found that around 700 kilograms of gas were vented from the side of the ship while it sailed to Arran. The gas left the ship during a period of 12 minutes, with some being sucked back in through a ventilation intake, setting off gas alarms in the ship's generator room. More than 80 passengers were onboard, while no risk to them was identified. CalMac described it as a "critical failure" in the gas fuel system. During the 80-minute crossing, while running on LNG, gas detector alarms sounded inside the ship, and crew in the gas tank room reported hearing a strange noise. The port main engine also conked out in an automatic shutdown, after the safety systems detected an irregularity. The ferry continued its journey to Brodick running on diesel. Tests were carried out in Brodick, which found the engines seemed to work satisfactorily on gas, though with some abnormal gas flow readings. The ferry set off at 5.20 p.m., bound for Troon, but a large and uncontrolled release of gas occurred from a small vent at the side of the ship. A valve had failed and defaulted to the open position, meaning that high pressure LNG fuel destined for the engines escaped through the pipe. The crew tried to restart the engine on gas before they realised that methane was escaping and physically shut the valve. CalMac's investigation found that the valve began to fail on the journey to Arran, then failed completely when the engines were powered up on the sailing to Troon. The investigation found that the crew should have avoided using the gas system until they had identified the cause of the alarms and noise. Since it happened, CalMac has not run the ship's main engines on LNG, and the methane tank was completely emptied in November. The vessel was described absolutely safe to operate on LNG, and the decision not to re-gas her following annual overhaul at the beginning of 2026 was purely due to the desire to get the ferry back in service as quickly as possible. It was believed neither ferry builders Ferguson Marine, ferry owners Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) or CalMac had been made aware of the issue.
Sailings cancelled and amended due to technical issue
On July 28, the 'Glen Sannox', serving on the route Uig-Lochmaddy-Tarbert, suffered a technical issue, which required divers attendance. As a consequence, the departures from Uig at 2:55 p.m., from Lochmaddy at 5:00 p.m. and from Uig at 8:15 p.m. had to be cancelled. On the morning of July 29, the technical issue has been resolved. The following amended timetable was now operated by the ferry for this day: Departure Uig - 07:00 a.m.; Arrival Tarbert - 08:45 a.m.; Departure Tarbert - 09:15 a.m.; Arrival Uig - 11:00 a.m.; Departure Uig - 11:30 a.m.; Arrival Lochmaddy - 1:20 p.m.; Departure Lochmaddy - 1:50 p.m.; Arrival Uig - 3:40 p.m.; Departure Uig - 4:10 p.m.; Arrival Tarbet - 5:55 p.m.; Departure Tarbert - 6:25 p.m.; Arrival Uig - 8:10 p.m.; Departure Uig - 8:40 p.m.; Arrival Lochmaddy - 10:20 p.m. Regarding impacted customers, the booking system has been updated to reflect this change. All customers have been contacted and sailings were open for new bookings and amendments.
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