Like Loch Riddon it can carry 200 passengers and 12 cars.
MV Loch Linnhe. Source YouTube (Scott Braid) But the relief vessel is not expected to be available until Monday afternoon Tha traditional Glasgow Fair weekend sees city residents travel down to the coast for some summer sun. Before Loch Riddon broke down, there were long queues at Largs ferry terminal with users suffering a two-and-a-half hour wait to get on and off the ferry for vehicles and two hours for foot passengers. Ferry users heading to Cumbrae faced another lengthy wait to reach the island on Sunday - with a two hour wait for cars from Largs and 90 minutes for passengers.
Scottish Ministers Under Fire as Fears Grow Over Collapse of Ferry Fiasco Firm
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A new CalMac island ferry breakdown for Glasgow Fair causes disruption
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THE Scottish Government-controlled owners of Scotland’s lifeline ferries have flagged concern of a risk of administration for the shipyard company at the centre of Scotland’s vessel building fiasco, The Herald on Sunday can reveal. It comes as an analysis from former managers of the Port Glasgow shipyard at the centre of a ferry-building fiasco referred to “inevitable failure for the business” because of the way it was being run. Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Holdings (FMPG), which is controlled by ministers and supported by taxpayer cash, made a £100 million loss in its first four months of Scottish Government control.