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Western Ferries route map MV Sound of Sanda House flag used by Western Ferries. In the mid-1960s the islands on the west coast of Scotland were served by two kinds of vessel; mail ferries operated by David MacBrayne Ltd and "puffers" – small bulk cargo vessels capable of landing at simple piers or on the beach to discharge coal, lime etc. MacBrayne's also operated cargo vessels out of Glasgow.
The funnel of MV Juno. Caledonian MacBrayne (Scottish Gaelic: Caledonian Mac a' Bhriuthainn), in short form CalMac, is the trade name of CalMac Ferries Ltd, the major operator of passenger and vehicle ferries to the west coast of Scotland, serving ports on the mainland and 22 of the major islands.
The sea has been a significant trade and communications barrier between the two islands for centuries as there is no fixed crossing across it. In 2013, 7.6 megatons of trade was handled between British and Irish ports, and ferry crossings remain the most important link for heavy goods vehicles .
MS Stena Superfast VIII is a fast Ro-Pax ferry owned and operated by Stena Line between Belfast and Cairnryan. The ship was built in 2001 by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW), Kiel, Germany for Attica Group's subsidiary Superfast Ferries. She was sold to her current owners in 2017. [1] MS Superfast VIII near Helsinki, June 2007
Scotland's largest container terminal. Hound Point: Firth of Forth Fife Panamax, oil terminal No - Hunterston Terminal: Fairlie, North Ayrshire: North Ayrshire: Commercial, coal-handling port No - Flotta Harbour Flotta: Orkney: Oil, Ferry Terminal Yes Kirkwall Harbour and others in the islands Kirkwall, Stromness, Scapa Flow: Orkney: Ferry ...
Superfast Ferries is a Greece-based ferry company founded in 1993 by Pericles Panagopulos and Alexander Panagopulos. [1] Superfast Ferries is a member of Attica Group and operates 5 car-passenger ferries, offering daily connections between Ancona and Bari in Italy , and Patras and Igoumenitsa in Greece.
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Stena Superfast VII was the first ship in a series of four ice-classified ropax ferries built by HDW in Kiel for Superfast Ferries' Baltic Sea services. [5] The ship was ordered in 1998, alongside sister ship MS Superfast VIII, [6] launched from dry dock on 8 November 2000 and was delivered to Superfast Ferries on 8 May 2001.