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Ferry suffered engine damage
The 'Loch Frisa', serving on the route Oban-Craignure, suffered a technical issue with the engine, which required investigations, on Aug 8. As a consequence, the 12:50 p.m. departure from Craignure and the 2:15 p.m. departure from Oban were cancelled. After a repair and subsequent engine testings were carried out, the ferry returned to service with the 3:55 p.m. departure from Craignure, which finally departed at 4:10 p.m.
Engine issue reoccurred after repairs and trials
Repairs and sea trials have been completed on June 16, and the 'Loch Frisa' was announced to resume normal service with the following 3:40 p.m. sailing departing Craignure. As the technical issue reoccurring with the aft main engine reoccurred, sailings had to be cancelled again. Affected were the Departure Craignure – 3:40 p.m.; Departure Oban – 5:05 p.m.; Departure Craignure – 18:25 Departure Oban – 8:00 p.m. on June 16, and on June 17 the Departure Craignure – 07:10 a.m. Departure Oban – 08:35 a.m. Departure Craignure – 10:00 a.m. Departure Oban – 11:25 Departure Craignure 12:50 p.m. Departure Oban 2:15 p.m. After the issue was successfully resolved, the vessel resumed its service with the 3:40 p.m. sailing from Craignure.
Ferry suffered engine issue
The 'Loch Frisa', serving on the route Oban - Craignure, suffered an issue to the aft engine which required repairs on the morning of June 16. As a result, te scheduled sdepartures from Craignure at 10:00 a.m. and from Oban at 11.25 p.m., 12:50 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. were cancelled, while repairs were underway. The 09:55 a.m. sailing of the 'Isle of Mull' from Oban and the 11:05 a.m.sailing departing Craignure were initially also declared as liable to disruption or cancellation at short notice due to berth availability in Craignure, before it was announced that they would be operated as scheduled.
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